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
games trying steps
Video games are engineered now, but the step I am trying to take, no one can engineer.
american-businessman book john market mass writes
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.
littles way program
Everything is getting bigger. The way to go now is to program in a little more sophistication.
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.
personality attention needs
A quiet personality sure isn't what you need to attract attention.
starting-over computer starting
The power of the computer is starting to spread.
heart doe follow-through
You must know in your heart before anyone else does what is going to be good and then follow through.
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.
reflection interesting personality
On the robot kit, I can choose very boring parts or I can choose exciting and interesting parts. That is a reflection of my personality and the kinds of things I am interested in.
writing program
I write my programs primarily for myself.
half kind knows
I know when something is kind of half-baked.