Two days ago I `published'
Black Hole Pong in the Chrome Web Store, you can see the entry here:
It's been a very simple process of uploading some info and images for the logo and screen shots, I simply followed the
tutorial.
Since the game is a Processing application for download the store just links to the download page. I.e. when the user clicks on `install' in the web store (in a Chrome browser only at the moment) the browser redirects to the original download page. Effectively the store entry is an advert for the game's web page. And, yes, I paid $5 for the privilege (it's a one time fee though, not per upload).
Comments about the Chrome web store are mixed and it's a serious drawback that it works fully only with the Chrome browser. Still, so far I think this could be a nice (professionally looking) way of advertising Processing applications or applets which might actually be of use or interest to someone outside the Processing community but are currently hidden on a low-traffic web page.
For example, most of the Processing applets and applications I have been involved with are meant for outreach, bringing a particular science topic to the people. They work well in exhibitions and I believe they would also do their job online - if the right audience knew about them. Thus the idea to use the Chrome web store. I thought I'd share my experiment here and I shall follow this up with more info later.
Anyone else with the same problem? Or maybe even with a better solution?
Andreas