Brian Bucklew

@unormal
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A semi-sentient colony of self-assembling, cooperative, biological nano-units. Still somewhat functional, despite its age. | Caves of Qud & Sproggiwood

It was an enormous delight to chat to @unormal about Caves of Qud for Software Engineering Daily https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2025/02/05/caves-of-qud-with-brian-bucklew/

If you’ve not descended into the caves yet (you should!), don’t fear, it should be spoiler safe

Caves of Qud with Brian Bucklew - Software Engineering Daily

Caves of Qud is a roguelike game set in a richly detailed, post-apocalyptic world blending science fiction and fantasy. The game is known for its deep lore, emergent gameplay, and wildly creative character customization. It is a massive indie success, and recently hit a major milestone with the release of version 1.0 after 15 years

Software Engineering Daily
I'm qualified enough to judge the best game of 2024 actually and I'm here to tell you it's Kitsune Tails  

dreampt about a game that had two actions

X: Injure
A: Harm

and amusingly thats like 70% of video game's system designs really

Any time I run into Caves of Qud screenshots being explained, my reaction always starts with "okay, I understand now, typical video game stuff", and then ends with "wait no explain, what was that last part again?"
Caves of Qud review - come in and get lost

Our review of the dizzyling deep roguelike RPG Caves of Qud.

Eurogamer.net
Caves of Qud review

An epic science-fantasy RPG and a new great in the genre.

pcgamer

📢 Preapre all your limbs, heads and butts...

It's almost time to QUD!

Although I can play it right now (well, theoretically, I don't actually have any free time in practice). I'm so excited for Caves of Qud 1.0. Congratulations @unormal and team. A wonderful game I will push on everyone that'll listen. It comes out tomorrow, go buy it! https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/333640/view/4542535021350562775?l=english
Caves of Qud - 1.0 release date is here: December 5th + Beta Patch - Steam News

New tutorial and multiple endings + Dromaid Deluxe edition

It's 1.0 eve! We wrote a letter to our fans

https://www.patreon.com/posts/117308563

like lol who is buying all the new cars they are like 50k a pop how the fuck is any person affording that?