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Coals "Zusty" "Karla" Zimonja

@coals.northsky.social

Indie games long-timer. A Good Narrative Collaborator. Dramaturge. Currently on something unannounced. Previously on Dr. Katz, Home Movies, BioShock 2 & Minerva's Den, Gone Home, Tacoma, and Wanderstop. Invite me to play TTRPGs!πŸ™‡

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Reddit screenshot from Glasgow thread. Bright flames rising out the side of a Victorian building.

Reddit screenshot from Glasgow thread. Bright flames rising out the side of a Victorian building.

Video screenshot from Reddit. Building is now a shell with flames visible in every window.

Video screenshot from Reddit. Building is now a shell with flames visible in every window.

The roof has collapsed embers rise into the night sky.

The roof has collapsed embers rise into the night sky.

The fire at Glasgow central station is utterly devastating. Shops, homes and our transport link to England are being wiped out.
I am amazed by the limited news coverage.

08.03.2026 21:11 πŸ‘ 1767 πŸ” 791 πŸ’¬ 81 πŸ“Œ 107
coop, the log lady, and sheriff at the diner counter. the log lady says, in subtitle, "One day  my log will have something to say about this."

coop, the log lady, and sheriff at the diner counter. the log lady says, in subtitle, "One day my log will have something to say about this."

08.03.2026 20:58 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

THREAD: I got laid off from NYMag/Vulture after 14 years. The family lost 75% of income + medical. Now mzs.press bookstore, once a side project. is do-or-die for Judith & I. I feel weird telling you this because others are doing much worse. But if you could like or share this, we'd be so grateful!

08.03.2026 00:29 πŸ‘ 5953 πŸ” 3445 πŸ’¬ 284 πŸ“Œ 234
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08.03.2026 04:00 πŸ‘ 564 πŸ” 218 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 10
Graphic of me and my bio alongside my pitch for stretch goal content "The Resonant Web"

Graphic of me and my bio alongside my pitch for stretch goal content "The Resonant Web"

So there's a week left on the Blades '68 Backerkit campaign and I'm a stretch goal!

I love the world of Blades and I am so excited to be working with people I have been a fan of since I got into making TTRPG's.

Lemme write about weird ghost computing stuff!

www.backerkit.com/c/projects/e...

05.03.2026 21:44 πŸ‘ 42 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I bet the wasps taped over em

07.03.2026 23:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

a couple of WASPs immediately started complaining about how "we" now have to pay for this boat's disposal, and not "them"

07.03.2026 23:00 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
if you look carefully, there's two askew masts there in the distance, in addition to the newly slain guy in the foreground

if you look carefully, there's two askew masts there in the distance, in addition to the newly slain guy in the foreground

the side/keel of the newly beached boat

the side/keel of the newly beached boat

beached boat interior

beached boat interior

a third boat has run aground over on ol' Sunset Beach

07.03.2026 22:58 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

also, whatever percentage of ppl who get heavy enough botox that they can't move their face, are they a necessary target of uh discourse here?? what the hell, they clearly have other problems

07.03.2026 21:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

botox angle is also silly because you really have to get a shit ton of botox (& it wears off in months) all over your face to fully disrupt facial expressions. if you look less disgusted than you could potentially look, due to a reduced range of facial expression, is that your only conduit of comms?

07.03.2026 21:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

YAY

07.03.2026 16:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

$408 away from unlocking Aaron's contribution to Blades '68!

07.03.2026 15:39 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Radio lab: between 1890 and 1980, before computers, what were doctors in hospitals writing on their clipboards? They were drawing pictures of their imaginary pony. And for almost 100 years 92% of doctors named their pony β€œApricot”. The reason why? It’s kind of a long story,

07.03.2026 01:16 πŸ‘ 158 πŸ” 38 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
Logo for Planet Arcana, with a graphic sticker over top reading, "COMPLETE"

Logo for Planet Arcana, with a graphic sticker over top reading, "COMPLETE"

planet arcana is:
πŸ€– 100 episodes of a massive science fantasy tale
πŸƒ 4 years of morphing that tale into a standalone RPG system
🎨 dozens of postcards, songs, poems
❀️ a beautiful collection of engaged, theory-crafting fans

and sooo much more!!

but for now, planet arcana is:
complete.

06.03.2026 18:18 πŸ‘ 45 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 6

I had a tabletop character a little while ago who had a tattoo of this map, and the more I think of that the more I kind of want it as well. (although I'd have to pick a river I had more personal experience with, but, you know. the idea.)

07.03.2026 01:53 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The Killing Stone is now just 2 reviews away from hitting that 50 review threshold and getting that coveted "Very Positive" review score. If you've played it and haven't left a review yet, please do!

06.03.2026 21:52 πŸ‘ 85 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

sometimes that fun involves a lot of locusts, and we should celebrate that

06.03.2026 21:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Limited edition benefit sweatshirt for The Trans Continental Pipeline from Bikini Kill Limited edition benefit sweatshirt for The Trans Continental Pipeline from Bikini Kill

Proceeds from ALL sales today on our Bandcamp, not just the sweatshirt, will be donated to the Trans Continental Pipeline but today will be the only day to snag one of these beauties: bikinikill.bandcamp.com/merch/limite...

06.03.2026 17:14 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

you are indeed right

05.03.2026 17:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

oh hell yeah!

05.03.2026 17:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
[gamepad emoji] What Does a Game Designer Actually Do?

By now, most of us have played a game. [...more]

[gamepad emoji] What Does a Game Designer Actually Do? By now, most of us have played a game. [...more]

05.03.2026 17:15 πŸ‘ 260 πŸ” 55 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 5

aaahhh I really want this but I couldn't find a copy!

05.03.2026 12:14 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ruin: An Anthology of One Shot Incursions for Trophy A collection of 14 new incursions for Trophy Gold and Trophy Dark.

There are 4 different people from #YEG working on this TTRPG anthology of Trophy incursions! :D Me, @lackingceremony.bsky.social, @premeemohamed.com, and @orthopraxy.bsky.social! Supporting small indie press games means supporting local!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/fir...

04.03.2026 17:40 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2
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The entire print run of classic SF punk magazine β€˜Damage’ is now online! Ryan Richardson is one of the United States’ foremost collectors, archivists, and dealers of punk rock records and ephemera, as well as being the Internet saint who created free online archives of Sta...

The entire print run of classic SF punk magazine β€˜Damage’ is now online!
dangerousminds.net/comments/the...
'Ryan Richardson is one of the US’ foremost collectors, archivists, & dealers of punk rock records & ephemera, as well as being the Internet saint who created this free online archive.'

15.02.2026 06:24 πŸ‘ 85 πŸ” 37 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

Introducing the <Low Poly Rat Jam>!

Team up or go it alone - submissions open 6 - 22 March.

No ranks, no prizes, only a promise: I will play and review EVERY RAT GAME.

itch.io/jam/low-poly... #ratjam #gamedev #lowpoly #lowpolyratday

03.03.2026 10:27 πŸ‘ 281 πŸ” 136 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 26

I even miss having to manually place lights to simulate bounce and reflection! there was so much expressiveness there.

03.03.2026 16:06 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A dramatically lit low-poly subway level that you would never suspect was built from a single extremely clever texture sheet

A dramatically lit low-poly subway level that you would never suspect was built from a single extremely clever texture sheet

Reminiscing now about my first job as a game developer, when lighting was so expensive we couldn't even pre-bake it.

We made a single texture sheet with a lit side on top, a shadow side on the bottom, and a gradient in between, and placed all our shadows by hand with geometry cuts and UV mapping

03.03.2026 15:22 πŸ‘ 70 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
A color portrait of Hollywood actor Donald Sutherland, circa mid-1990s. Lou thinks Sutherland’s 90s work is crapola. The early stuff is where it’s at. Sure, M*A*S*H gives you some idea of Sutherland’s potential. But it’s Klute and even more so, Don’t Look Now, that still chills Lou when he thinks about it. Dianne can’t even watch it. She refuses. So Lou watches it by himself, late at night on VHS, again and again.

A color portrait of Hollywood actor Donald Sutherland, circa mid-1990s. Lou thinks Sutherland’s 90s work is crapola. The early stuff is where it’s at. Sure, M*A*S*H gives you some idea of Sutherland’s potential. But it’s Klute and even more so, Don’t Look Now, that still chills Lou when he thinks about it. Dianne can’t even watch it. She refuses. So Lou watches it by himself, late at night on VHS, again and again.

SUTHERL1.BMF

03.03.2026 02:17 πŸ‘ 40 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

William S Burroughs predicted this, I knew it

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