Trailblaze Media
A reusable commercial product, storefront customization and ongoing support for Shopify merchants.
Responsible for implementation, project coordination, client communication and maintenance.
Personnel file · Kansas City
Nilo
Cortex
ニーロ・コーテックス
Developer / Game programmer / Voice actor
I build the systems behind the experience.
Kansas City developer. Co-founder and lead developer at Trailblaze Media, building Shopify themes and apps, and lead game programmer at Rook Studios on CLAY-TIME Master Beef. Also a voice actor, tabletop storyteller and artist.
File 01 ウェブ作戦
Web operations
Loft
6,000+ merchant stores (reported milestone)
An official Shopify Theme Store theme from Trailblaze Media, with Nilo as its principal developer.
Seven merchant reviews on the Theme Store name Nilo, for help with errors, bugs and customization, patience, and quick fixes explained with screenshots.
Loft reviewsCampfire
Staff Pick Shopify App Store · May 2019
Brought Instagram Stories into Shopify storefronts.
Developed from October 2018 to April 2019 and published on April 12, 2019.
Monsterbass
A bass fishing subscription box that sends subscribers tackle based on where they live and fish.
Planned and developed the Monsterbass Shopify store, and continues to support and improve it based on feedback and industry trends.
Kate & Laurel
A multi-channel home decor merchant building its own sales channel on Shopify.
Designed and developed the store, and helped integrate their existing technology with Shopify’s infrastructure.
The migration involved a deep assessment of how the brand communicates its sense of style, quality products and dedication to improving customers’ home environments.
kateandlaurel.comGood Game Media
Local WordPress web work in the Parkville area, for multiple local clients.
Suzie's Cafe
Took a small business from limited web presence to an operational website.
Merchant reviews Loft · Shopify Theme Store
Nilo especially, was very helpful to solve any error, bug or customization
Manifesto Design Store · Apr 2023Nick and Nilo are super. Keep up the great work!!
My Muelltonne · Mar 2023Thank you so much Nilo, and everyone that’s helped build my perfect store
Twilight Fires · Aug 2022Nilo especially was patient and kind … He goes above and beyond again and again.
CAMRugs.Ca · Mar 2021I cannot stress enough, how much Nilo and the team have help us …
Dew Products · Mar 2021especially Nilo who sorted it quickly and clearly with screenshots
Refined Rooms · Feb 2021
File 02 ゲーム開発
Game systems
CLAY-TIME Master Beef
A combat-oriented puzzle platformer involving food service and block stacking, shown hands-on at PAX West 2026.
- Player controller
- A custom controller using multiple raycasts for collision detection, ability cooldowns, control-lock windows and mechanics that respond to context, with attention to how input, movement, collision and temporary restrictions interact.
- Camera system
- A room-based camera system with measures against rapid unintended transitions, and camera targeting influenced by right-stick input and player velocity.
- Core service loop
- The block-stacking and combining service loop in the PAX build.
- Shared managers
- Shared managers for platforms, cameras, level state and persistent data, used across the project.
- Controller-first
- Controller-first development with Steam Input integration. The Windows build is tested under Proton on Steam Deck.
File 03 部品
Component gallery
Glyph Engine
Drag a 3D emblem rendered in glyphs; hover to decode it into katakana.
Open
Signal Loss
Cut between five surveillance feeds; hold to withhold the keyframe and smear the blocks.
Open
Resonance Toy
Flick glowing orbs into a ring of tuned glass bars and play generative chimes.
Open
Specimen Scan
Sweep a fluid scanner over an android bust to expose its glowing endoskeleton.
Open
Test Chamber
Drive a test robot through three bays, dash through block stacks, ride a lift.
Open
Phosphor Swarm
Tear through a million-particle strange attractor; hold for a gravity well.
Open
Particle Data Stream
50,000 particles stream, spiral or explode; drag attracts them, scroll zooms.
Open
Neural Network Mesh
Layered 3D node mesh lights up on hover; drag to rotate.
Open
Holographic Interface
Radar sweep, waveform and katakana rain; click or press space to glitch.
Open
Kinetic Typography
Letters pulled or pushed by the pointer; double-click explodes, R reforms.
Open
3D Text Helix
200 glyph sprites form a helix, wave, sphere or chaos; drag to rotate.
Open
Data Corruption Visualizer
Drag across an image to pixel-sort, bend, bit-shift or swap channels.
Open
Generative ASCII Landscape
Drifting ASCII terrain; pan with the mouse, prompt a new landscape.
Open
Morphing Grid Portraits
Turns an image into dots, lines, ASCII or crosshatch; the cursor pushes points.
Open
Schematic Builder
Place components, drag to wire them, watch data pulses flow.
Open
Memory Palace
Walk a wireframe room with WASD and mouse-look; click objects to reveal data.
Open
Signal Interference Simulator
Drop noise sources onto a live waveform and watch the SNR fall.
Open
Glitch Image Processor
Webcam feed glitched live, with face tracking and effect sliders.
Open
Cyberpunk Cityscape Generator
Generates a layered neon skyline with adjustable corruption; export PNG.
OpenFile 04 信号
Signals
Voice actor
Character acting across games, machinima and podcasts.
- Joe HarvelleSupernatural gender-swapped audio adaptation · recurring part
- Sheex · Allan GibbSecret of Mana Theater with Voices · 2016
- BaiganFinal Fantasy IV radio play pilot · fan production
- Agent Casper GylesDemo
- MachinimaLost Past · Destiny 2
Storyteller
Storyteller of Respite of Vale’Norr, a Dungeons & Dragons campaign set in Freyna, with session records on World Anvil from December 2019 into 2021.
Artist · Closet Dystopia
An art and merchandise brand: cyberpunk imagery, glitch treatments, cats, fantasy creatures and retro-futuristic motifs. On Redbubble since 2020 and Etsy since 2023.
File 05 経歴
Service record
- 2026PAX WestMaster Beef shown hands-on.
- 2025 →Rook StudiosLead game programmer, CLAY-TIME Master Beef.
- 2018 – 2019CampfirePublished April 2019. Shopify App Store Staff Pick, May 2019.
- 2017Loft · Shopify PartnerLoft project milestone and Shopify Partner.
- 2015 →Trailblaze MediaCo-founder and lead developer.
- 2014 – 2017Good Game MediaFounder. Local WordPress work.
- 2013 – 2014Suzie's CafeWeb designer.
- 2011 – 2013Park UniversityComputer science study.
- 2010 – 2014Air National GuardAircrew flight engineer. Equipment inspection and maintenance. Honorable discharge.
File 06 技能
Skills & tools
- 10+years building for the web
- 6,000+stores on Loft (reported)
- Staff PickShopify App Store · May 2019
Specialties 専門
- Shopify theme engineering
- Storefront UX and customization
- Unity gameplay programming
- Camera, input and collision systems
- Merchant support and troubleshooting
Languages 言語
Engines & frameworks エンジン
Platforms 基盤
Plugins & integrations 拡張
Tools 道具
Practices 実践
Talents 才能
- Voice acting and character work
- Tabletop storytelling
- Art and merch (Closet Dystopia)
Credentials 資格
- Shopify Partner Shopify
- Facebook App Developer Meta
- Instagram App Developer Instagram
- Honorable discharge U.S. Air Force
- Computer Science study Park University
Tidbyt Studio
A web-based designer for the Tidbyt 64×32 LED matrix: pixel editor, animation, Starlark codegen and device push.
github.com/nilocortex/tidbyt-studioListed from Nilo’s résumés and profiles. A listing, not a proficiency test.
File 07 通信
Open channel
- nilocortex@gmail.com Email
- nilocortex.com Portfolio
- github.com/nilocortex Code
- linkedin.com/in/nilocortex Career
- contra.com/niloDoesDev Shopify expert · custom themes & storefronts
Open to full-time work, freelance projects, collaborations and consulting.