he/him, award winning narrative designer and novelist Portfolio mcoorlim.com Patreon: patreon.com/mcoorlim ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/mcoorlim YT: https://www.youtube.com/MichaelCoorlim BASIC: https://basic-code.bearblog.dev/https://bsky.app/profile/mcoorlim.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/mcoorlim.com/post/3mu37pif26s2lYee-haw pardners, here's this week's BASIC game: Corral.BAS, playable right in your browser. Complete with code listing and #devlog #gameDev https://mcoorlim.com/corral-bas-a-cowboy-game-in-your-browser/27 Aug 2026 15:59 +0000at://did:plc:3ndls44ookped7wtrvt2qozy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu37pif26s2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/mcoorlim.com/post/3mtyr2finik2nI drew a dolphin as part of my daily learning-to-use-a-tablet practice. https://mcoorlim.com/dolphin-drawing/26 Aug 2026 16:31 +0000at://did:plc:3ndls44ookped7wtrvt2qozy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyr2finik2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/mcoorlim.com/post/3mtxjalz2sc2nRoko's Modern Basilisk26 Aug 2026 04:39 +0000at://did:plc:3ndls44ookped7wtrvt2qozy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtxjalz2sc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/mcoorlim.com/post/3mtwkmtt63c2gEvery day I draw a monster from the 2e DnD monster manual. I didn't want to just draw dragons for weeks straight, so I just drew a Black Dragon to represent them all. Can't say why I chose this guy. Maybe he seemed achievable in the 20-30 minutes I give myself?25 Aug 2026 19:31 +0000at://did:plc:3ndls44ookped7wtrvt2qozy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwkmtt63c2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/mcoorlim.com/post/3mtwilduhf22mThe powerful response to the loss of a guiding light is to take the burden of radical compassion upon yourself. Be a point of light in this demon-haunted world.25 Aug 2026 18:54 +0000at://did:plc:3ndls44ookped7wtrvt2qozy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwilduhf22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/mcoorlim.com/post/3mtnbsd5pvk2iCaustic Soda did an episode about Wiley and the Poison Squad. https://causticsodapodcast.com/2014/02/03/toxicity02/ [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Aug 2026 02:59 +0000at://did:plc:3ndls44ookped7wtrvt2qozy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtnbsd5pvk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/mcoorlim.com/post/3mtkqqh736225I haven't done much with Applesoft BASIC because the emulator I've found that lets you embed programs in HTML doesn't have support for a lot of the advanced graphical features, but here's Air Attack.BAS - playable in the browser with code listing and #devLog https://mcoorlim.com/air-attack-bas/21 Aug 2026 02:48 +0000at://did:plc:3ndls44ookped7wtrvt2qozy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtkqqh736225https://bsky.app/profile/mcoorlim.com/post/3mtm3merwpc2iThe only detectives to survive were the ones who became Hippies themselves. That's how we got disco. [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Aug 2026 15:35 +0000at://did:plc:3ndls44ookped7wtrvt2qozy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtm3merwpc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/mcoorlim.com/post/3mtkqqh736225I haven't done much with Applesoft BASIC because the emulator I've found that lets you embed programs in HTML doesn't have support for a lot of the advanced graphical features, but here's Air Attack.BAS - playable in the browser with code listing and #devLog https://mcoorlim.com/air-attack-bas/21 Aug 2026 02:48 +0000at://did:plc:3ndls44ookped7wtrvt2qozy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtkqqh736225https://bsky.app/profile/mcoorlim.com/post/3mtjric4i2225I would go back to the late 70s and early 80s during the bedroom-coder area where you could make a fortune while creating a genre by selling a half-baked DnD microcomputer clone out of ziplock bags with cover art that your mom drew. [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Aug 2026 17:29 +0000at://did:plc:3ndls44ookped7wtrvt2qozy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjric4i2225https://bsky.app/profile/mcoorlim.com/post/3mthq2lqkzs24Are we talking extended universe C3PO or nu3PO19 Aug 2026 21:58 +0000at://did:plc:3ndls44ookped7wtrvt2qozy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mthq2lqkzs24https://bsky.app/profile/mcoorlim.com/post/3mtgx3msdbk2iImagine, for a moment, that you are a credulous rube...19 Aug 2026 14:31 +0000at://did:plc:3ndls44ookped7wtrvt2qozy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtgx3msdbk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/mcoorlim.com/post/3mteufe62ds2sI took a COBOL class to help find work as a freelancer, because the codebases were that old. Never actually got a job using it. [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Aug 2026 18:38 +0000at://did:plc:3ndls44ookped7wtrvt2qozy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mteufe62ds2shttps://bsky.app/profile/mcoorlim.com/post/3mtetymcprc2sThird shift janitor in the Colorado state mental hospital. It used to be a TB ward back in the day. They have dirt cells in the maintenance tunnels currently used for storage. Had to sign a waiver acknowledging that if any of the max security patients took me hostage I would not be negotiated for. [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Aug 2026 18:31 +0000at://did:plc:3ndls44ookped7wtrvt2qozy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtetymcprc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/mcoorlim.com/post/3mteix4ctfc2jNew narrative playthrough video of Uninvited, the second MacVenture adventure game from ICOM. I'm playing the Windows 3.1 port. I'm holding off on the analysis video until I've finished Shadowgate and Deja Vu 2. #retroGaming https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tK91wbOkJV818 Aug 2026 15:13 +0000at://did:plc:3ndls44ookped7wtrvt2qozy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mteix4ctfc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mcoorlim.com/post/3mtbzi5j6jc26Bring back the Intellivision and maybe the Aquarius. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Aug 2026 15:31 +0000at://did:plc:3ndls44ookped7wtrvt2qozy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtbzi5j6jc26https://bsky.app/profile/mcoorlim.com/post/3mmx246n7vk2jBig hello to new followers! I'm Michael, Narrative Designer and Game Writer. I've been laid off for quite some time so job leads are appreciated; my runway is crumbling fast. I have a youTube channel focused on video game history and retrogame narrative analysis, check it out: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPeDM2RA_lyVQmjuR5Aq5ww/28 May 2026 22:11 +0000at://did:plc:3ndls44ookped7wtrvt2qozy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmx246n7vk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mcoorlim.com/post/3mta62bgkv22wIt'd take $10/month for 10% of my audience to make up for the fact that I haven't found steady work since getting laid off in 2024, but then I could afford to treat my solo work as a full time job instead of facing the specter of absolute ruin in December. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Aug 2026 21:47 +0000at://did:plc:3ndls44ookped7wtrvt2qozy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mta62bgkv22whttps://bsky.app/profile/mcoorlim.com/post/3mta5cy3boc2wHey fuckos, this is not the job of my OS. Knock that shit off. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Aug 2026 21:34 +0000at://did:plc:3ndls44ookped7wtrvt2qozy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mta5cy3boc2w