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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Macworld 2010: Guy Kawasaki comes by the booth

Submitted by admin on February 14, 2010 – 10:30 pmNo Comment

644e0b788c17 pm.jpg Macworld 2010: Guy Kawasaki comes by the boothFew former Apple employees embody the six-color spirit more than evangelist & web entrepreneur Guy Kawasaki; we were pleased that he took a few minutes to talk with us about his experience of Macworld Expo and his relationship to modern-day Apple, Inc. (Hint: He’s not holding his breath for that free iPad to show up in the mail.)

Of course, Guy’s day job is keeping him well up to speed on Apple news, as the Alltop aggregation sites now include apple.alltop.com, mac.alltop.com, iphone.alltop.com,
ipod.alltop.com and the latest addition of ipad.alltop.com.

You can keep track of Guy on Twitter at @guykawasaki, and see his top stories from across the web every day on his Alltop “Holy Kaw” blog.

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