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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Google Mobile Searches Get Optimized Based on Location [Google]

Submitted by admin on January 14, 2010 – 5:49 pmNo Comment

b84a229990naware.jpg Google Mobile Searches Get Optimized Based on Location [Google]Google’s location-aware features can feel creepy at times, but in the case of mobile searches they can make life a heck of a lot easier. Queries made from most mobile devices can now include suggestions optimized for your current location.

The basic idea is to reduce how much you need to fumble with your phone and give you the most relevant query suggestions possible. Let’s say I’m sitting around in Tampa, Florida and searching for a museum. It’s more likely that I might be that I’m looking for some quick info on the Museum of Science and Industry than for Louvre and now my Google search suggestions reflect that. Then again, the entire system isn’t without flaws, unless people around my area are really more likely to search for the University of South Carolina than for a Florida college.

Ah well, the feature is live, so check it out and see if there are any oddities like that in your search suggestions. [Google Mobile Blog]

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