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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Oregon Scientific i.Wakeup Sunrise Clock

Submitted by admin on January 6, 2010 – 5:44 amNo Comment

 Oregon Scientific i.Wakeup Sunrise Clock

Nobody likes to hear the alarm buzz in the morning, and it’s probably an alarm-hater that came up with the Oregon Scientific i.Wakeup Sunrise Clock. Instead of using the universally hated sound, it simulates the dawn, using the light to help you wake up in a more natural and pleasant way. It’ll begin to increase its illumination 30 mins before your designated wake up time, to simulate a natural sunrise. If you think that a simulated sunrise isn’t enough to get you up, you could enhance it with 5 different built-in nature sounds, or revert back to the FM radio channel. It’ll be released in February and sounds (pun intended) like a tolerable alarm clock, albeit a bit pricey at $129.99.

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