Donald Brown (programmer)
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Donald M. Brown is a computer programmer and creator of Eamon
, a long-running non-commercial RPG
computer game series for the Apple II
computer released in 1980, and a system designed to allow authors to create their own adventure games. Brown subsequently developed SwordThrust
, an expanded commercial version of Eamon. He was a founding partner of CE Software (the company which published SwordThrust), and was instrumental in the development of the QuicKeys macro recorder
software and QuickMail email client for the Apple Macintosh. Brown also worked for Spymac, and led development of their Wheel suite of internet applications. He currently works for Prairie Group, a software development company in West Des Moines
, Iowa
.
Eamon (computer game)
Eamon, sometimes known by the longer title The Wonderful World of Eamon, is a computer adventure game created by Donald Brown and released for the Apple II in 1980. The game is a text adventure similar to other early titles like Adventure or Zork , though with many role-playing elements not...
, a long-running non-commercial RPG
Role-playing game
A role-playing game is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative, either through literal acting, or through a process of structured decision-making or character development...
computer game series for the Apple II
Apple II
The Apple II is an 8-bit home computer, one of the first highly successful mass-produced microcomputer products, designed primarily by Steve Wozniak, manufactured by Apple Computer and introduced in 1977...
computer released in 1980, and a system designed to allow authors to create their own adventure games. Brown subsequently developed SwordThrust
SwordThrust
SwordThrust is an interactive text adventure game for the Apple II computer, created by Donald Brown and published by CE Software in 1981. It consists of seven separate adventures and is the commercial successor to Brown's Eamon .- Premise :Players take on the role of a warrior/adventurer in the...
, an expanded commercial version of Eamon. He was a founding partner of CE Software (the company which published SwordThrust), and was instrumental in the development of the QuicKeys macro recorder
Macro recorder
A macro recorder is a piece of software that "records" user actions for "playback at a later time".The main advantage of using a macro recorder is that it allows a user to easily perform complex operations much faster and with less effort without requiring custom computer programming / scripting.-...
software and QuickMail email client for the Apple Macintosh. Brown also worked for Spymac, and led development of their Wheel suite of internet applications. He currently works for Prairie Group, a software development company in West Des Moines
West Des Moines, Iowa
West Des Moines is a city in Polk, Dallas, and Warren counties in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 46,403; a special census taken in the spring of 2005 counted 51,744 residents and the United States Census Bureau estimated that 53,889 residents lived there in...
, Iowa
Iowa
Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New...
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