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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This Is How Insanely Sharp the iPhone 4 Screen Looks [Apple]

Submitted by admin on June 14, 2010 – 6:53 amNo Comment

1411905749isplay.jpg This Is How Insanely Sharp the iPhone 4 Screen Looks [Apple]There has been a lot of discussion about the iPhone 4 Retina display lately. Forget about it and look at the amazing resolution in this extreme close ups. Compare it to the iPhone 3GS screen or your own phone. Insane.

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3ecf0e7a9cisplay.jpg This Is How Insanely Sharp the iPhone 4 Screen Looks [Apple]

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Clearly, the 326-pixel-per-inch display will make an impact in consumers. The quality and density of information of the 960-by-640-pixel screen is as good as most printed magazines. At least, it has me impressed. If the iPhone 4 camera also lives to its promise, I’m game. [Scobleizer]

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