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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Page Chaser Bookmark Adds Autosave to Paper Books [Design]

Submitted by admin on March 25, 2010 – 2:23 pmNo Comment

22d24aa9b9chaser.jpg Page Chaser Bookmark Adds Autosave to Paper Books [Design]The Kindle thought it had paper books beat for good. Then, out of completely nowhere, This happened.

The Page Chaser bookmark, by designer Hyeon Joo Lee, is a folded, flexible ribbon that automatically shifts its position with every turn of the page. It supports infinite page turns between recharges. And it’s in color.
d788971f97haser2.jpg Page Chaser Bookmark Adds Autosave to Paper Books [Design]
It’s beyond the scope of a single story, and even a single dedicated staff of writers, to predict the ramifications of such a device. The world changed today. How we move forward from here will be the tales from which all tales stem. [reddot via Yanko Design]

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