Video: Coltran Studios: Powered by Windows Phone (+Nokia Ad exchange, Nokia Developer videos)

This is a video from NokiaDevForum that shows how a developer and an artist found each other to create Coltran Studios.

When Simon Jäger, a developer, met Jason Zielinski, an artist, amazing things started to happen. They formed Coltran Studios, perhaps the world’s smallest international game studio, based in Sweden and Chicago. Learn how the two brought their ‘Cradle to the Grave’ mobile game to Windows Phone. Says Zielinski: ‘This is real, this is amazing, this is brilliant’.

Read more about creating your Windows Phone 8 games for Nokia Lumia:

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The Nokia Premium Developer Program (NPDP) is a high-value suite of services and tools aimed at helping you optimise your Windows Phone development. For an annual fee of just $99 US, NPDP gives you benefits — including membership in Microsoft Dev Center and much more — worth up to $1,500 US.

With Nokia Ad Exchange (NAX) you can add ads to your apps, with just a line of code. That line of code gives you access to over 120 advertising networks, delivering ads in over 200 countries. Once you are up and running powerful analytics help you track ad consumption and optimise your revenue. You can also use the Campaign feature to cross promote your apps for free or run a paid campaign to promote your app on others’ mobile apps worldwide.

Back in 1900, when the Michelin Brothers published their first guide, there were only 4,000 cars in all of France. Flash forward 112 years, and today Michelin’s online guide works with both Nokia Maps and Nokia Drive; restaurants that receive the Michelin window sticker also get a Nokia NFC tag. Tap the tag with your Nokia phone, and you’ll learn whether that eatery was truly worth the detour.

Kenny Mathers, Director of Developer Programs and Monetisation at Nokia, introduces Nokia Ad Exchange (NAX). Kenny describes how NAX offers a really simple way for you to monetise your free apps. A single line of code adds ads from over 120 advertising networks to your app, ads that can be delivered in over 200 countries. To help you make the most of NAX, Kenny explains that it includes a powerful analytics feature. With this feature you can see how ads are being consumed and use this information to optimise you revenue. Using NAX you can also run campaigns to promote your apps and reach more users.

Read about the benefits of Nokia Ad Exchange and sign up:http://www.developer.nokia.com/NAX

MobiPark by Qubop solves two parking problems: Finding your parked car in a big city, and remembering when the parking meter’s timer is about to run out. The company ported the app to Windows Phone, and Evan Kirchoff, the company’s CTO, is glad they did. Windows Phone, he says, is ‘more beautiful and more functional’. Windows Phone is also a growing platform, one developers can ride to international markets. Learn why Chia Hwu, Qubop’s CEO, says Nokia support has been superb.

The new Nokia Lumias bring developers a powerful new opportunity. This winning combination delivers product innovation … new developer technologies … new revenue models, languages and markets … world-class Nokia support … and the new Nokia Premium Developer Program, which provides benefits worth as much as $1,500 (USD) for just $99. Opportunity is knocking — are you going to answer that?

by nokiadevforum

Category: Lumia, Nokia, Windows Phone