Another great example of taking javascript to its limits. It’s a game called Spacius! A Space Adventure (a port of the original game from ages ago), which has been made using only Javascript, except for the sound effects for which the author used Flash. Best of all the game works in all major browsers.

The whole game has been made using DIVs to house animated objects, which deserves a big WOW! Gameplay is very good, no hang-ups and glitches.

Play it here in smaller resolution, or here in 800×600.

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I’ve been sitting on this for a while, because I didn’t have time, but it’s quite current as the product has not yet been launched.

It’s a new kind of gaming platform that will allow players to participate in F1 racing side-by-side with the real drivers, while the race is happening at the circuit. Basically, through a mix of GPS, web technologies and gaming, the game will allow enthusiasts to dive into the exciting world of Formula 1 racing. Players will be able to race against real professionals during the actual race.

Game play goes even further allowing for interaction (virtual) with participants - if you crash your car into a professional driver’s car in a live race, AI especially developed for this purpose, shows a simulated crash, but after only a few seconds the real-time data from the actual driver is updated so you can continue the race.

Naturally, game players are able to compete with each other, as well as against professional drivers in the race. Formula 1 has a very large fan base, so this game should attract plenty of attention and create more web properties on the Web such as race forums, blogs, fan portals where players will be able to share their experiences, results, tips and tricks.

iOpener, the developers behind “Real-Time Racing” are using the technology used in other “Real-Time Games” products which all make use of GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite Systems).

There is plenty more going of with this, so visit their site for more details. According to their site, the game is to launch sometime in the latter part of 2008.

Being a Formula 1 fan, I’d be very interested in playing this game. Judging from what is available so far about it, it should be very exciting, if for no other reason, then because I’ll be able to overtake Kimi Raikkonen, while Lewis Hamilton is already behind me eating my dust .

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This is a great example of how JavaScript can be used to render graphics and games in browsers, at only 14 Kb of code (compressed). The demo is playable, using arrow keys, although it features only one (incomplete) level. No external images or files are used. Sprites are made using canvas or div-making tactics (for IE), and sound is embedded as base64 encoded data (URIs). All sprites have only 4 colors, which helps keep things small (40-60 bytes per sprite).

As the guys at Nihilogic said, this was a proof-of-concept exercise, but it’s impressive how much was achieved with a single 14 Kb javascript file.

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As announced some time last year, South Park Studios has made all South Park episodes available online. Everyone is able to watch for free, and there are plenty of other goodies on the site such as download for mobile and desktop, the episode guide and more. You can’t download whole episodes, but you can download video clips. Episodes contain promotional excerpts at certain points, marked by vertical white notches on the video time line.

Enough said. Go to South Park Studios and enjoy! Britney’s New Look is sick

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Saptarshi Roy posted something interesting on his blog. It seems someone in the fashion world found Google as a strong enough inspiration to use it on a dress (literally).

I wonder if the creator, Satya Paul, got revenue from the PPC ads on the dress (sari). How much would people pay to click on the model?

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There has been a lot of posts about this in the past weeks. The “Here comes another bubble” video, by Richter Scale, has finally been re-released on YouTube, after an initial take down due to legal problems concerning a photo shown in the video, claimed to be the property of a Canadian photographer. Anyway, the video is pretty cool, so here it is … again:

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Suffering from computer desktop clutter? This is definitely not the way to handle that problem, although it’s quite an imaginative way of physically storing documents in your workplace. I guess if you have a wall big enough, and a reasonably dynamic document generation, this might actually help you organize your documents. The whole thing is their idea, and you can actually buy these wall desktop folders for 29 EUR (about $38) If nothing else, this would be a great way to bring a little life into the old office.

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