mcoorlim

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Senior writer making stuff on the side. https://mcoorlim.itch.io/

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Not much What's anime with you?

Something I’ve been meaning to ask for a while now: what’s anime

Tried a new decaf because I like the taste of coffee and would like a warm evening beverage. Tasted like disappointment and unmet expectations. Decaf always tastes watered down or lacking in depth. I don't think I'll ever find one that I enjoy.

"Write what you know" is about emotional experience. You can write about dragons without seeing one, but you need to go and get your heart broken to write about its heartache. Go out, inhale life and exhale art. If all you do is read about life, you'll be making a copy of a copy. Go make mistakes.

if u see this, quote-post with your tips for writers that no one gives anymore because they seem obvious (even though they're not)

I don't play the NES port or the Mac OS original for this narrative analysis, but instead a secret third thing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Cu_...

Déjà Vu: Have I Covered This One?www.youtube.com It might just be the first point n' click adventure game. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPeDM2RA_lyVQmjuR5Aq5ww/?sub_confirmation=1 ----- 1985's Deja Vu: The Nightmare Begins is the first game in ICOM Simulations's MacVenture series. While primarily remembered for its awkward NES port, the game arguably did for graphic adventure games what Infocom did for text adventures, essentially creating the point n' click interface. Here, I play the Windows 3.x port. You can buy the game in its Mac and AppleIIGS forms on steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/343820/Dj_Vu_MacVenture_Series/ Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 01:47 - Gameplay 57:50 - Final Analysis Michael Coorlim is a science fiction author and game developer. You can find my work here: http://www.mcoorlim.com If you're interested in supporting my creative output and want access to early releases and the like, consider becoming a channel member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPeDM2RA_lyVQmjuR5Aq5ww/join Sources: The Digital Antiquarian: https://www.filfre.net/ CRPG Adventures: http://crpgadventures.blogspot.com/

Just got a mechanical keyboard and holy FUCK do I love that clickity-clack.

For the first time in fourteen years I have a full-time job that draws a steady check, instead of relying on royalties. This job? Thanks to all the experience I picked up over the last decade writing novels, audiodrama, games, etc, it pays pretty well. My title is "senior writer."

When I started writing novels I went with self-publishing because I was broke and couch-surfing and couldn't afford to spend a year or two waiting for payment. Now I'm working full-time and thinking about writing another book. Maybe I'll go the trad publishing route this time?

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We're still rebuilding subscriptions (since Amazon abandoned them) and pushing back against the generated submissions on a daily basis. We'd like to keep doing so. The path forward requires us to keep shouting from the rooftops, so... clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/ Thank you!

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Blog post alert! I wrote a 2-parter about game scope. Today's piece is about how to reduce the size of your project, if you found that it's not viable. It also has some marketing tips for some reason! newtonarrative.com/b... #gamedev #indiedev #solodev

Key Feature: How to Reduce Game Scope | New to Narrativenewtonarrative.com Blog | Is your game too big? Learn how to trim it down by identifying a key feature, an MVP and the narrative scope.

This gif should be animated.

go down to the comic book store and pickitup pickitup pickitup

If I had any goddamn sense I'd be doing a video on Wasteland to tie-in with the Amazon Fallout series, but here's something on Pong because I refuse to deviate from my chronological format www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzKM...

Oops, all Pong: Console Gen 1 [1975]www.youtube.com A history of the first games you could hook up to your television. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPeDM2RA_lyVQmjuR5Aq5ww/?sub_confirmation=1-----Michael C...

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Hey just a reminder that every artist and writer and creative gig person you know is currently dying from paying last year's taxes + this year's estimated taxes, and now is a great time to put a few dollars in their patreon or ko-fi or whatever

Hey if you like #comicBooks I wrote a blog post on the cosmic pre-history of the #Marvel comics universe. How long will it be accurate? Only Marvel editorial knows for sure!

Cosmic Pre-History of the Marvel Universe - Michael Coorlimmcoorlim.com An accurate at the time of writing pre-history of the Marvel Comics universe, from the Firmament to Galactus's re-birth.

At a loose end and not sure what kind of project to take up. Should I write another novel? Start a web serial? Write some #interactiveFiction? An action RPG or sim game in #godotEngine? Videos on video game history? A #ttrpg campaign book? I need a side project now that I have a day job.

I think it'd be neat to go back and adapt some of my novels into point n' click adventure games, but no way I could do the visuals. I'm capable of low-res #pixelArt stick figures at best. #gameDev

If I ever get back to my steampunk series, the next novel will be something like "All Hail King Ludd."

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If you like first-person dungeon crawlers, and want to play a quick one in browser, checkout my submission to DCJam newarteest.wordpress.com/2024/03/30/i...

Introducing Tokkitron with Dungeon Crawler jamnewarteest.wordpress.com I just submitted my entry in this year's dungeon crawler jam: Uliel's Quest. And you may notice that it's not on my main account, but rather a new account I started for my new brand: Basically, earlie...

For a small fee, I'll attend your enemy's short story workshop with opinions on their use of dialog tags.

For a small fee, I'll attend your enemy's short story workshop and remark that their use of commas leaves something to be desired.

Video Game History: Attack of the Pong Clones, covering Atari failing to capitalize on the success of Pong, and the companies that stepped in to fill the gap.

Attack of the Pong Clones [1973]www.youtube.com After Pong came the first clones. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPeDM2RA_lyVQmjuR5Aq5ww/?sub_confirmation=1-----Electromechanical arcade game developers h...

Started a long-term Senior Writer contract that pays monthly; for the first time in a bit longer than that I won't be 100% reliant on royalties and Patreon for my income. A level of security that is frankly alien to me.

Is her full name Peach Toadstool or is it Toadstool Peach?

Ten years ago a resistance band slipped and snapped me right in the fucking eye, scarring the cornea. Now whenever it gets too dry, the scar opens up, blinding me with pain - often while I'm sleeping. Shit way to wake up, folks. Happens every few months.

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Google apparently had to release a "verbatim" setting so that you can get decent search results. I tested it and it does seem to help lifehacker.com/tech/how-to-...

How to Make Google Show You the Good Search Results Againlifehacker.com Off-target search results are getting more and more common, and we can only lay part of the blame on the results being cluttered with AI-generated junk and human-generated SEO-bait. I don’t have a fix...

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Talked about disco Elysium exactly once yesterday and now it’s all I can think about.

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Very bad, sad news from the other site. Rest in peace, Sassycrass. You deserved better.

Followup interview went well. May have found gainful employment as a senior writer. Am cautiously optimistic, the only kind of optimistic.

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Bluesky is officially “open” now (no more invites). So just a reminder to not engage with trolls and bad actors, there is no algorithm here to promote or spread them, replying to them is what puts them on everybody’s timelines. So block and give no oxygen.

Mel Brooks could never make Blazing Saddles today, because Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, and Madelin Kahn are dead. Give it a few years until Warner Bros lawyers discover the loophole that gives them the license to use the likenesses of all their dead actors to create AI deepfakes.

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Welcome to the bsky game dev orientation 🧵! Let's get you started with the basics of bsky, finding other devs, and posting about your games! Btw, this is based on the amazing artist orientation thread from @purlane.ink; make sure to check it out if you’re also in the art side of game dev!

Welcome to the Bluesky artist orientation 🧵! This will get you started on the basics of how this network works, how to connect with other artists, and how to get your art seen. If you’re a furry, I also highly recommend checking out @buttplug.engineer's furry orientation thread below: