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This Week in Videogames @thisweekinvideogames.com · 23/09/2026
Dwarf Fortress co-creator Tarn Adams says he has no need for GenAI, because his artists are bursting with cool, weird ideas like meat biomes and sphincter doors. "[Tolkien] didn’t have a sphincter door. I mean, I don’t think he did… Who knows what’s going on in, like, Minas Morgul though."
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27 Chaotic Minutes with Dwarf Fortress Creator Tarn Adams
Tarn Adams talks about Dwarf Fortress, his favourite bugs of the last 20 years, and why it's incredibly important to have a "meat biome"
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Steph Adams @pleasantanimal.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Had a fun week in Germany! Came home to this delightful creature.
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Steph Adams @pleasantanimal.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Classic Gus
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Steph Adams @pleasantanimal.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Two perfectly arranged creatures.
Coco and Gus are lying on the tiled floor next to a fireplace and rug.
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Steph Adams @pleasantanimal.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Gusosaurus and Cococeratops.
Gus is wearing a crocheted dinosaur outfit. It is purple with lime green spikes along the back.Coco is wearing a crocheted dinosaur outfit. It is blue with peachy coloured spikes along the back.
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Bay 12 Games @bay12games.com · 25/06/2026
Just posted DF 53.15, the extinct creatures update. There are 100 new animals and 100 new animal people. All of the animal people (new and old) are show with their weapons and some of their bodywear now.
Gus and Coco the cats dressed as dinosaurs.
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Steph Adams @pleasantanimal.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Here's some yarn I made, and a Coco.
A photo of some pastel coloured handspun yarn being sniffed by Coco the cat.
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Steph Adams @pleasantanimal.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
A legendary cat named Gus.
Gus the cat is loafing next to a brass table lamp, looking slightly up. He looks curious but content.
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Steph Adams @pleasantanimal.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
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Steph Adams @pleasantanimal.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Gustopher.
A close up of Gus, who is staring at the camera with some intensity.
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Steph Adams @pleasantanimal.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Buddy cats
Gus is resting his head and paw on Coco. They are both snoozing on the foot stool.
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Steph Adams @pleasantanimal.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Gus, mid-yawn. He has no visible ears. His mouth is wide open and you can see all his teeth. He has a terrifying expression.
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Steph Adams @pleasantanimal.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Look at this little face!
A close up of sleeping Coco. Behind her head are Gus's little paws, poking out like bunny ears.
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Tarn Adams @toadyone.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
They are still there, along with all the demons and mummies and ghosts and such. There'll just be more going on. And yeah, when wizards come to research with the help of your dwarves, you'll potential discover things that exist nowhere else. And hopefully everybody survives to write them down!
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Tarn Adams @toadyone.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Some of them do, yeah, it depends on what they concern. Primordial remnants of creation and universal magical forces and deities all have sphere alignments, so those can connect to or inform which facts are generated.
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Tarn Adams @toadyone.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
It is tied at the technical level, and the system supports mundane scholarship skills/facts being involved. The new workshops will be used for a lot of the new research tasks though, and those feel different. That might have happened with the old research but so little of it has in-game effects.
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Tarn Adams @toadyone.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
All of this should be out in lua scripts from the beginning, and we're also continuing to use our txt format so modders that don't feel comfortable scripting can still create or expand their own magic systems and incorporate them into the game using the new features.
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Tarn Adams @toadyone.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
We're using workshops, effects, projectiles, and items to visually differentiate methods. There's also naming and text descriptions. Two methods that approach the same root cosmological node can have different names for it. This should set apart each universe and create some sense of discovery.
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Tarn Adams @toadyone.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
The latter - the two wizards could approach the same root fact from different directions, and also get different things out of it. If they manage to pick up a second method, they can revisit. I think there will also be regional variations just based on where the different wizard schools start.
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Tarn Adams @toadyone.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
It's exciting to dig into procedural magic after going on about it for more than ten years. The game maps out random cosmological facts tied together by multi-node research methods. These methods used by proc wizard/etc types that discover proc skills and rituals, in the fort and world generation.
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Steph Adams @pleasantanimal.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Tiny desk concert with Coco and Gus
Tarn plays the guitar at his desk, with Coco and Gus listening nearby on the armchair
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Tarn Adams @toadyone.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
He is a good creature.
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Steph Adams @pleasantanimal.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
GUS.
Gus the cat sits in loaf position, squarely facing the camera. His body is shaped like a little furry cube.
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Steph Adams @pleasantanimal.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
A chocolate British shorthair cat lays on his back, sprawled out luxuriously on an armchair.
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Steph Adams @pleasantanimal.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Two British shorthair cats sleeping on a foot stool, facing each other with their paws touching.
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Steph Adams @pleasantanimal.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
A sleepy chocolate British shorthair wearing a red beret.
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Steph Adams @pleasantanimal.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Coco and Gus
Two British shorthair cats sitting on a windowsill looking out into the garden
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Mike Cook @mtrc.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
I've written a book! Next Level: Making Games That Make Themselves is the story of procedural generation - the tech behind games like Minecraft and Dwarf Fortress. It's about how it works, the games that use it, and the art and magic behind it. Out May 7th, in bookshops: linktr.ee/next_level 🎲🔮
A picture of a hardback book on a washed blue background. The title is Next Level: Making Games That Make Themselves, by Mike Cook.
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Kitfox Games 🦊 @kitfoxgames.com · 03/11/2025
🚨 Sound the alarm! 🚨 The Dwarf Fortress Siege Update is OUT NOW on Steam and itchio!
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Tarn Adams @toadyone.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Gus the cat being attentiveCoco the cat playing with a toy
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Tarn Adams @toadyone.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
These kitties are Coco and Gus. Cocoa 'Penny' Coconut Adams, MIP (Most Important Purrson). Governor Gustopher Chom-Chom Adams. They live here now. Mostly on the stairs.
A person and two cats on some stairs.  They are good cats.
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Tarn Adams @toadyone.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Grendel was a wonderful kitty. This is very sad news.
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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
The #HugoAward for Best Game or Interactive Work goes to Caves of Qud.
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Bay 12 Games @bay12games.com · 21/07/2025
Just put up Dwarf Fortress 52.01. Thanks to Putnam's work over the last year, we now have lua scripting for procedural creatures, curses, items, etc. The game's existing procedural objects, like forgotten beasts, are all out in the scripts now as well.
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Tarn Adams @toadyone.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
The cat sitting is over. Chewy was good and received treats in various hiding spots over the days. Now I return to the slow hope of having a cat live where I am.
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/noclip @noclipvideo.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
🚨NEW DOC ALERT🕹️ In the forth episode of our Dwarf Fortress Series we revisit the brothers two years after launch to explore the ways in which their lives have changed forever, and the ways in which they've stayed the same. WATCH: www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5zg...
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Kitfox Games 🦊 @kitfoxgames.com · 15/04/2025
We’ve reached an exciting milestone: Dwarf Fortress has surpassed 1,000,000 sales on Steam! Each copy brings countless dwarves, fortresses, and unique worlds to life. Thank you to everyone who’s supported us! Keep sharing your tales with us and STRIKE THE EARTH! 💪
Dwarf Fortress, 1,000,000 copies sold! A picture created using Dwarf Fortress sprites. A dining hall with sprites of Zach and Tarn Adams and Alexandra Orlando surrounded up other dwarves, animal people, a goose, dog and guinea pig. The walls are blue and engraved and decorated with a red banner. There are two plump helmet man statues and one gorlak statue. One dwarf peeks through an open door into the dining hall.
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Tarn Adams @toadyone.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Cat sitting Chewy the cat for a bit
Chewy the cat looking at the camera with his little face
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Alexandra Orlando @alexgorlando.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
OH MY GOD someone on last night's 90 Day Fiance was playing Dwarf Fortress...
A man in a red T-shirt sits in front of a computer playing Dwarf Fortress.
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Tarn Adams @toadyone.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
This one has shots of the Sewage Treatment Software!
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jason grinblat @jfg.land · 20/03/2025
This is wild. What an honor. Live and drink!
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Tarn Adams @toadyone.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
What an excellent being.
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Tarn Adams @toadyone.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
oooo plush and animated
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Tarn Adams @toadyone.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
I'd have more to post if I had a cat. Slowly trying to fix this.
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/noclip @noclipvideo.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
COMING SOON: The Story of DWARF FORTRESS - 4 part Series - 2 hours total runtime - Filmed over 3 years - Covers 20+ Years of Development - Episodes released over the next few weeks - Produced for fans, and total newbies. Episode One is also available right now for Early Access Patrons.
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Caves of Qud @cavesofqud.com · 05/12/2024
17 years later, Caves of Qud 1.0 is here store.steampowered.com/app/333640/C...
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Save 15% on Caves of Qud on Steam
Caves of Qud is a science fantasy roguelike epic steeped in retrofuturism, deep simulation, and swathes of sentient plants. Come inhabit an exotic world and chisel through layers of thousand-year-old ...
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Tarn Adams @toadyone.bsky.social · 06/10/2023
Spilling out of their small box
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Tarn Adams @toadyone.bsky.social · 05/10/2023
Yellow dimple cups
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Tarn Adams @toadyone.bsky.social · 05/10/2023
So fast!
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Tarn Adams @toadyone.bsky.social · 05/10/2023
Yellower and larger… they are growing so fast!
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