Tanya X. Short
@tanyaxshort.bsky.social
Captain of Kitfox Games (Streets of Fortuna, Boyfriend Dungeon, Dwarf Fortress, Caves of Qud). Co-director of Pixelles & Polaris. She/her. Be full of love. Put in the effort.
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Streets of Fortuna on Steam
Use your wits to survive the generated chaos that is living in the Streets of Fortuna megasim. A free-roaming sandbox RPG about growing from street rat to a tradesman, a priest, a smuggler, an alchemi...
store.steampowered.com
I heard I can @pitchyagame.bsky.social still so here I am #pitchyagame !
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Streets of Fortuna is a megasim sandbox RPG. Survive if you can in a Constantinople-inspired city - start as a street rat, then live your life? From the publisher of Dwarf Fortress: store.steampowered.com/app/2946850/...
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Streets of Fortuna is a megasim sandbox RPG. Survive if you can in a Constantinople-inspired city - start as a street rat, then live your life? From the publisher of Dwarf Fortress: store.steampowered.com/app/2946850/...
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Steal, sneak and persuade your way through the simulated city of Fortuna.
🏛 Watch the new gameplay trailer and sign up for our Alpha playtest: store.steampowered.com/app/2946850/...
🏛 Watch the new gameplay trailer and sign up for our Alpha playtest: store.steampowered.com/app/2946850/...
December 4, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Steal, sneak and persuade your way through the simulated city of Fortuna.
🏛 Watch the new gameplay trailer and sign up for our Alpha playtest: store.steampowered.com/app/2946850/...
🏛 Watch the new gameplay trailer and sign up for our Alpha playtest: store.steampowered.com/app/2946850/...
it's not SO hard to get off spotify... and however hard it is now, it'll be harder in another year or two. I mean, no consumption is ethical etc, but there are definitely viable alternatives. I find everything just fine on Tidal and they apparently pay musicians an average of ~4x more. just sayin.
December 4, 2025 at 12:44 AM
it's not SO hard to get off spotify... and however hard it is now, it'll be harder in another year or two. I mean, no consumption is ethical etc, but there are definitely viable alternatives. I find everything just fine on Tidal and they apparently pay musicians an average of ~4x more. just sayin.
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Hey all,
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
Fellowship
theonion.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Hey all,
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
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We have a big Streets of Fortuna announcement during this show. Watch for us!
Don't miss the PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted on Thursday, December 4!!
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🔢 Countdown the 25 Most Wanted games
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Set a reminder below 👇
⏰ 12pm PST / 3pm EST / 8pm GMT / 9pm CET
📺 Join us on X, Twitch, YouTube and Steam
🔢 Countdown the 25 Most Wanted games
✅ Exclusive interviews and announcements
🕹️ Don't miss our 30 min preshow with Midas
Set a reminder below 👇
December 2, 2025 at 3:36 PM
We have a big Streets of Fortuna announcement during this show. Watch for us!
yo techbros we already discovered immortality, it's called plastic, enjoy your eternity as a lich made of petroleum dumbass
December 2, 2025 at 2:00 PM
yo techbros we already discovered immortality, it's called plastic, enjoy your eternity as a lich made of petroleum dumbass
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I really need to put more time into this positively wild game.
friend met this character Sheba Hagadias in caves of qud and I had to draw her 🥺
November 27, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I really need to put more time into this positively wild game.
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Get in here animators specifically on fighting games
when trying on pants, do this in the store. then tell the sales associate "the menswear guy told me to do this."
IG mr.funkys0ul
IG mr.funkys0ul
November 25, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Get in here animators specifically on fighting games
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Hey friends! Unfortunately we are delaying our Switch release til January. Port isn't perfect yet, & given Qud's long dev timeline, what matters most to us is releasing the best possible ver of the game, even if it means a delay
We're confident on the Jan timeline, so we'll see you on Switch soon
We're confident on the Jan timeline, so we'll see you on Switch soon
The award-winning Caves of Qud is coming to Nintendo Switch in Q4 2025!
November 24, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Hey friends! Unfortunately we are delaying our Switch release til January. Port isn't perfect yet, & given Qud's long dev timeline, what matters most to us is releasing the best possible ver of the game, even if it means a delay
We're confident on the Jan timeline, so we'll see you on Switch soon
We're confident on the Jan timeline, so we'll see you on Switch soon
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Arcane Eats is part of #CozyQuest25 on Steam!
Maybe a Chef-minded roguelike deckbuilder will satisfy your cravings? 🧑🍳 🍳 ✨
You can try the demo now! store.steampowered.com/app/3528960?... #games #indiegame
Maybe a Chef-minded roguelike deckbuilder will satisfy your cravings? 🧑🍳 🍳 ✨
You can try the demo now! store.steampowered.com/app/3528960?... #games #indiegame
November 20, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Arcane Eats is part of #CozyQuest25 on Steam!
Maybe a Chef-minded roguelike deckbuilder will satisfy your cravings? 🧑🍳 🍳 ✨
You can try the demo now! store.steampowered.com/app/3528960?... #games #indiegame
Maybe a Chef-minded roguelike deckbuilder will satisfy your cravings? 🧑🍳 🍳 ✨
You can try the demo now! store.steampowered.com/app/3528960?... #games #indiegame
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Surprise, we're getting pretty close to the final version of REALIS!
ICYMI: I've been making a TTRPG about mystical moons and living spaceships and sentences that can kill you. A preview is available now (see my pinned post), but the full version draws near!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/cru...
ICYMI: I've been making a TTRPG about mystical moons and living spaceships and sentences that can kill you. A preview is available now (see my pinned post), but the full version draws near!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/cru...
Coming soon: Realis
A new tabletop roleplaying game by Austin Walker
www.kickstarter.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Surprise, we're getting pretty close to the final version of REALIS!
ICYMI: I've been making a TTRPG about mystical moons and living spaceships and sentences that can kill you. A preview is available now (see my pinned post), but the full version draws near!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/cru...
ICYMI: I've been making a TTRPG about mystical moons and living spaceships and sentences that can kill you. A preview is available now (see my pinned post), but the full version draws near!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/cru...
I heard I can @pitchyagame.bsky.social still so here I am #pitchyagame !
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Streets of Fortuna is a megasim sandbox RPG. Survive if you can in a Constantinople-inspired city - start as a street rat, then live your life? From the publisher of Dwarf Fortress: store.steampowered.com/app/2946850/...
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Streets of Fortuna is a megasim sandbox RPG. Survive if you can in a Constantinople-inspired city - start as a street rat, then live your life? From the publisher of Dwarf Fortress: store.steampowered.com/app/2946850/...
Streets of Fortuna on Steam
Use your wits to survive the generated chaos that is living in the Streets of Fortuna megasim. A free-roaming sandbox RPG about growing from street rat to a tradesman, a priest, a smuggler, an alchemi...
store.steampowered.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I heard I can @pitchyagame.bsky.social still so here I am #pitchyagame !
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Streets of Fortuna is a megasim sandbox RPG. Survive if you can in a Constantinople-inspired city - start as a street rat, then live your life? From the publisher of Dwarf Fortress: store.steampowered.com/app/2946850/...
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Streets of Fortuna is a megasim sandbox RPG. Survive if you can in a Constantinople-inspired city - start as a street rat, then live your life? From the publisher of Dwarf Fortress: store.steampowered.com/app/2946850/...
ok idea for a new strategy, if someone wants to sell you on AI, just have them fix the mental health crisis first so it doesn't kill people, which will require them to fix the income inequality, and then you know maybe at that point we can have a real conversation about the costs and values
November 12, 2025 at 1:18 PM
ok idea for a new strategy, if someone wants to sell you on AI, just have them fix the mental health crisis first so it doesn't kill people, which will require them to fix the income inequality, and then you know maybe at that point we can have a real conversation about the costs and values
I love that English escalated déranger when they imported it from French. It makes it perfect when French people apologize for being a few minutes late as derangement, so sorry to derange you
November 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I love that English escalated déranger when they imported it from French. It makes it perfect when French people apologize for being a few minutes late as derangement, so sorry to derange you
I'm gonna GO to SPACE, she said
I'm gonna POWERWASH their SOULS, she said
I'm gonna BEFRIEND the FUNGUS, she said
and then she did! Happy Ambrosia Sky launch day! (the above may or may not reflect your play experience, consider it fan fiction)
store.steampowered.com/app/3580160/...
I'm gonna POWERWASH their SOULS, she said
I'm gonna BEFRIEND the FUNGUS, she said
and then she did! Happy Ambrosia Sky launch day! (the above may or may not reflect your play experience, consider it fan fiction)
store.steampowered.com/app/3580160/...
Save 15% on Ambrosia Sky on Steam
You left. Now they’re dead. Ambrosia Sky: Act One is an immersive sim about exploring an asteroid colony devastated by a mysterious contamination. Survive and harvest strains of aggressive alien fungi...
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November 10, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I'm gonna GO to SPACE, she said
I'm gonna POWERWASH their SOULS, she said
I'm gonna BEFRIEND the FUNGUS, she said
and then she did! Happy Ambrosia Sky launch day! (the above may or may not reflect your play experience, consider it fan fiction)
store.steampowered.com/app/3580160/...
I'm gonna POWERWASH their SOULS, she said
I'm gonna BEFRIEND the FUNGUS, she said
and then she did! Happy Ambrosia Sky launch day! (the above may or may not reflect your play experience, consider it fan fiction)
store.steampowered.com/app/3580160/...
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Lovely introduction to game design, distilling decades of thinking by Raph and many others.
I can't wait to discuss it in my classes.
I can't wait to discuss it in my classes.
Game design is simple, actually. Except when it isn't. Here are the 12 things you need to know.
Game design is simple, actually
So, let’s just walk through the whole thing, end to end. Here’s a twelve-step program for understanding game design. One: Fun There are a lot of things people call “fun.” But most of them are not useful for getting better at making games, which is usually why people read articles like this. The fun of a bit of confetti exploding in front of you, and the fun of excruciating pain and risk to life and limb as you free climb a cliff are just not usefully paired together.
www.raphkoster.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Lovely introduction to game design, distilling decades of thinking by Raph and many others.
I can't wait to discuss it in my classes.
I can't wait to discuss it in my classes.
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Game Design is Simple, Actually: "fun is basically about making progress on prediction" and the nature of good problems
www.raphkoster.com/2025/11/03/g... by the enlightening @raphkoster.bsky.social
www.raphkoster.com/2025/11/03/g... by the enlightening @raphkoster.bsky.social
Game design is simple, actually
So, let’s just walk through the whole thing, end to end. Here’s a twelve-step program for understanding game design. One: Fun There are a lot of things people call “fun.” But most of them are not u…
www.raphkoster.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Game Design is Simple, Actually: "fun is basically about making progress on prediction" and the nature of good problems
www.raphkoster.com/2025/11/03/g... by the enlightening @raphkoster.bsky.social
www.raphkoster.com/2025/11/03/g... by the enlightening @raphkoster.bsky.social
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the church of the subgenius had the concept of the third nostril, through which you perceived pstench
November 7, 2025 at 1:52 PM
the church of the subgenius had the concept of the third nostril, through which you perceived pstench
humans, man
third eye: mystical, intriguing, perceptive, spiritual
third ear: the idea you could just NOT hear god or spirits when 'sensitive'/Chosen/etc seems silly so tbh having deeper 'hearing' makes more sense than deeper 'seeing', but we would die before drawing an ear on someone's forehead
third eye: mystical, intriguing, perceptive, spiritual
third ear: the idea you could just NOT hear god or spirits when 'sensitive'/Chosen/etc seems silly so tbh having deeper 'hearing' makes more sense than deeper 'seeing', but we would die before drawing an ear on someone's forehead
November 7, 2025 at 1:45 PM
humans, man
third eye: mystical, intriguing, perceptive, spiritual
third ear: the idea you could just NOT hear god or spirits when 'sensitive'/Chosen/etc seems silly so tbh having deeper 'hearing' makes more sense than deeper 'seeing', but we would die before drawing an ear on someone's forehead
third eye: mystical, intriguing, perceptive, spiritual
third ear: the idea you could just NOT hear god or spirits when 'sensitive'/Chosen/etc seems silly so tbh having deeper 'hearing' makes more sense than deeper 'seeing', but we would die before drawing an ear on someone's forehead
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Totally fascinating approach to dialogue trees! Definitely watch if you’re into compelling dialogue trees in games.
(Me, I’m talking about me.)
(Me, I’m talking about me.)
Tanya teaches us how to kiss NPCs in Streets of Fortuna. An exploration of our dialogue systems in this month's devlog 😘
▶ Watch: youtu.be/RNZKH0keQeA
▶ Watch: youtu.be/RNZKH0keQeA
November 6, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Totally fascinating approach to dialogue trees! Definitely watch if you’re into compelling dialogue trees in games.
(Me, I’m talking about me.)
(Me, I’m talking about me.)
the trouble with trying to stop a social anxiety spiral w/ "they aren't ACTUALLY mad at me" even though it's generally true is that when false, there is no backup mechanism
bc really the cope should be "I can survive even someone I love being mad at me" - a harder but more powerful paranoia-escape
bc really the cope should be "I can survive even someone I love being mad at me" - a harder but more powerful paranoia-escape
November 6, 2025 at 4:12 PM
the trouble with trying to stop a social anxiety spiral w/ "they aren't ACTUALLY mad at me" even though it's generally true is that when false, there is no backup mechanism
bc really the cope should be "I can survive even someone I love being mad at me" - a harder but more powerful paranoia-escape
bc really the cope should be "I can survive even someone I love being mad at me" - a harder but more powerful paranoia-escape
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babe are you ok you haven't said 'it's probably just stress' for a few minutes
November 5, 2025 at 1:23 AM
babe are you ok you haven't said 'it's probably just stress' for a few minutes
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Come watch @astroscout.ca absolutely stump me with a modded-to-the-gills Skyrim run as part of our charity marathon for @extralife4kids.bsky.social
This Sunday, Nov 9! Just in time for the launch of Ambrosia Sky Act One Nov 10 - which is also just in time for Skyrim's 19th anniversary on Nov 11.
This Sunday, Nov 9! Just in time for the launch of Ambrosia Sky Act One Nov 10 - which is also just in time for Skyrim's 19th anniversary on Nov 11.
November 5, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Come watch @astroscout.ca absolutely stump me with a modded-to-the-gills Skyrim run as part of our charity marathon for @extralife4kids.bsky.social
This Sunday, Nov 9! Just in time for the launch of Ambrosia Sky Act One Nov 10 - which is also just in time for Skyrim's 19th anniversary on Nov 11.
This Sunday, Nov 9! Just in time for the launch of Ambrosia Sky Act One Nov 10 - which is also just in time for Skyrim's 19th anniversary on Nov 11.
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We're under attack with discounts! 🤑
Build up your Steam library with a lifetime of !!FUN!!
🏹 Dwarf Fortress (store.steampowered.com)
🍄 Caves of Qud (store.steampowered.com)
🚀 Ostranauts (store.steampowered.com)
Build up your Steam library with a lifetime of !!FUN!!
🏹 Dwarf Fortress (store.steampowered.com)
🍄 Caves of Qud (store.steampowered.com)
🚀 Ostranauts (store.steampowered.com)
November 3, 2025 at 7:08 PM
We're under attack with discounts! 🤑
Build up your Steam library with a lifetime of !!FUN!!
🏹 Dwarf Fortress (store.steampowered.com)
🍄 Caves of Qud (store.steampowered.com)
🚀 Ostranauts (store.steampowered.com)
Build up your Steam library with a lifetime of !!FUN!!
🏹 Dwarf Fortress (store.steampowered.com)
🍄 Caves of Qud (store.steampowered.com)
🚀 Ostranauts (store.steampowered.com)
my apologies to my misuse of runback, corpse running is apparently still alive and well, the old gods are satisfied
November 3, 2025 at 7:13 PM
my apologies to my misuse of runback, corpse running is apparently still alive and well, the old gods are satisfied