Bill Budge Quotes

• You will be able to program a robot to follow a track on the ground and manipulate a hand. You can also write little programs that will give the robots goals.

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• You must know in your heart before anyone else does what is going to be good and then follow through.

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• When I am starting a new game, I have to program it for the Apple, because I want to get all of the markets.

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• Video games are engineered now, but the step I am trying to take, no one can engineer.

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• To be honest, I look at my Pinball program and feel that it is old stuff. I could do much better.

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• 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.

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• The power of the computer is starting to spread.

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• 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.

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• Robots… I think that is a hot topic.

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• 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.

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• It always helps to be a good programmer. It is important to like computers and to be able to think of things people would want to do with their computers.

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• I’m a great coder. But I am not pushing that so much anymore because there are thousands of great coders.

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• I write my programs primarily for myself.

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• I think a craft becomes an art form when the space of possible solutions becomes so huge that engineering can’t carry you through.

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• I really think it is amazing that people actually buy software.

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• I know when something is kind of half-baked.

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• I have a really powerful urge to see things work.

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• I can do whatever I want. They will tell me if what I am doing is stupid or a total waste of time. I may tell them that they are wrong, and we will come to an agreement.

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• Everything is getting bigger. The way to go now is to program in a little more sophistication.

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• Even though Raster Blaster was only a video game, I was learning about designing stuff. I got good at drawing.

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Bill Budge (25)

Birth:	1954
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Computer Programmer, Game Designer

About

Bill Budge is an American video game programmer and designer. His two main claims to fame are 1981's Raster Blaster and 1983's Pinball Construction Set. Both these games were released originally for the Apple II.

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