Nothing complicated, there is no publish in WinRT or I am missing something. I also tried deploy but I don't know where it deployed. The files in bin\Debug says only runnable in development. Any help?
Based on your description, you may need some document that can guide you to publish or deploy your WinRT app, am I right?
According to packaging UWP apps , you can package your project step by step. You can also sideload apps to your device without submitting them to the store.
More details about sideloading , you can refer to deploy a app to another device for testing.
Hope it is helpful to you.