Category Archives: Windows 8

“Infiltration” live in Windows Store

Posted on February 25, 2013 by keith

My latest game, Infiltration, for Windows 8 is live in the Windows Store. Get it here! This is a game that I’ve wanted to make for a long time. One of my favorite old time arcade games was Gravitar. I’ve … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Surface Pro

Posted on February 10, 2013 by keith

Background A few years back I was invited to Microsoft for a day with a small group of other bloggers to be briefed on what MS had going on and to speak with Bill Gates himself for a full hour. … Continue reading →

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Windows 8: Pinning Documents to the Start Page #2

Posted on January 10, 2013 by keith

In a post last week, I gave a kind of convoluted solution to pinning a document to the Windows 8 Start Page. Jesse Freeman just pointed me to a Windows 8 app that does the same thing in a bit more … Continue reading →

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Windows 8: Pinning Documents to the Start Page

Posted on January 6, 2013 by keith

Before diving into all the stuff below (which still might be useful in some cases) you might want to look at this post: http://www.bit-101.com/blog/?p=3657 If you’ve read past the post title and into this text, I’m going to assume you … Continue reading →

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Game in Progress: Infiltration

Posted on January 4, 2013 by keith

I just wanted to share a little bit about the game I’m currently in the process of creating. It will be a Windows 8 game, called “Infiltration”. The game play, as well as the visual style, is very much a … Continue reading →

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2012 in Review

Posted on December 31, 2012 by keith

Following a tradition several years in the running, I bring you my personal retrospective into 2012 and a glimpse into the new year. In fact, 2012 followed much the same pattern as 2011 – some interesting stuff in the start … Continue reading →

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Falling Balls Update

Posted on December 5, 2012 by keith

At the end of October this year, Falling Balls was released into the Windows 8 Store. After just over a month, I thought it would be interesting to discuss how it is doing, and to answer the question, “should I … Continue reading →

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Falling Balls for Windows 8 release 2 is out

Posted on November 8, 2012 by keith

I pushed Falling Balls out the door with bare minimum functionality. In the week or so it’s been out though, it’s gotten a couple of thousand downloads and a solid 4 star rating. Early this week I decided to enhance … Continue reading →

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Falling Balls for Windows 8 now available

Posted on November 1, 2012 by keith

Just got the email last night, Falling Balls is now available in the Windows 8 Store! I’m really interested to see how this does. I’ve implemented Bing ads in the game, exactly the same way they are implemented in the … Continue reading →

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Windows 8 App Store Submission Process

Posted on October 26, 2012 by keith

As of this writing, I’ve submitted two apps to the Windows 8 Store. The first one is Particle Art. This one took four tries to get approved. The second is a port of Falling Balls, which I just submitted for … Continue reading →

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