Command & Conquer coded in HTML5
January 24, 2012 – 9:57 pm | No Comment

Remember the classic RTS known as Command & Conquer? Well, an enterprising coder, Aditya Ravi Shankar, actually recreated the strategy game using nothing but HTML5, where it runs on 69k of Javascript. Why did he set out on such an adventure? For starters, Shankar’s attempt was a self-mandated undertaking in order to improve his coding skills, where he gave himself a one month window to rebuild the game in the browser, and had to comb through the original game’s files in order to obtain all the right sprites, sounds and specs. According to Shankar, “In hindsight, I might have wanted to take smaller steps and make a tower defense game instead of jumping directly into an RTS. Trying to do the whole thing in under a month all by myself wasn’t the smartest idea.” As part of Shankar’s recreation of Command & Conquer, it included buildings, terrain, combat, tiberium harvesting and regrowth, in addition to the ability to sell and repair buildings. You want fog of war? It has that, too, in addition to a pannable map, different cursors, …

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PDAnet Offers Android Tethering

Submitted by admin on November 29, 2009 – 4:26 pmNo Comment

03b4a33c5doid160.jpg PDAnet Offers Android Tethering

Tethering your Android smartphone might have been a rather complex process before, but now it seems that June Fabrics, the folks behind PDAnet, have ported the handy app to Google’s Android. PDAnet is also available on Windows Mobile, PalmOS, BlackBerry and iPhone. Carriers probably won’t be too happy to hear that the free version of PDAnet is available on the Android Market, and will work on most websites, except for those with the https protocol, which you’ll need to get the paid version ($30) to get it to work. If you do decide to use this app, you might want to tread carefully as your carrier might not be too happy with you doing so.

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