Too busy to keep up with us at the Amazon Appstore? We've been busy too, from designing fun platforming levels with Alejandro Hitti to preparing for our webinar on using mobile frameworks to sell IAP. Read more to see what you missed!
Webinar: Using Mobile Frameworks and Amazon to Sell In-App Items
Join us on December 14, 2017, at 7:00 AM PST or 1:00 PM PST, for a webinar on integrating in-app purchasing (IAP) and selling digital items from within your app or game. We’ll cover how to set up your item catalog on Amazon, then show how you can connect to it from within your app.
Fire 7 and Fire HD 8 Tablets Now Available in Canada
With the Fire 7 and Fire HD 8, apps and games are at the center of the experience. The user interface features dedicated content pages for books, games, apps, and more, creating an engaging layout that mimics the beautiful pages of a magazine. This optimized experience will help maximize the chances that the right customers – the ones who are more likely to convert – will see your apps and games. Customers will see content they are more interested in, and more likely to download.
Designing Fun Platforming Levels: Tips and Best Practices
Videogame programmer and designer Alejandro Hitti shares his experiences with level design - the things he did right, the things he did wrong, and provides general tips to make your platforming levels much better. Our guest blogger begins his post by explaining the various methods he found that were effective for himself when designing levels, then shares some tips to keep in the back of your mind when coming up with your creations, as well as some suggestions to better iterate and improve your existing designs.
Dev Chat with waipu.tv: How to Develop a User-Centric TV Experience
In Dev Chat – Short Answers to Big Questions, our series of short videos created by Amazon Appstore, developers of successful apps and games answer your questions in less than 90 seconds. waipu.tv launched its services in September 2016 and so far, it has generated more than 50,000 subscribers. How did German company EXARING AG, developers of waipu.tv, develop this user-centric TV experience? Find out in this edition of Dev Chat.
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