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
american-businessman excited figure interest kids others simply
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.
american-businessman basic blows computers computing language machine people quite somewhat
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.
american-businessman computer home interest key programs
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.
apples games want
When I am starting a new game, I have to program it for the Apple, because I want to get all of the markets.
simple apples special
The Apple has the fewest bells and whistles. It has simple sound and few graphics special effects. In a way, that is a weakness because markets for the other machines are getting bigger.
half kind knows
I know when something is kind of half-baked.
sitting use novices
The program should know if someone is at the keyboard or joystick or if it is just sitting there idle. It should know if someone is proficient in its use or a novice.
starting-over computer starting
The power of the computer is starting to spread.
coders pushing
I'm a great coder. But I am not pushing that so much anymore because there are thousands of great coders.
littles way program
Everything is getting bigger. The way to go now is to program in a little more sophistication.