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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Google gives Nexus Ones to everyone at TED

Submitted by admin on February 12, 2010 – 3:10 amNo Comment

5f5f3d98e200x157.png Google gives Nexus Ones to everyone at TED

Some folks love it. Some folks don’t . Others… take naps . However you feel about the TED conference, you’re probably going to be a little bit more jealous that you’re not there after reading this. According to tweets coming out of the conference, Google just had an Oprah moment mid-show and gave everyone in attendance a free Nexus One. At $6,000 a pop for tickets, the majority of folks attending the conference probably aren’t exactly digging through their couch for change – but considering how many influential or otherwise powerful folks are there, it’s probably not a bad investment on Google’s part.

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