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What is Caves of Qud? * Award-winning science-fantasy roguelike RPG * Released in 2024 * A longtime obsession of mine "caves of quds a sicko scifantasy storysim" – Brian Bucklew
October 25, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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A popup from Caves of Qud. The popup reads, "You became a cord in time's silly carpet. You were cooked." In the center of the popup is a picture of a puff of steam.
October 11, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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Excited to announce that I will be speaking at Roguelike Celebration @roguelike.club this year!

www.roguelike.club/event2025.ht...
A Mythopoetic Interface Reading of Caves of Qud Caves of Qud renders a world where artifacts of the distant past present elaborate legends from the events of historic characters' lives. In the same way, the game's interface elaborates on the player character's abstracted interactions and experiences to present their own legend. This talk proposes a reading of Qud's interface as mythopoetic—representing the player's story as mythologized and metaphorical rather than directly literal. This interpretation of Caves of Qud's narrative and themes offers the play experience as one more myth-made layer to dig through.
September 23, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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now wait a second
Tam's Souvenirs You approach a colorful, L-shaped booth with a jaunty sign over one side and vibrant triangular streamers dangling over the other. Both sides of the booth are completely covered in merchandise--low wooden risers of Obelisk-Scented Candles, bouquets of Obelisk Balloons, a full tabletop of Giant Obelisk Plushies, and further multitudes of shelves, trays, and racks of every sort of Obelisk item one could ever desire. Behind the table stands Tam, Dromad Merchant. He is wearing an enormous Obelisk hat that stretches nearly twice again his own height, though such a thing is not visibly for sale here. You see another small obelisk labeled Not For Sale that you have an insatiable urge to touch. You can also return to the Pavilion. The way his long lashes rest against his furred cheek reminds you of something you can’t quite name, but it tastes like a burst of fresh water in a salt-parched mouth.
September 8, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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June 15, 2025 at 5:42 AM
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Guess I’m niche-posting for Caves of Qud / Shelved by Genre now
A screenshot of Caves of Qud’s faction screen, showing an entry for “The Apu-Punchau Society”.
June 15, 2025 at 5:42 AM
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A screenshot of the upper half a Caves of Qud conversation with a glittermensch boulderer
June 3, 2025 at 7:38 AM