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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Gigabyte Codfish

Submitted by admin on March 8, 2010 – 3:34 pmNo Comment

aa73c01d09ish 01.jpg Gigabyte CodfishHere’s a new phone from Asian cell phone provider Gigabyte that may not be the GSmart Android, but could be just as interesting.

This one is called the Codfish, and we don’t know much about it. According to the PointGPhone that we have in the photo, it is “very responsive” and “good manufacturing quality”. We do know that it does Android 1.6, has a 3.2 inch display, and a 5 megapixel camera.

Well, I’m sure if the Codfish is really unique, I imagine that we will hear more about it. Until then, it is just an ordinary phone with an ordinary name.

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