As I have written before I have a passion for programming. This is also my work, and one of the things I have learned during my 15 years is that if you do not specify what you are going to do, you will end up with something else than what you intended.
So for the sake of myself, and to document the journey, I will use this blog to document my work with my app for aiding in roleplaying: RoleplayingAid.
Mocking the app
One thing that is important it to realize how the application should look, this is very important as it is what the users will see. They don’t care how well written or fast an application is, if it looks like something the cat dragged in.
So, before I even begin to code, I will visualize the various pages I need in the app. I am using a tool called Balsamiq Mockups for this.
This tool allows me to quickly sketch how I want the pages to look, how the pages should relate, and so on.
I it is great tool for visualizing an app, and no I am not employed by the company that makes it 
Site map
First I have a site map, this is usually something that is used with website, but the way WinRT apps are organized is very reminiscent of website, so it actually makes sense to use with these kind of apps.

Now, from this we can see that we need at least three pages: Home, Campaign Setup and Campaign management.
We may need separate pages for Characters, NPCs and Order of Battle as well.
Now let us mock the pages.
The Pages
First, the start page, or Home, as it is called in the site map. The thing about WinRT apps, is that the interface should be fairly simple. The reason for this is that WinRT apps may also be used on tablets, and arguable, this is the primary target for WinRT apps.
So, we will not clutter the page with a lot of options and controls, but we will keep it simple, so it is easy to use, even on a relatively small screen, as that on a tablet.

The front page, or Home, will contain two buttons and a list. The list will contains all the campaigns currently available.

Create Campaign page just contains a little information about the campaign, like a name, a description and the system used.

The Manage Campaign page contains a list of characters, and buttons or links to the functions/tools available.
Conclusion
This is it for now, I have something to work from, and I will continue my updated on the RoleplayingAid app.