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Alexandra Orlando

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Alexandra Orlando @alexgorlando.bsky.social · Oct 17

Heyyy! I'm Alexandra, the Community/Marketing manager at @kitfoxgames.com

Games I'm currently working on:
⛏️Dwarf Fortress
🍄 Caves of Qud
🌝 Ostranauts
🍎 Streets of Fortuna
🍵 Loose Leaf: A Tea Witch Simulator

Always happy to connect with other CMs/devs! 😊

A selfie of me in an orange and brown fox sweater

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Alexandra Orlando @alexgorlando.bsky.social · 16h

She's home!

Alexandra Orlando @alexgorlando.bsky.social · 16h

Ready for Summer Maruzensky 🙏

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Alexandra Orlando @alexgorlando.bsky.social · 23h

Someone saw "Live and Drink" and the potential for a new market.

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Buttprince @buttprince.bsky.social · 6d

Gorlak above the Sea of Miasma

(My Dwarf Fortress x Caspar David Friedrich pixel art fanart!)

pixel art re imagining of Caspar David Friedrich's famous painting Wanderer above the Sea of Fog. Here the wanderer is a gorlak from dwarf fortress, looking out over a cavern covered in the pink miasma that is the result of decomposing rot in the game. Gem spires, giant mushrooms and a fortress are visible in the pink mist.

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Jack de Quidt @notquitereal.bsky.social · 1d

there are four key texts as far as i'm concerned and they are The Sims, Dwarf Fortress, Caves of Qud, and Crusader Kings 3. lots of other seminal games out there but you play those four and you've unlocked the magical door

Sex on The App Store 🔞 @bucklerparry.bsky.social · 1d

caves of qud is probably the best game ever idk, it's just the best one

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Kruggsmash @kruggsmash.bsky.social · 4d

Starts in a half hour!

www.youtube.com/live/ajxy4nr...

The 24 Hour Bastar'dween Fundraiser Stream!

Fundraiser Link: https://gofund.me/27ceae3e6 Welcome to a spooOOooky fundraiser event wherein i'll be playing some spooky games and a whole lot of Dwarf Fortress over the course of 24 hours! Hones...

www.youtube.com

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Women-Led Games @womenledgames.com · 8d

It's official! Women-Led Games returns for our The Game Awards partnered edition in December! 🎉

Submissions are open from now until Oct 27th!! 🗓

Apply here: forms.gle/GTXSsTrCXju2...

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Alexandra Orlando @alexgorlando.bsky.social · 5d

Skateboarding game typical of the genre.

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Alexandra Orlando @alexgorlando.bsky.social · 5d

Getting press coverage is hard but you gotta give them something to write about!

Alexandra Orlando @alexgorlando.bsky.social · 5d

Me when press covers any of our indie games:

Cancer Deathtoll from Saint Seiya Next Dimension with hearts and a bow overlaid on the image.

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Alexandra Orlando @alexgorlando.bsky.social · 6d

Yes absolutely! 🙏

Alexandra Orlando @alexgorlando.bsky.social · 6d

Just ordered my copy! Unbelievably cool art in this issue that completely matches Qud's style.

Wyrd Science Magazine @wyrdscience.bsky.social · 6d

More interiors from the new issue to feast on. Here @rossignol.bsky.social speaks to @jfg.land & @unormal.bsky.social about their epic @cavesofqud.com

@elkowalczuk.bsky.social supplying all the wonderful art here

Get your copy now at shop.wyrd.science

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Alexandra Orlando @alexgorlando.bsky.social · 7d

I got the chance to talk to PCGamer about procgen storytelling, Dwarf Fortress and more cool stuff you should read about:

lincoln carpenter @lincolnhello.bsky.social · 7d

"'The more we try to understand what's going on in the world around us—the more we don't just withdraw into a hermitude of my family and I as a nuclear unit, the more we try to understand our society—I think the more these kinds of games speak to us,' Short said."

Founder of Dwarf Fortress and Caves of Qud publisher Kitfox Games says its procgen sims for sickos are 'giving storytelling tools back to the people when games and passive media took them away'

Streets of Fortuna, Kitfox's own in-development "megasim," is chasing that same systems-driven storytelling.

pcgamer.com

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Alexandra Orlando @alexgorlando.bsky.social · 10d

See also: Caves of Qud. Localization is a research challenge and we have academics working on it as we speak. But these efforts are something game awards will never be able to capture.

Giovanni Colantonio @marioprime.bsky.social · 10d

I've wanted to break this down for a bit: Wrote about a big quirk in how Game Awards is structured that makes it tough for small games to compete at a top level. Localization matters! And it creates a tough battle for the Blue Princes and 1000xResists of the world. www.polygon.com/blue-prince-...

In the GOTY race, localization really matters — which is bad news for Blue Prince

One of the year's best games will have a tough time breaking into The Game Awards

www.polygon.com

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Alexandra Orlando @alexgorlando.bsky.social · 10d

What an amazing combination of things 🙂

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Alexandra Orlando @alexgorlando.bsky.social · 10d

Kpop Demon Hunters has made it's way to the small-town Ontario fall fair.

Kpop demon hunters hair and face paint stand .

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Alexandra Orlando @alexgorlando.bsky.social · 11d

Qud is up against some amazing games! We need all the watersibs to send in their vote 💦

Kitfox Games 🦊 @kitfoxgames.com · 12d

Caves of Qud has been nominated for Best Indie Game at the 2025 Golden Joysticks!

✅ Get your votes in now: www.goldenjoysticks.com

Vote now for Caves of Qud in the 2025 Golden Joystick Awards for Best Indie Game.

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Alexandra Orlando @alexgorlando.bsky.social · 12d

Cushions taking up valuable trash space.

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Alexandra Orlando @alexgorlando.bsky.social · 13d

It's an honor!

Alexandra Orlando @alexgorlando.bsky.social · 13d

We are very blessed to have Buttprince as a regular in the Kitfox Discord ☺️

Alexandra Orlando @alexgorlando.bsky.social · 13d

New banner art by @buttprince.bsky.social

A gorlak bard during a ball at the court of Queen Bokbonabsam in the face of the loss of Koganusan.

Gorlak bard in a red jester outfit sitting on a chair. The court of the Queen is takin place in the other room.

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tg @twotrickpony.bsky.social · Sep 4

IMPORTANT PSA: You will NOT see posts from non English speaking artists if your content language is set to English!

Make sure it's *unset*!!! If you're following Chinese artists or whatever and wonder why their posts never show up on your feed this is why!

Go in: Settings > Languages> Content Languages and make it *unset* !

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Alexandra Orlando @alexgorlando.bsky.social · 17d

This little shade 🥺

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Bertine van Hövell @baroness.bsky.social · 19d

Hey all! I'm looking for an expert on community building and management who can provide me with some consultancy. Paid.

I'm specifically looking for someone with the know-how to grow a community for narrative thriller/horror game titles.

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Secret Mode | NUTMEG! + A Storied Life, coming '26 @wearesecretmode.com · 19d

We're on a roll and we've got even more new job roles!

Senior Social Media & Community Manager
Influencer Relations Manager
Senior Compliance Tester

Apply or check out our other roles across all disciplines at wearesecretmode.com/join-us/

#GameJobs #IndieGames #GameDev

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