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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‘Amatoya’ ATV wages war on fire with dual water cannons

Submitted by admin on December 3, 2009 – 2:57 amNo Comment

4cf7ce304529516.jpg Amatoya ATV wages war on fire with dual water cannons

From designer Liam Ferguson comes the “Amatoya,” a two-man, two-cannon off-road ATV that is “more military in its approach” in the war on fire. If ever made to Ferguson’s specifications, the buggy would combine maneuverability, high-tech extras to help identify the heart of the blaze, and survivability to see it through a fire. A big downside would be that it can’t hold as much water as some of the other options out there, but it’d certainly be a robust (not to mention cool-looking) way to fight big blazes.

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Yanko Design, via Popular Science

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