At the end of April I archived 'Curses'...

April End

At the end of April I archived 'Curses' and Inform, and announced them on the newsgroups.

- Graham Nelson

Quote of the Day

I sort of understood that when I first started: that you shouldn't repeat a success. Very often you're going to, and maybe the first time you do, it works. And you love it. But then you're trapped.

- Jack Nicholson

Other quotes by Graham Nelson

Months Past Now

I'm rather pleased with the new manuals. I see Inform now as a gauche young adult, having got past the stage of growing out of his shoes every few months.

- Graham Nelson

People

The most frequent complaint is that it's hard. True. it's a hard game to win Also, many people ask me how to use the secret debugging commands, apparently under the impression that I'll tell them.

- Graham Nelson

Open

This means keeping many trails open at once, inevitably requiring a fairly 'parallel' plot. This plot should be discovered rather than announced, so show, don't tell.

- Graham Nelson

Open

I try to make puzzles range all the way from easy to hard, and to leave many open at once.

- Graham Nelson

Decision End

What I would pay much more attention to are the few points where the player can inadvertently make a career decision. Most players end up back-tracking, though some actually enjoy this.

- Graham Nelson

Home First

Then in my early teens, when the home computer bubble was blowing, I had one of the first, an Acorn Atom, and used to write primitive adventures on that.

- Graham Nelson

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April Flowers May

Sweet April showers do spring May flowers.

- Thomas Tusser

April Being

Elections should be held on April 16th- the day after we pay our income taxes. That is one of the few things that might discourage politicians from being big spenders.

- Thomas Sowell

April World

Here cometh April again, and as far as I can see the world hath more fools in it than ever.

- Charles Lamb

April

Shining through tears, like April suns in showers, that labour to overcome the cloud that loads 'em.

- Thomas Otway

April England Now

Oh, to be in England now that April's there.

- Robert Browning

April Pretty

I left Apple in April of 1984, pretty soon after the introduction of the Mac.

- Andy Hertzfeld