Bill Budge
Bill Budge
Bill Budgeis an American video game programmer and designer. He is best known for the Apple II games Raster Blasterand Pinball Construction Set...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
CountryUnited States of America
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My interest is home computer software. I'm not in it because it is booming; I think the key is that the programs must tell you how to use them.
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Right now computing can be hard. Machine language is somewhat inaccessible. And Basic is not quite so bad, but it still blows some people away.
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I have sort of been swept along on the crest of this wave right from the beginning. It gets bigger and bigger, and I try to stay a stroke ahead of it.
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A lot of kids are simply users. They have no interest in programming. Others will figure out what programming is all about and get excited about it.
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Usually there is a lot of excitement about a project, especially in the middle of it. I have to force myself to go to bed at 2:00 a.m.
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You can do things as a combination the way John Irving does. He writes a mass market book that is also literate. That is what I want to do.
thinking topics hot
Robots... I think that is a hot topic.
littles way program
Everything is getting bigger. The way to go now is to program in a little more sophistication.
thinking people software
I really think it is amazing that people actually buy software.
artist calling misgivings
Any artist always has misgivings about calling himself an artist.
powerful really-powerful urges
I have a really powerful urge to see things work.
stuff looks honest
To be honest, I look at my Pinball program and feel that it is old stuff. I could do much better.
coders pushing
I'm a great coder. But I am not pushing that so much anymore because there are thousands of great coders.
games drawing design
Even though Raster Blaster was only a video game, I was learning about designing stuff. I got good at drawing.