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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Vodafone UK ships the world’s first Bada phone, the Samsung Wave

Submitted by admin on June 1, 2010 – 4:55 pmNo Comment

aad8c6df0759x300.png Vodafone UK ships the world’s first Bada phone, the Samsung Wave

And we’re off! Without all that much fanfare following the announcement of Samsung’s smartphone operating system, Bada , the first Bada-powered handset has shipped. This morning, customers who had pre-ordered the Samsung Wave through Vodafone UK began receiving their handsets. Samsung’s hoping to sell 20 million of these things (as in Bada phones) by the end of next year. Seem crazy? Sure — until you remember that Samsung managed to sling 5 million Tocco Lites in 4 months. What do you think? Can they hit the 20 million mark in a year and a half? Drop us a comment below and tell us why or why not.

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