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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Uncharted 2 getting multiplayer trophies, more DLC Feb. 25

Submitted by admin on February 13, 2010 – 7:07 pmNo Comment

6f66bcd86dimain1.jpg Uncharted 2 getting multiplayer trophies, more DLC Feb. 25

We sure hope you’ve gone through the rigors of grabbing the Platinum trophy in Uncharted 2 already, because it’s about to get a tad harder to unlock. On February 25, a patch for the multiplayer component of the 2009 Game of the Year™ will be released, adding 12 new trophies and 12 in-game medals. You can find a list of both of these unlockables after the jump.

In addition, a batch of Uncharted 1-themed DLC will be simultaneously added to the PSN, giving players access to six character skins from the original title: Original Drake, Elena, Atoq Navarro, Eddie Raja, Gabriel Roman and Javier. There will be two new maps as well: The Flooded Ruins, which takes place in the customs house from the first game, and The Facility, which is based on Uncharted’s submarine dock area. The maps and skins will be bundled together for $5.99, or sold piecemeal for $3.99 and $2.99, respectively.


Trophies

  • Sneaky… – Get 50 Stealth Kills
  • Brass Knuckles – Get 100 Melee Kills
  • Tastes Like Chicken – Get 20 BBQ Medals
  • Rapid Fire – Get 7 Tripled Medals in Deathmatch
  • I Told You I Was Hardcore! – Complete All 3 Co-op Objective Maps on Hard Difficulty
  • Made It – Finish Wave 10 in one Survival Game
  • Gold Digger – Finish Wave 10 in one Gold Rush Game
  • Wipe Them Out… – Win 50 Deathmatch Games
  • Plays Well With Others – Win 50 Objective Games
  • Still Alive – Win 50 Elimination Games
  • Plundered! – Get 200 Captured Medals
  • Cold Blooded – Get 2,500 Kills in Deathmatch or Elimination games

Medals

  • Tip Off – Be the First Player to Grab the Treasure in Plunder
  • Protectorate – Shoot and Kill 5 Enemies that were Damaging the Treasure Carrier
  • No Cigar – Kill the Treasure Carrier while They are about to Score
  • None Shall Pass – Get 5 Kills while in the Hill during a King of the Hill
  • First! – Get the First Kill of the Game
  • Finish Him! – Get the Last Kill of the Game
  • Retaliation – Kill the Last Player that Killed You
  • Defender – Kill a Player that is Actively Shooting One of Your Teammates
  • That Was Embarrassing – Earn a Shutout in Plunder
  • Put’em Down – Kill Someone in the Knockdown State with a Pistol Weapon
  • Unlucky – Die 5 Times in a Row without Getting a Kill
  • Tricky – Kill a Player with a Pistol Weapon while Hanging

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