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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Steorn livestream to settle the case for overunity once and for all… or something like that

Submitted by admin on January 25, 2010 – 9:58 pmNo Comment
5fd01bbeb7orn 01.jpg Steorn livestream to settle the case for overunity once and for all... or something like that
Once again, Steorn promises to finally prove that free, clean, and constant energy can be produced by its Orbo technology — principle of the conservation of energy be damned! — on a webcast this upcoming Saturday. Of course, they might have similarly proven their point during a previous web event… or maybe they haven’t. At this point, we’ve heard so many outlandish claims that we’re having a hard time keeping ‘em straight, but we’ve never been one to turn down a gratis comedy show after a hard day’s night. Tune in if you find yourself in the mood for a chuckle. Or don’t. Chances are you won’t miss much anything.

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