New features added:
- Now a modifier can be added to each dice type. This is particularly good for table top RPGs.
- A total counter for the sum of all dice rolls.
Get the new version at: Windows Market Place.
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I won again, apparently.
After submitting my four new windows phone 7 applications.
I’ve gotten confirmation from Dave Glover of Microsoft that I’ve won the 2012 Nokia phone challenge.
Now to think of what to do with the 2nd phone, once I receive it.
The other exciting news is that the apps I’ve submitted have started to generate revenue for me on the side as well.
My first dip into the world of commercial app development is very exciting!
Nokia Microsoft phone app challenge 2012
Just got myself involved in the next wp7 dev challenge. Need to think of a few ideas for my next suite of apps.
Tippon won!
I received some happy news just before the new year that my submission to the 2011 Nokia Windows phone developer challenge Tippon have won.
The winner are calculated by download count over the 40 days period. I am super happy about the result, given this is the first public programming competition I have entered.
As a result, I’ve decided to release the source code for Tippon under Apache License 2.0. The source comes with no warranty, but I hope it can be used as a starting point for someone else’s project. I will continue to improve Tippon if I have any new ideas for features.
Download here.
Tippon 1.2 released
Tippon, the best tip calculator ever, is now updated to version 1.2.
Along with minor visual enhancements, it is also available in simplified Chinese, traditional Chinese and español.
Windows phone 7 vs Android development
I’ve recently had attended a workshop for Windows phone 7 development. It got me started pretty quickly on WP7 development, and I’ve quickly published my first app Tippon, a tip calculator that can take a picture of the bill and keep track of your dining experiences.Afterwards, I reflected on my development experience vs my app development in Android. In a word, developing for Windows phone 7 have been a pleasure.
Visual studio Express + Expression Blend is an awesome combination of tools. My biggest weakest when it comes to application design have always been visual elements, but I was surprised at how effortless it was to create a great looking app on Expression Blend.
Comparing the development experience with Android, Eclipse is quite disappointing. A lot of designs are done manually, and the emulator is unbearably slow. I truly hope Eclipse can soon catch up to the developing experience provided by the Microsoft platform.
Tippon.com has been taken!
I feel like I’m someone important, I feel like I’ve finally made it big.
Shortly after the release of my awesome tip calculator Tippon. I’ve did a bing search 1 week later to see if tippon search word can link me to the app download page.
Although it did find my app download in the search results returned. It also found tippon.com. Curiosity compelled me to click to have a look.
Someone cyber-squatted the domain! They want $5700 to sell it. I know I should probably feel a bit angry about this, or at least a bit foolish for not securing it sooner. But all I feel is flattered, somebody actually noticed my app, and think that it could potentially make enough money to justify the $5700 buy back!
Tippon is published
Finally version 1.0 of Tippon is published for the Windows Phone 7 platform.
This first version includes the basic functionality of tip calculation, bill splitting, and allows user to keep track of all their past bills by capturing it with the phone’s camera.
For future version I’ve planned to add social media integration with twitter, Facebook etc. This is my first app on the Windows phone, please support by downloading and leave feedback on your thoughts.