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
Anyone know any tips to help alleviate sciatic pain overnight? It's pretty severe. My partner is already on meds for it, but overnight is 9/10 levels of pain, and manageable during the day.
We would like to sleep.
We would like to sleep.
November 30, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Anyone know any tips to help alleviate sciatic pain overnight? It's pretty severe. My partner is already on meds for it, but overnight is 9/10 levels of pain, and manageable during the day.
We would like to sleep.
We would like to sleep.
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An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
Post your favorite "Lord of the Rings" character. Wrong answers only.
November 29, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Post your favorite "Lord of the Rings" character. Wrong answers only.
Spent a week making a four-paddle pong clone earlier this year, as a mini-game prototype for Retromancer, a VN about an FCC agent investigating anomalous arcade cabinets in the 1970s. #gameDev #devLog
It's single player. You can play it here. sgdf.bearblog.dev/kerplonk/
It's single player. You can play it here. sgdf.bearblog.dev/kerplonk/
Kerplonk
Kerplonk is a four-paddle ball and paddle game played by a single player. Eliminate the other paddles to win.
sgdf.bearblog.dev
November 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Spent a week making a four-paddle pong clone earlier this year, as a mini-game prototype for Retromancer, a VN about an FCC agent investigating anomalous arcade cabinets in the 1970s. #gameDev #devLog
It's single player. You can play it here. sgdf.bearblog.dev/kerplonk/
It's single player. You can play it here. sgdf.bearblog.dev/kerplonk/
My books aren't on sale, but you can buy them direct from me instead of Amazon here: mcoorlim.com/shop/
Shop - Michael Coorlim
mcoorlim.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:39 PM
My books aren't on sale, but you can buy them direct from me instead of Amazon here: mcoorlim.com/shop/
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Part 40 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg dnd
Charles Darwin's Whalebone walking stick
Charles Darwin's Whalebone walking stick
November 13, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Part 40 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg dnd
Charles Darwin's Whalebone walking stick
Charles Darwin's Whalebone walking stick
Black-Friday anti-sale. Normally many of my games are free, today you can pay $4.99 for them.
Proceeds go to buying me more time to find a job before I lose everything.
Proceeds go to buying me more time to find a job before I lose everything.
Michael Coorlim
mcoorlim.itch.io
November 28, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Black-Friday anti-sale. Normally many of my games are free, today you can pay $4.99 for them.
Proceeds go to buying me more time to find a job before I lose everything.
Proceeds go to buying me more time to find a job before I lose everything.
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Part 117 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg
A 3,000-year-old clay pig found in 2020 at the Lianhe Ruins in China.
A 3,000-year-old clay pig found in 2020 at the Lianhe Ruins in China.
November 14, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Part 117 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg
A 3,000-year-old clay pig found in 2020 at the Lianhe Ruins in China.
A 3,000-year-old clay pig found in 2020 at the Lianhe Ruins in China.
Job listings today are full of remote writer gigs training AI for $15/hr.
November 28, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Job listings today are full of remote writer gigs training AI for $15/hr.
My worst thanksgiving I was couch surfing and my generous hosts were heading elsewhere for the holiday. I didn't have anywhere to go, so I ended up alone eating saltines and ketchup packets.
My 20s were a weird time.
My 20s were a weird time.
November 28, 2025 at 1:28 AM
My worst thanksgiving I was couch surfing and my generous hosts were heading elsewhere for the holiday. I didn't have anywhere to go, so I ended up alone eating saltines and ketchup packets.
My 20s were a weird time.
My 20s were a weird time.
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Unhinged thought of the day:
The Threshold Kids’ Christmas Carol
The Threshold Kids’ Christmas Carol
a skeleton with a doll head and glasses
Alt: Mr. Bones of The Threshold Kids ominously says “Correct.”
media.tenor.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Unhinged thought of the day:
The Threshold Kids’ Christmas Carol
The Threshold Kids’ Christmas Carol
Today I am thankful that my partner's spinal surgery went well and that she is recovering.
I am grateful for the patreon supporter who upped their pledge to $50/month to help us get by until I find work.
I'm thankful for anyone who has played one of my games or read one of my books and reviewed it
I am grateful for the patreon supporter who upped their pledge to $50/month to help us get by until I find work.
I'm thankful for anyone who has played one of my games or read one of my books and reviewed it
November 27, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Today I am thankful that my partner's spinal surgery went well and that she is recovering.
I am grateful for the patreon supporter who upped their pledge to $50/month to help us get by until I find work.
I'm thankful for anyone who has played one of my games or read one of my books and reviewed it
I am grateful for the patreon supporter who upped their pledge to $50/month to help us get by until I find work.
I'm thankful for anyone who has played one of my games or read one of my books and reviewed it
The history of the video game industry is tied to economic hardship. Arcades - the kind with electromechanical entertainments and peep shows - took off in the 30s as cheap entertainment for the masses. Video game arcades provided something similar during the 70s hyper-inflation.
November 27, 2025 at 2:34 AM
The history of the video game industry is tied to economic hardship. Arcades - the kind with electromechanical entertainments and peep shows - took off in the 30s as cheap entertainment for the masses. Video game arcades provided something similar during the 70s hyper-inflation.
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If you're really "excited about AI" then you should probably not talk about it here, where the community is predominantly made up of people who are being stolen from by AI and people whose future is being destroyed by AI.
November 26, 2025 at 7:58 PM
If you're really "excited about AI" then you should probably not talk about it here, where the community is predominantly made up of people who are being stolen from by AI and people whose future is being destroyed by AI.
After months of searching I've found a good solution to getting #c64 BASIC games running in a blog post right in your browser, thanks to floooh's tiny 8-bit emulators. This will enable me to feature C64-specific programs on by #BASIC code blog.
#retroComputing
#retroComputing
c64 Burrow.BAS
A simple test of embedding c64 Basic into a blog post
basic-code.bearblog.dev
November 26, 2025 at 7:35 PM
After months of searching I've found a good solution to getting #c64 BASIC games running in a blog post right in your browser, thanks to floooh's tiny 8-bit emulators. This will enable me to feature C64-specific programs on by #BASIC code blog.
#retroComputing
#retroComputing
Trying to remain positive, but I'm starting to think I'm not going to make it, friends. I've been writing pro since 2011, freelance and solo game dev since 2017... but I don't have any AAA experience, and indies aren't hiring in this economy.
2 months to find a steady income, and I'm out of ideas.
2 months to find a steady income, and I'm out of ideas.
November 25, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Trying to remain positive, but I'm starting to think I'm not going to make it, friends. I've been writing pro since 2011, freelance and solo game dev since 2017... but I don't have any AAA experience, and indies aren't hiring in this economy.
2 months to find a steady income, and I'm out of ideas.
2 months to find a steady income, and I'm out of ideas.
AI as in PAC MAN
November 25, 2025 at 6:35 PM
AI as in PAC MAN
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About halfway through the Children of Time trilogy by Adrian Tchaikovsky and wow...this is some of the best sci-fi I've read in years.
Nice, hard science, good character development, cool ideas, stretches your brain a bit, few McGuffins, and well thought out. Pulls few punches.
...
Nice, hard science, good character development, cool ideas, stretches your brain a bit, few McGuffins, and well thought out. Pulls few punches.
...
November 25, 2025 at 5:43 AM
About halfway through the Children of Time trilogy by Adrian Tchaikovsky and wow...this is some of the best sci-fi I've read in years.
Nice, hard science, good character development, cool ideas, stretches your brain a bit, few McGuffins, and well thought out. Pulls few punches.
...
Nice, hard science, good character development, cool ideas, stretches your brain a bit, few McGuffins, and well thought out. Pulls few punches.
...
Short interactive fiction game jam.
IF Short Games Showcase 2025
A game jam from 2025-11-23 to 2026-01-25 hosted by Emery Joyce & Encorm. What is the Short Games Showcase? The Short Games Showcase is an opportunity to show off shorter interactive fiction works made...
itch.io
November 24, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Short interactive fiction game jam.
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Always worth taking a moment to remind you if you’re pirating authors’ book you’re a shitty person. You can rail that our profession isn’t a profession all you want. You can paint yourself as an online revolutionary liberating ideas. It’s all bullshit.
You’re just a shitty person who hates writers.
You’re just a shitty person who hates writers.
November 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Always worth taking a moment to remind you if you’re pirating authors’ book you’re a shitty person. You can rail that our profession isn’t a profession all you want. You can paint yourself as an online revolutionary liberating ideas. It’s all bullshit.
You’re just a shitty person who hates writers.
You’re just a shitty person who hates writers.
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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
August 15, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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
You know I'm fucked when my fallback from solo game dev is "write another novel." This job market is killing me - if I can't find a day job, I need a solid way to generate income without one.
November 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
You know I'm fucked when my fallback from solo game dev is "write another novel." This job market is killing me - if I can't find a day job, I need a solid way to generate income without one.
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Out of curiosity, do I have any followers who are familiar enough with Applesoft BASIC to be able to understand an odd bit of NPC behavior that's likely determined by a combination of hidden dice roles and dialogue choices?
November 23, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Out of curiosity, do I have any followers who are familiar enough with Applesoft BASIC to be able to understand an odd bit of NPC behavior that's likely determined by a combination of hidden dice roles and dialogue choices?
I want to do *something* with C64 BASIC... but I don't have a good javascript emulator that will autoload a C64 BASIC program and run in a browser. I wouldn't be able to share my output, and that saps my enthusiasm. #retroComputing
November 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I want to do *something* with C64 BASIC... but I don't have a good javascript emulator that will autoload a C64 BASIC program and run in a browser. I wouldn't be able to share my output, and that saps my enthusiasm. #retroComputing