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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i-Shrine iPhone App for the Japanese Worshippers

Submitted by admin on January 22, 2010 – 1:19 pmNo Comment

fc85b883d8280x92.jpg i Shrine iPhone App for the Japanese WorshippersFor any culture, there will always be some sort of practice or tradition and it seems that there is one that is available via the iPhone. The i-Shrine lets you visit a Japanese Shinto Shrine similar to the traditional Japanese practice where a person would go up to the offertory and tap the money box to throw in a coin.

You can perform rituals in three ways: ring the bell to make a wish, get a fortune-(Omikuji) or make a prayer (norito). Though the app means well, it seems that it is going a bit overboard. Aside from being confined to Japanese people, it sort of changes the whole complexion and sacredness of such a practice.

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