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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Live at 5 PM EDT: TUAW TV Live with special guest Chuck Joiner

Submitted by admin on April 21, 2010 – 3:53 pmNo Comment

c1bf43bfe5studio.jpg Live at 5 PM EDT: TUAW TV Live with special guest Chuck JoinerStarting in just a few minutes, it’s TUAW TV Live with your host Steve Sande and special guest Chuck Joiner. As we mentioned in the teaser earlier today, Chuck is the top podcaster in the Apple universe, hosting MacVoices, MacNotables, and The MacJury to name a few. He’s been involved with the Mac user group community as well, and if there’s one person who probably knows everyone in the Apple world, it’s Chuck Joiner.

To join in from your Mac or PC, just go to the next page by clicking the link at the bottom of this post, and you’ll find a live stream viewer and a chat tool.

If you’re driving somewhere and would like to watch TUAW TV Live while you’re stuck in traffic, please don’t — keep your eyes on the road. However, if someone else is doing the driving, you can watch the show on your iPhone by downloading the free Ustream Viewing Application.

iPad users haven’t been forgotten. You can tune in the show on your iPad now by clicking this link, which will open a non-Flash stream. Huzzah!

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