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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Apple Refunding 15% On Broken 27-inch iMacs?

Submitted by admin on February 5, 2010 – 1:48 amNo Comment

0478067d66ac fix.jpg Apple Refunding 15% On Broken 27 inch iMacs?

Being stuck with a problematic 27-inch iMac certainly isn’t fun, and we’re certainly hoping that Apple sorts out the display issues real quick. But if you’ve been encountering problems, it looks like there is a sliver of good news. Word is that Apple is giving customers in the US 15% refund bonuses, which is similar to what they’re doing in the UK. When you consider that 15% on a $2000 machine is about $300, that’s certainly a sweet deal. Of course, in the end, everybody is hoping that Apple manages to sort out these issues as soon as possible. After all, we’d all want a 27-inch iMac that looks awesome, right?

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