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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Hulu Going Mobile And Might Hit Android And iPhone OS

Submitted by admin on January 30, 2010 – 2:36 amNo Comment

aad193e37ed ipad.jpg Hulu Going Mobile And Might Hit Android And iPhone OS

Hulu addicts out there will certainly be happy at the latest statements from Hulu chief, Jason Kilar. He mentioned that the company would be making a push into the mobile scene, which could include key platforms. When asked about supporting the iPad, he stressed that the TV streaming service will embrace any device, and wouldn’t lock itself into supporting any one platform. That’s certainly good news, as it gives all the popular platforms such as Android, Symbian, webOS, Windows Mobile and iPhone OS a lot of hope, though there is always the question of how he’s going to get flash on the iPhone, but that’s another story altogether. Kilar added that Hulu expects mobile to be complimentary to the desktop, rather than detrimental, and we certainly hope so. If you could access Hulu on your mobile phone, would your daily ride on public transport be more bearable?

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