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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iPod touch Sports A Vibration Motor To Notify You Of FaceTime Calls

Submitted by admin on September 6, 2010 – 1:54 pmNo Comment

7c9e08d39dration.jpg iPod touch Sports A Vibration Motor To Notify You Of FaceTime Calls

When Apple announced the new iPod touch with a front-facing camera, many folks out there were overjoyed at the inclusion of FaceTime video chat on the media player. Of course, how FaceTime would operate on the iPod touch was an interesting subject, as the iPod touch obviously isn’t a phone. Reports are now in that the iPod touch sports a built-in vibrating motor for notifications, which will obviously include silent call notifications. Considering most folks probably won’t be expecting to receive phone calls on their iPod touch, it’s nice to see the vibration feature included in the iPod touch, slightly blurring the line between the iPod touch and the iPhone 4.

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