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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Opera 10.50 Officially Released

Submitted by admin on March 2, 2010 – 2:59 pmNo Comment

2087186294a 1050.jpg Opera 10.50 Officially Released

Opera might be the underdog in the current browser wars, but we certainly aren’t going to complain of an additional browser to choose from, and if you’re an Opera user, you’ll be glad to hear that version 10.50 has been officially released. With speed always one of Opera’s main features; the latest version also boasts a speed bump, thanks to a new JavaScript engine and a new graphics library. Aside from that, the increasingly popular Private Browsing feature has also make an appearance on this version, which should be warmly welcomed by privacy advocates. If you’re curious, feel free to download it and give it a try. Press release.

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