Local developer Justin Southey\u2019s \u201cThe Most Addicting Sheep Game\u201d grabbed the honors in Microsoft\u2019s Windows Phone Application Development competition, netting him R50,000 in the process.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Most Addicting Sheep Game\u201d, which features sounds from real sheep based on a Karoo farm, has received 450 downloads so far by local and international Windows Phone users.<\/p>\n
Other apps to feature strongly in the competition included a News24 app, which was a firm favourite for the business user. Judges enjoyed the \u201cfresh\u201d interface, specifically designed for Windows Phone devices, and the fact that it allows users to easily access the latest news, sport, finance and lifestyle content from the section\u2019s screen and shows up-to-the-minute articles from\u00a024.com\u2019s various brands.<\/p>\n
Another favorite was Torchbear, a social media information sharing tool that is represented by a \u201cpassing of the torch\u201d. Users can tell where the torch has travelled and how many people have passed it as well as to where.<\/p>\n
Also featuring strongly was Mosaic, which allows users to build mosaics using the pictures on their phone.<\/p>\n
Southey initially designed \u201cThe Most Addicting Sheep Game\u201d for Xbox Indie using tutorials online and sold almost 10\u00a0000 copies of the game within its first year of release. When he heard about the Windows Phone App competition, he decided to reconfigure it for Windows Phone.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt took quite a lot of redesigning to make the game look and feel at home on a touch screen, but the response has been so worth it and the developer tools that are easily available online are fantastically user friendly, which made the journey a simple one,\u201d said Southey.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Most Addicting Sheep Game\u201d was a favorite among the judges for a variety of reasons,\u201d says Microsoft\u2019s Suliman Noor-Mahomed. \u201cNot only is it incredibly addictive but it is also a quality app, with the design, structure, multi-gestures, movement and sound all being seamlessly integrated.\u201d<\/p>\n
Clifford de Wit, developer and platform lead at Microsoft SA, says the biggest thing to come from this exercise is the proof that the South African developer market is actually far larger than people realize and says this competition marks the start of a focused drive to highlight the talent inherent to this country.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe talent that lies within our borders is astronomical and we really can\u2019t wait to see how local developers take advantage of a new platform,\u201d said de Wit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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