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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Yantouch Jellyfish LED Lamp Stings Your Senses With 16 Million Colors [Lighting]

Submitted by admin on January 5, 2010 – 1:36 pmNo Comment

2bcec3a443h lamp.jpg Yantouch Jellyfish LED Lamp Stings Your Senses With 16 Million Colors [Lighting]Remember that awesome Philips LivingColors lamp? Well, the Yantouch might be even better—and it looks like a UFO with a disco inside it.

What makes it even more unique is the touch panel interface that you can use to cycle between colors and brightness levels. You can also set the lamp to automatically cycle through colors or illuminate only the undercarriage—resulting in a cool backlighting effect. We are not sure if the Yantouch will ever make it to the States, but it is available now in Japan for the equivalent of $160. [Yantouch via Impress via Technabob]

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