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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The Best of Big Download: January 4-10

Submitted by admin on January 11, 2010 – 5:53 amNo Comment

ce4c0d8098qmay99.jpg The Best of Big Download: January 4 10

In case you hadn’t noticed, CES 2010 dominated the news this week. Heck, there were even a few interesting PC game items to report from the show — a rarity in recent years! Let’s look back at the highlights of the past seven days:

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  • 10 Games We Wish Were Coming in 2010: There are some upcoming games that have already been announced that won’t be out this year. We pick 10 that we wish would arrive just a bit earlier. Pretty please?
  • Black Ops PC Games For 2010: There are plenty of games that are still being developed under a cloak of darkness/shroud of mystery/hood of deception. We pick candidates for our “black ops” PC game titles this year.
  • Tales of Monkey Island Review: How about our final verdict on the entire five part adventure series from Telltale Games and LucasArts? ‘Cause here it is! Done!
  • Boot Disk: Our look at retro games checks out the original team based shooter — Counter-Strike.
  • Freeware Friday: Our look at free PC games checks out the paroday game title Merry Gear Solid

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  1. The Best of Big Download: December 28-January 3
  2. The Best of Big Download: January 11-17
  3. The Best of Big Download: May 31 – June 6
  4. The Best of Big Download: March 8-14
  5. The Best Of Big Download: January 3 – 9

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