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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MWC: Follow Our Live Coverage On The Windows Phone

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c02b303c05ca 468.jpg MWC: Follow Our Live Coverage On The Windows Phone

[MWC 2010] We’re covering the official details on the “Windows Phone” event that’s going on at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Follow us live at http://live.ubergizmo.com as we’ll be serving you the latest updates on this event, minute by minute, so you won’t have to miss any of the juicy details. Stay tuned!

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