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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Dragon Dictation speech recognition, now on iPhone

Submitted by admin on December 8, 2009 – 8:09 amNo Comment

2e832c1eb829782.jpg Dragon Dictation speech recognition, now on iPhone

We’re big fans of Dragon NaturallySpeaking speech recognition software for Windows, and now that same dictation engine is the underpinnings of Dragon Dictation software on the iPhone. Just like its desktop counterpart, it types whatever you say, and its accuracy is remarkable. In fact, I used it to type this post, with accuracy approaching 98%. Not bad.

After you’ve spoken your piece, you can copy that text to the clipboard, or send it to an email or a text message. It’s limited in the number of words you can dictate at a time, takes a few seconds to process, and it’s hard to tell when you’ve run out of room. But hey, what do you want for free? It’s a great way to fire off a quick email or tweet, turning talk into type as if by magic.

Via Nuance

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