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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February 18, 2011 – 1:52 pm | No Comment
Fan-powered skiing: great idea or greatest idea? So this Russian guy was sick of using his legs to get around like a sucker, so he turned a lawnmower engine into a back-mounted propeller. He's a hero.
Ghost Rider GPS tracker has no hellfire
February 17, 2011 – 11:14 pm | No Comment
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February 17, 2011 – 6:10 pm | No Comment
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This iPhone 4 Exploded
February 16, 2011 – 6:51 pm | No Comment
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February 15, 2011 – 6:07 am | No Comment
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10-Year-Old Talks About MakerBot At Ignite Phoenix
February 14, 2011 – 9:45 pm | No Comment
We love us some MakerBot at CG and clearly this young man loves his as well. Watch has he describes the magic of actually making stuff with his MakerBot at Ignite Phoenix this year. It actually warms my heart to see a guy like this fall in love with rapid prototyping. Imagine if, back in the olden days of yore, you could make your own cars, action figures, dolls, and army men. How much fun could we have had and how much more creative would we be today? via ...
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February 13, 2011 – 4:26 pm | No Comment
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Greenpois0n Strikes Again, For Apple TV Too
February 13, 2011 – 2:22 am | No Comment
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February 11, 2011 – 10:35 pm | No Comment
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Somehow Interesting: Fingerprint Patterns After Using iPad Apps
February 11, 2011 – 6:21 am | No Comment
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