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- uInterview with Leif Bloomquist
- By Commodore Free
-
- Please can you introduce yourself
-
- My name's Leif Bloomquist. I live in
- Toronto, Canada with my wife
- and13-month old son.
-
- >Please tell us a little about your
- job and hobbies
-
- I work as a contractor to the Canadian
- Space Agency, developingsoftware and
- systems for the Phoenix Mars Lander
- project, among otherthings. My hobbies
- are composing music, canoeing and
- camping. I also playwith old computers
- sometimes too ;-)
-
- >How did you start using Commodore
- computers
-
- When I was 13 years old, my parents
- encouraged me to the join the computer
- club at the local library. We had a
- TRS-80, Coco3 and VIC20 in the club.
- The VIC20 was my favorite though!
- >What is the worst thing in your
- opinion Commodore did Didn't provide a
- sensible (or affordable) upgrade path
- from the C64/128.
-
- > Why do people still use Commodre
- machines and why such a large love for
- the Commodore 64
-
- Nostalgia, and the fact that you can
- tinker with them in ways that you
- can't with a PC. Plus there are a lot
- of fun games for the C64, most of
- which have stood up to the test of
- time.
-
- >What machines do you own
-
- currently and out of those machines
- which do you use I have a modern
- laptop that I use for work and most
- things. I have a C64 with IDE64 that I
- use to program with, a VIC20 for
- playing games, and a PET 8296 that my
- wife uses to track what's in our
- freezer.
-
- > your main webpage
- http://home.ica.net/{$fe}leifb/commodore/
- has some very useful information on
- commodore machines what is the
- websites primary idea
-
- Just to showcase various hobby
- projects I've done, hopefully others
- can learn from them too.
-
- > I like the "The Blue Commodore 64C"
- and the websites detailed information
- on how to spray your own, did you
- experience and real prolems, any thing
- our reader should watch out for if
- attempting the process himself.
-
- Yes, make sure the tape you're using
- to cover the "Commodore 64" logo when
- painting isn't too sticky.
-
- > theme here BBS and the internet is
- this you real love for the Commodore
- machines
-
- I just love the concept of having a
- C64 hooked to the Internet. It's so
- silly, and challenging at the same
- time.
-
- > Your presentation from "World of
- Commodore 2006" goes some detail into
- the workings of the game and how
- TCP/IP protocol works with the game
- how far is the game to completion
-
- The Artillery Duel game is about 75%
- done. I just need to add some more
- graphics (i.e. explosions) and make
- the game more fun by addingwind and
- random playing fields. Then do lots
- of testing.
-
- > Do you think More Commodore games
- will emerge using multiplayer internet
- access
-
- I hope so!
-
- >Can you take our reader though game
- development That's a huuuuge topic,
- but basically you follow these steps:
-
- 1. Come up with the concept.
-
- 2. If you're doing something that's
- never been done before, do some tests.
- Is your idea possible?
-
- 3. Design your program's architecture
- and requirements. How exactly should
- it work, what parts are needed, and
- how should they fit together? How will
- the screen look?
-
- 4. Get the basic gameplay working, and
- try it out. If necessary, go back to
- step 3 and refine your design.
-
- 5. Add graphics and documentation,
- etc.
-
- 6. Do lots of testing.
-
- > You play down the game because of
- the Grapics I see nothing wrong with
- them
-
- You're the first one to comment on
- that ;-) I'm not a graphics designer
- so the graphics were left simple. I
- like how they turned out, but they're
- not as slick as some of the newer C64
- games.
-
- Regards,
- Leif
-
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