Prior to ending development last year, the company offered its Microsoft Reader software for about a decade -- first on handheld devices using Windows CE and Windows Mobile and later on desktop Windows.

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As in the software market prior, the app development market will consolidate, he said.

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The crowd-funding will allow them to polish the final product and get it launched, but the vast majority of game development occurred prior to the Kickstarter drive.

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