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Author: coorlim

Author of the Galvanic Century and Shadow Decade series, retrogamer, leftist. Solo gameDev, game writer, narrative designer. Looking for work. Sometimes I produce podcasts.. Big coffee drinker. If I blog something you find of value, you are more than welcome to buy me a coffee to show your appreciation: https://ko-fi.com/mcoorlim
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December 31, 2022December 31, 2022 coorlim

2023. Sounds fake, doesn’t it? When I was a kid, “2000” was the placeholder unimaginable far off future, and back then “future” meant flying cars and space travel.

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retrogaming

Look, I want to like Wizardry

November 10, 2022November 8, 2022 coorlim

Thoughts on the foundational CRPG Wizardry, a game I was fascinated with as a kid but never got around to playing

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Comic Books

Reading Old Comics

November 9, 2022November 8, 2022 coorlim

My prime comics-reading years were something like 1986 to 1995 or so – not that I stopped reading them in ’95, but I stopped collecting

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RPGs

Adapting Kid N’ Play’s “2 Hype” as an RPG scenario

November 7, 2022November 7, 2022 coorlim

I take a random album and use it as inspiration for Power Ballad, my tabletop RPG campaign. This week’s was Kid N Play’s “2 Hype.”

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RPGs

Adapting DEVO’s “Freedom of Choice” as an RPG scenario

October 31, 2022October 31, 2022 coorlim

I take a random album and use it as inspiration for Power Ballad, my tabletop RPG campaign. This week’s was DEVO’s “Freedom of Choice.”

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RPGs

Power Ballad – A musically inspired Feng Shui 2e RPG campaign

October 29, 2022October 29, 2022 coorlim

Power Ballad is a post apocalyptic Feng Shui tabletop RPG setting inspired by heavy metal album covers and wicked cool van art.

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Game Dev

A long and twisty road to narrative design

August 30, 2022November 6, 2022 coorlim

This is going to get a little autobiographical, so bear with me.

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Game Dev

Decon Recon Postscript

June 20, 2022June 20, 2022 coorlim

We just wrapped up the first ever Decon Recon Jam with 7 entrants and 2 submissions, and all I really have to say is that I’m glad I wasn’t the only one.

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Devlog

Decon Recon Jam game selector

June 9, 2022June 9, 2022 coorlim


Hey guys, I whipped up a really simple generator in Godot to pick a game for the upcoming game jam. Here’s a devlog on the process.

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Game Dev

Decon Recon Jam

June 7, 2022June 7, 2022 coorlim

The DeconRecon Jam is a game jam in which participants deconstruct an old game and rebuild it in new ways.

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