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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HTC Tablet Computer To Use N-Trig Screens

Submitted by admin on August 22, 2010 – 6:06 pmNo Comment

cc6ea96fa3C gpad.png HTC Tablet Computer To Use N Trig Screens

You might not recognize the name N-Trig , but you certainly have seen their technology. N-Trig is the company that Microsoft invested in to create the Surface platform, and N-Trig is about to provide HTC with a multi-touch screen as well. HTC is rumored to be creating a tablet computer product for Google , but it’s unknown rather it’ll be branded as a Google product, or by HTC. What is known is that it is expected to run Google’s Chrome OS, and not Windows 7 as previously expected. Google’s tablet PC is being referred to as the “gPad” – a name I doubt will stick when it goes into production. Currently, the tablet is in development, but it is expected to be released this coming November – just in time for the holidays.

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