Mcoorlim - looking for work
@mcoorlim.com
he/him, 40s, narrative design, novels, games
Portfolio mcoorlim.com
Patreon: patreon.com/mcoorlim
ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/mcoorlim
Comradery: https://comradery.co/mcoorlim
YT: https://www.youtube.com/MichaelCoorlim
BASIC: https://basic-code.bearblog.dev/
Portfolio mcoorlim.com
Patreon: patreon.com/mcoorlim
ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/mcoorlim
Comradery: https://comradery.co/mcoorlim
YT: https://www.youtube.com/MichaelCoorlim
BASIC: https://basic-code.bearblog.dev/
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Mcoorlim - looking for work
@mcoorlim.com
· Aug 15
Hire me for:
Narrative design
Game Writing
Localization
Audiodrama scripts
Developmental Editing
Consulting
Research
VA casting/direction
Weird little spreadsheets
Retrogaming Reviews
Podcast Hosting
Godot Tutorial Writing
Showrunning
Ephemera
Narrative Analysis
Anything really, I need work
Narrative design
Game Writing
Localization
Audiodrama scripts
Developmental Editing
Consulting
Research
VA casting/direction
Weird little spreadsheets
Retrogaming Reviews
Podcast Hosting
Godot Tutorial Writing
Showrunning
Ephemera
Narrative Analysis
Anything really, I need work
General progress log update 11/11/2025, covering gamedev and my narrative analysis videos.
Getting ready to play SPACE QUEST II - Michael Coorlim
Much of my time is currently spent taking care of my partner during the lead-up to her surgery on Friday. She’s getting two replacement discs,
mcoorlim.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
General progress log update 11/11/2025, covering gamedev and my narrative analysis videos.
Reposted by Mcoorlim - looking for work
In 2006 a high school English teacher asked students to write to a famous author & ask for advice.
KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond.
His reply was a doozy.
KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond.
His reply was a doozy.
November 11, 2025 at 10:39 AM
In 2006 a high school English teacher asked students to write to a famous author & ask for advice.
KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond.
His reply was a doozy.
KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond.
His reply was a doozy.
If you like:
The games I make: mcoorlim.itch.io
My BASIC code blog: basic-code.bearblog.dev
Small Games Done Fast: sgdf.bearblog.dev
My Narrative Analysis videos: www.youtube.com/channel/UCPe...
Or my books: www.amazon.com/stores/Micha...
PLEASE consider supporting my work while I try to find a job
The games I make: mcoorlim.itch.io
My BASIC code blog: basic-code.bearblog.dev
Small Games Done Fast: sgdf.bearblog.dev
My Narrative Analysis videos: www.youtube.com/channel/UCPe...
Or my books: www.amazon.com/stores/Micha...
PLEASE consider supporting my work while I try to find a job
Michael Coorlim | Patreon
video games, fiction, retrogaming videos
patreon.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
If you like:
The games I make: mcoorlim.itch.io
My BASIC code blog: basic-code.bearblog.dev
Small Games Done Fast: sgdf.bearblog.dev
My Narrative Analysis videos: www.youtube.com/channel/UCPe...
Or my books: www.amazon.com/stores/Micha...
PLEASE consider supporting my work while I try to find a job
The games I make: mcoorlim.itch.io
My BASIC code blog: basic-code.bearblog.dev
Small Games Done Fast: sgdf.bearblog.dev
My Narrative Analysis videos: www.youtube.com/channel/UCPe...
Or my books: www.amazon.com/stores/Micha...
PLEASE consider supporting my work while I try to find a job
New BASIC game, Stronghold of the Dwarven Lords, converted to BASICAnywhere and refactored. Code list provided along with browser-playable version.
Originally listed in 1983's Tim Hartnel's "Giant Book of Computer Games"
#gameDev #devLog #retroComputing #retroGaming
Originally listed in 1983's Tim Hartnel's "Giant Book of Computer Games"
#gameDev #devLog #retroComputing #retroGaming
Stronghold of the Dwarven Lords.BAS
Stronghold of the Dwarven Lords from 1983's Tim Hartnell's Giant Book of Computer Programs, playable in the browser.
basic-code.bearblog.dev
November 10, 2025 at 7:13 PM
New BASIC game, Stronghold of the Dwarven Lords, converted to BASICAnywhere and refactored. Code list provided along with browser-playable version.
Originally listed in 1983's Tim Hartnel's "Giant Book of Computer Games"
#gameDev #devLog #retroComputing #retroGaming
Originally listed in 1983's Tim Hartnel's "Giant Book of Computer Games"
#gameDev #devLog #retroComputing #retroGaming
ZomboCom stands alone in the ashes of those it was created to mock.
In November 1999, the Zombo dot com website was created as a parody of the creative, but, largely pointless flash intros, which were trending at the end of the 1990s. Welcome... to ZomboCom.
#WebDesignHistory
#WebDesignHistory
November 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM
ZomboCom stands alone in the ashes of those it was created to mock.
My girlfriend has spinal disk replacement surgery on Friday. It's been a herculean task to get this to actually happen, with much delay and rescheduling due to insurance dragging their ass on granting approval.
She just had a relapse and is going to be incapacitated and w agonizing pain until then.
She just had a relapse and is going to be incapacitated and w agonizing pain until then.
November 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
My girlfriend has spinal disk replacement surgery on Friday. It's been a herculean task to get this to actually happen, with much delay and rescheduling due to insurance dragging their ass on granting approval.
She just had a relapse and is going to be incapacitated and w agonizing pain until then.
She just had a relapse and is going to be incapacitated and w agonizing pain until then.
Would have been more than 8 Senators, but 8 was all they needed.
November 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Would have been more than 8 Senators, but 8 was all they needed.
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Would be a shame if someone screen grabbed it
November 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Would be a shame if someone screen grabbed it
Reposted by Mcoorlim - looking for work
Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: the communists were right again.
November 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: the communists were right again.
#GodotEngine #DevLog supplemental. This is a screenshot of what I've got as of Friday.
I think I'm going to want two to four types of enemy. As many as I can implement on Monday in the 2-3 hours I have to work on this daily. #gameDev
I think I'm going to want two to four types of enemy. As many as I can implement on Monday in the 2-3 hours I have to work on this daily. #gameDev
November 9, 2025 at 5:12 PM
#GodotEngine #DevLog supplemental. This is a screenshot of what I've got as of Friday.
I think I'm going to want two to four types of enemy. As many as I can implement on Monday in the 2-3 hours I have to work on this daily. #gameDev
I think I'm going to want two to four types of enemy. As many as I can implement on Monday in the 2-3 hours I have to work on this daily. #gameDev
LAQUERHEAD HAS BUT ONE DESIRE
November 8, 2025 at 6:09 PM
LAQUERHEAD HAS BUT ONE DESIRE
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Oh. Well! I suppose I am fairly rude.
This sucks a lot, and it's exactly what I thought Bluesky was not supposed to be, invisible-intrusive-algorithm-wise. But then, Team Bluesky has been showing their asses (more rudeness!) a lot lately.
At least we can turn it off.
This sucks a lot, and it's exactly what I thought Bluesky was not supposed to be, invisible-intrusive-algorithm-wise. But then, Team Bluesky has been showing their asses (more rudeness!) a lot lately.
At least we can turn it off.
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 6, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Oh. Well! I suppose I am fairly rude.
This sucks a lot, and it's exactly what I thought Bluesky was not supposed to be, invisible-intrusive-algorithm-wise. But then, Team Bluesky has been showing their asses (more rudeness!) a lot lately.
At least we can turn it off.
This sucks a lot, and it's exactly what I thought Bluesky was not supposed to be, invisible-intrusive-algorithm-wise. But then, Team Bluesky has been showing their asses (more rudeness!) a lot lately.
At least we can turn it off.
#GodotEngine platformer #DevLog day 5. Finally have ladders working as desired. Replaced the tilemap, too.
Ended up adding a new tile & physics layer for the "ladder intersecting with platform." It's disabled when the player enters the climb state, but collides when we're just running by. #gameDev
Ended up adding a new tile & physics layer for the "ladder intersecting with platform." It's disabled when the player enters the climb state, but collides when we're just running by. #gameDev
November 6, 2025 at 5:23 PM
#GodotEngine platformer #DevLog day 5. Finally have ladders working as desired. Replaced the tilemap, too.
Ended up adding a new tile & physics layer for the "ladder intersecting with platform." It's disabled when the player enters the climb state, but collides when we're just running by. #gameDev
Ended up adding a new tile & physics layer for the "ladder intersecting with platform." It's disabled when the player enters the climb state, but collides when we're just running by. #gameDev
Day 4 of working on a platformer in #godotEngine. Trying to get ladders to work the way I want them to. As is, you can climb just fine... but if you stop on top of a ladder or run past it you'll fall down the gap.
Which... fair. But not the behavior I want.
#devLog #gameDev
Which... fair. But not the behavior I want.
#devLog #gameDev
November 6, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Day 4 of working on a platformer in #godotEngine. Trying to get ladders to work the way I want them to. As is, you can climb just fine... but if you stop on top of a ladder or run past it you'll fall down the gap.
Which... fair. But not the behavior I want.
#devLog #gameDev
Which... fair. But not the behavior I want.
#devLog #gameDev
I'm going to try and blog more regularly, so here's how things have been going, updates on my projects, etc. mcoorlim.com/sitrep-novem...
SitRep November 2025 - Michael Coorlim
I’m making an effort to blog more consistently, so this is going to be a combination devlog-project tracking-general journal. So, where am I at? Well,
mcoorlim.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I'm going to try and blog more regularly, so here's how things have been going, updates on my projects, etc. mcoorlim.com/sitrep-novem...
This is also why the entire video game market of the early 70s was "pong clones" despite Atari trying their best to make games that were in some way not Pong. It was all off the shelf parts and easily reverse-engineered if you bought a cabinet.
Watching a mini documentary about pinball machines, and they're talking about how video games were the killer competitor because they "could be made much faster, and much cheaper" and lol. Lmao, as well.
November 5, 2025 at 4:55 PM
This is also why the entire video game market of the early 70s was "pong clones" despite Atari trying their best to make games that were in some way not Pong. It was all off the shelf parts and easily reverse-engineered if you bought a cabinet.
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Two more weeks to apply to our microgrants program! We've received a few applications already (wooo!) but there is room left, so shoot your shot!
Head over to blog.iftechfoundation.org/2025-10-12-2..., and ask us any lingering questions - we want to hear from you!
Head over to blog.iftechfoundation.org/2025-10-12-2..., and ask us any lingering questions - we want to hear from you!
2026 IFTF Microgrant Applications Now Open!
You can now apply to our third grant cycle!
blog.iftechfoundation.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Two more weeks to apply to our microgrants program! We've received a few applications already (wooo!) but there is room left, so shoot your shot!
Head over to blog.iftechfoundation.org/2025-10-12-2..., and ask us any lingering questions - we want to hear from you!
Head over to blog.iftechfoundation.org/2025-10-12-2..., and ask us any lingering questions - we want to hear from you!
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Very excited to see the worst people flipping out tomorrow
November 5, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Very excited to see the worst people flipping out tomorrow
Day 3 of working on a #godotEngine platformer. Took a few days off, back to it. This is the second day of working on mechanics; I've added a placeholder tilemap from a prior game to test the "climb ladder" state I've added. This basically wraps up the player controller.
#gameDev #devLog
#gameDev #devLog
November 4, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Day 3 of working on a #godotEngine platformer. Took a few days off, back to it. This is the second day of working on mechanics; I've added a placeholder tilemap from a prior game to test the "climb ladder" state I've added. This basically wraps up the player controller.
#gameDev #devLog
#gameDev #devLog
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everyone* is saying it's the year of the blog
*probably
*probably
November 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
everyone* is saying it's the year of the blog
*probably
*probably
Time for a little Civilization-a-roonie
November 2, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Time for a little Civilization-a-roonie
Continuing work on my small single-screen platformer in #godotEngine 4.5.1. Over the weekend I'll be working on the mechanics - first, the player controls. I'll be using a finite state machine to allow the player to run, jump, fall, and climb.
Here's an exciting screenshot.
#gameDev #devLog
Here's an exciting screenshot.
#gameDev #devLog
November 1, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Continuing work on my small single-screen platformer in #godotEngine 4.5.1. Over the weekend I'll be working on the mechanics - first, the player controls. I'll be using a finite state machine to allow the player to run, jump, fall, and climb.
Here's an exciting screenshot.
#gameDev #devLog
Here's an exciting screenshot.
#gameDev #devLog
Here's an Ink game about time loops I wrote for NaNoWriMo 2023. I also made a godot wrapper for it, but it has more features if you play it by itself, as I never bothered to implement saving or undo in the godot version.
CW: Graphic Violence, Death
#gameDev #DevLog #ink
CW: Graphic Violence, Death
#gameDev #DevLog #ink
Repeat Return Reprise
Repeat Return Reprise is a choice-based interactive fiction game about time loops, otherworldly horror, and good enough being good enough.
sgdf.bearblog.dev
November 1, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Just started work on a small game, thought I'd share my process. It's Day 1, so I'm planning.
#gameDev #devLog
I'm going to be developing a simple fixed screen platformer in #godotEngine 4.5.1. I'll be creating my own pixel art assets by hand (No AI, ever.)
#gameDev #devLog
I'm going to be developing a simple fixed screen platformer in #godotEngine 4.5.1. I'll be creating my own pixel art assets by hand (No AI, ever.)
October 31, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Just started work on a small game, thought I'd share my process. It's Day 1, so I'm planning.
#gameDev #devLog
I'm going to be developing a simple fixed screen platformer in #godotEngine 4.5.1. I'll be creating my own pixel art assets by hand (No AI, ever.)
#gameDev #devLog
I'm going to be developing a simple fixed screen platformer in #godotEngine 4.5.1. I'll be creating my own pixel art assets by hand (No AI, ever.)
I've been job hunting since July 2024 - was laid off when they decided to lean more heavily into AI. My partner's been unemployed almost as long, and going into November she's slated for major spine surgery. I'll be the only one able to look for work.
Can you help us with the loss of SNAP?
Can you help us with the loss of SNAP?
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October 31, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I've been job hunting since July 2024 - was laid off when they decided to lean more heavily into AI. My partner's been unemployed almost as long, and going into November she's slated for major spine surgery. I'll be the only one able to look for work.
Can you help us with the loss of SNAP?
Can you help us with the loss of SNAP?