Have you considered increasing the cost of squares the closer they are to walls?

And I’m using binary sockets via Flash which might be considered cheating but meh

I had it at the stage where multiple game lobbies could be created, chat channels etc. and synchronised building and resources ingame. The next big step was pathfinding and vehicle movement, which is where I sort of gave up

I’ll stick up some screenshots later if I can remember how to fire up the server daemon

Maybe you should make a page where the map is started at once, without sounds, and at a lot easier level, then try to submit it again to Digg/Reddit/etc… (maybe even at Chrome Experiments?)

I mean, most people just want to try the actual game, maybe the current start page is a bit too confusing?

Also where did you left your work on DeepCommand? I’d be curious to see how it looks.
Especially the multiplayer part, are you planning on using Comet?
I’d really like to implement a coop mode on my game but haven’t found any good solution yet.

Lol, that’s pretty much what I did in Z-War. (Made it ages ago, my coding practices and use of canvas have improved since then )

Also I might use some of this code in Deepcommand if I ever get back to working on it