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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The Best of Big Download: February 8-14

Submitted by admin on February 15, 2010 – 8:33 amNo Comment

074613717e174856.jpg The Best of Big Download: February 8 14

The news cycle has certainly started ramping up in the game industry over the past week! From major press events to a handful of major announcements, we’ve been flush with gaming news and original features (you didn’t think we’d forget about the original stuff, did you?). Below you’ll find said features for the week, as well as our newest downloads — but if you want all those hot news scoops, you’ve gotta click past the break, friends. And don’t say we never did nothin’ for ya:

Exclusive features

  • Boot Disk: Our weekly retro game feature checks out the sci-fi RTS game Earth 2150.
  • Freeware Friday: Our weekly look at free PC games takes a gander at Planet M.U.L.E, a revival of the classic sim game.

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  3. The Best of Big Download: December 14-20
  4. The Best of Big Download: January 4-10
  5. The Best of Big Download: Dec. 27 – Jan. 2

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