flattened beneath the layer cake
LightNews LightNews
fractrans.bsky.social
flattened beneath the layer cake
@fractrans.bsky.social
150 followers 370 following 43 posts
call me books

wear a mask

Thinks way too much about Caves of Qud

sff/math/cs

[th]e(y)/[th]em

Orb Strategy mode
use your Orbs in tough situations
Posts Replies Media Videos
Pinned
fractrans.bsky.social
flattened beneath the layer cake @fractrans.bsky.social · Oct 27
Thanks to everyone who watched my talk at @roguelike.club yesterday!

Slides / links: codeberg.org/librarianmag...
Reposted by flattened beneath the layer cake
unormal.bsky.social
caves of qud is a video game about the power of sharing
December 19, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Reposted by flattened beneath the layer cake
brunodias.bsky.social
New blog post (and email newsletter): azhdarchid.com/designing-fo...
Thematic expression in game design, or: Why Dune (1992) rules
Games like Dune (1992) and Pirates (1987) are hardly ever made any more. What sets them apart?
azhdarchid.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Reposted by flattened beneath the layer cake
blaghs.bsky.social
The XKCD Average Familiarity meme, edited to say: "Knowing games is second nature to us game devs, so it's easy to forget that the average person probably only knows Vampire Survivors and one or two Zachtronics games and Caves of Qud, of course." "Of course."
December 14, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Reposted by flattened beneath the layer cake
foone.bsky.social
so after being bedridden for 16months due to a hernia, I've finally got my surgery!
now I'm bedridden for recovery, fun!

I'm still about 2000$ away from paying all my storage bills, so if you've got a couple dollars, it'd help me get through this last stretch. Thanks so much!

ko-fi.com/fooneturing
Support Foone Turing ❤️
Become a supporter of Foone Turing today!
ko-fi.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Reposted by flattened beneath the layer cake
inquiline.myatproto.social
"the tech is inevitable" is not the winning argument you think it is in this debate*

*applies to many debates
December 9, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Reposted by flattened beneath the layer cake
unormal.bsky.social
caves of qud
ed3d.net Ed @ed3d.net · 17d
this is the obvious correct answer and I do not know why you would buy water from these goop merchants
beneprism.rip the autumn and the scarlet 🍁 @beneprism.rip · 17d
I thought the research was interesting, even if the conclusions it came to were unsurprising. What bugs me is that it's so busy trying to wring Meaning out of the information that it never gets around to pointing out that you can just buy the concentrate yourself and add your own water
December 8, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Reposted by flattened beneath the layer cake
austinwalker.bsky.social
I'm not going to re-write a whole piece I already wrote 8 years ago, so here

www.vice.com/en/article/s...
Stories in Games Aren't Problems, They're Solutions
Lots of video games have terrible stories, but that's no reason to give up telling them.
www.vice.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Reposted by flattened beneath the layer cake
sal.gay
They should do MyChart Wrapped
December 3, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Reposted by flattened beneath the layer cake
mtrc.bsky.social
Apparently they did a study and if you put googly eyes on weird misshapen veg people like them more.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Chart comparing the attractiveness of irregular and regular looking veg before and after googly eyes are applied.
December 2, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Reposted by flattened beneath the layer cake
us3rrr.bsky.social
a Caves of Qud screenshot of an enemy Thirst Thistle. They have a jewel-encrusted strange plant Thirst Thistle with a bejewled Labubu gun accessory
December 2, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Reposted by flattened beneath the layer cake
maxkreminski.bsky.social
😶‍🌫️ Remecarving: or, Forgettings

a collection of 829 computational poems, each depicting the gradual algorithmic *forgetting* of a sentence found in Wikipedia that exhorts the reader to remember

last-minute entry for NaNoGenMo 2025!

github.com/NaNoGenMo/20...
remember that day vividly, vividly remember that day vividly,vividly remember that day vividly,vividy remember that day vividly,vivid remember that day vividy,vivid remember that day vivid,vivid remember thatday vivid,vivid remember thtday vivid,vivid remember thday vivid,vivid rememberthday vivid,vivid remembertday vivid,vivid rememberday vivid,vivid rememberay vivid,vivid remembery vivid,vivid remember vivid,vivid remember vivid,ivid remember vividivid remember vividiid remember vividid remember vividd remember vivid reember vivid rember vivid reber vivid reer vivid ree vivid re vivid r vivid vivid vivid vivd vid vd d Remember that poetry is like a baby Remember that poetry is like baby Remember that poetry is like baby Remember that poetry s like baby Remember that poetrys like baby Remember that poetry like baby Remember that poetrylike baby Remember tht poetrylike baby Remember th poetrylike baby Remember th poetryike baby Remember th poetryie baby Remember th poetrye baby Remember th poetry baby Remember t poetry baby Remember poetry baby Remember poetry baby Remember poety baby Remember poet baby Remeber poet baby Remebr poet baby Remeb poet baby Reme poet baby Ree poet baby Re poet baby R poet baby poet baby poet baby poe baby pe baby e baby baby baby bab bb b remember to pass the throne to your younger brother remember to pass th throne to your younger brother remember to passth throne to your younger brother remember to passt throne to your younger brother remember to pass throne to your younger brother remember to pass throne to your youngr brother remember to pass throne to your young brother remember to pass throne to youryoung brother remember to pass throne to youryoun brother remember to pass throne to youryou brother remember to pass throne to ouryou brother remember to pass throne to uryou brother rememberto pass throne to uryou brother remembert pass throne to uryou brother remember pass throne to uryou brother remeber pass throne to uryou brother remebr pass throne to uryou brother remebrpass throne to uryou brother remerpass throne to uryou brother remepass throne to uryou brother remepass throne to uyou brother remepass throne to you brother remepass throne to yo brother remepass throne to y brother remepass throne to brother remepass throne to brother remepss throne to brother remeps throne to brother remep throne to brother reme throne to brother ree throne to brother re throne to brother r throne to brother throne to brother throne to brother throne o brother throne brother throne brother throne broter throne brotr throne bror throne bro throne br throne r throne throne thone thoe tho to o remember that I myself tended that wound for you remember that myself tended that wound for you remember that myself tended that wound for you remember that myself tended that wound foryou remember that myself tended that woundforyou remember that myself tended that woundfryou remember tht myself tended that woundfryou remember th myself tended that woundfryou remember th myself tended that woundfrou remember th myself tended that woundfro remember th myself tended that woundfo remember th myself tended that woundf remember th myself tended that wound remember th myself tended tha wound remember th myself tended ta wound remember th myself tended a wound remember th myself tended wound remember th myself tended wound remember t myself tended wound remember myself tended wound remember myself tended wound remember mysel tended wound remember myseltended wound remember mysetended wound remember myseended wound remember yseended wound remember yseened wound remember yseeed wound remember seeed wound rememberseeed wound remembereeed wound remembereed wound remembered wound rememberd wound remember wound reember wound reembr wound reemr wound reem wound ree wound re wound r wound wound wound wond wod od o
November 30, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Reposted by flattened beneath the layer cake
alyazabirze.bsky.social
i've been putting it off for a bit but i have to pull the fundraising rip-cord or, as things currently stand, i'm just not going to have money next year

ko-fi.com/alyazabirze
Support Alyaza Birze
Support Alyaza Birze
ko-fi.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Reposted by flattened beneath the layer cake
us3rrr.bsky.social
a Caves of Qud screen shot showing a beguiled beetlebum equipping a chrome revolver, leather boots, a cloak, a wide brimmed hat and a rock. The beetlebum cowboy with a big iron. I interpreted the cloak as a poncho.
November 29, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Reposted by flattened beneath the layer cake
ikksnay.bsky.social
friend met this character Sheba Hagadias in caves of qud and I had to draw her 🥺
A laser gun turret librarian with glasses and a pile of books (the whole library, currently) Describes a laser turret emplacement who hates violence, and as a pariah from her community, instead becomes a librarian with a small library of only a few books (donations are being accepted though!)
November 27, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Reposted by flattened beneath the layer cake
unormal.bsky.social
when im forging the thesis: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!!

when it inevitably incubates the antithesis: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
September 29, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Reposted by flattened beneath the layer cake
quiggy.itch.io
[reading about history] wow. this is just like caves of qud
November 27, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Reposted by flattened beneath the layer cake
jfg.land
Here's a long Thanksgiving listen if you wanna go ultra deep on the Caves of Qud endgame. The hosts & Brian/Caelyn are so insightful as always, but I'm also thankful they let me rattle on re: the teeming melange that went into the ending. This was the post-release exhale I needed. Hope you enjoy!
November 27, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Reposted by flattened beneath the layer cake
cavesofqud.com
I am ELIGIBLE 😏
kitfoxgames.com Kitfox Games 🦊 @kitfoxgames.com · Nov 25
Reasons to nom Caves of Qud for the Steam Awards:

▶ Loved by science fiction writers, sickos and critics alike
▶ Flexible pick, can nominate for almost every category
▶ The one the cool kids are picking
▶ This is the ONLY year you can do this
store.steampowered.com/steamawards/...
The Steam award nominations. Caves of Qud is nominated for Game of the Year, Outstanding Visual Style, Best Game on Steam Deck and Dwarf Fortress is nominated for Labour of Love. The Steam Award nominations continues: Caves of Qud is nominated for Most Innovated Gameplay, Best Game you Suck at, Best Soundtrack, Outstanding Story-Rich Game.
November 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
fractrans.bsky.social
Qud sweep
November 25, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Reposted by flattened beneath the layer cake
secretlivesofgames.bsky.social
The epic, nearly four-hour finale of our Into the Depths series on Caves of Qud just posted early to our Patreon. Linking that here in case you've been thinking of supporting TSLOG, since these funds allow us to pay @dylliebar.bsky.social to edit our four-hour convos: www.patreon.com/posts/into-d...
Into the Depths: Caves of Qud Finale (Early Access) | The Secret Lives of Games
Get more from The Secret Lives of Games on Patreon
www.patreon.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Reposted by flattened beneath the layer cake
queermedieval.bsky.social
a world without trans people has never existed and never will
a medieval style digital drawing of an androgynous brown-skinned knight on horseback on a hill, stabbing a long gold spear into a blue dragon on the ground. the knight has a gold halo behind their head and wears a suit of silver armor with a nonbinary flag striped tunic and a trans flag as a cape. their horse is white, with blue tack with trans pride trim. there is black gothic text at the top and bottom of the image reading “A world without trans people has never existed and never will.” there’s an ornate pale blue border around the image, filled with pink and blue scrollwork, gold hearts filled with colorful flowers, a smiley bat, two smiley moles, and two smiling frogs holding up trans flags.
April 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Reposted by flattened beneath the layer cake
razorfemme.bsky.social
I wrote about the exhaustion and dissonance of writing about TDOR for the past 15 years
I’m sick of writing about dead trans people | Xtra Magazine
For 15 years, I hoped my words would change something. Now I’m grieving the world that could’ve been
xtramagazine.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Reposted by flattened beneath the layer cake
thetransfemininereview.com
Good evening all. For this year's Trans Day of Remembrance (TDOR), TFR remembers three transfeminine authors who passed away this year: Miss Major Griffin-Gracy (78), Valerie Amelia Thompson (38), and Michelle Duff (85) 🖤

We also remember 367+ victims of anti-trans violence and suicide 🕯️

#tdor
Observing Trans Day of Remembrance 2025
Remembering those we’ve lost over the past year.
thetransfemininereview.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Reposted by flattened beneath the layer cake
ectafoole.bsky.social
Fun Gra fact: I scripted and almost performed a trailer for the 1.0 release of Caves of Qud. This is the future you could have had if Kitfox weren't so focused on "actually selling the game" and "marketability to an audience of regular people"
[Snapjaws fighting baboons, camera pans to one snapjaw running away. She moves offscreen and Gra vtuber appears.] Visiting snapjaw family is the pits. Every year they ask, “Gra, why don’t you quit being a VTuber and come home?” but don’t wanna hear that I’d rather play Caves of Qud than simply live there. [accolades] I’m just telling them what more people learn every day: that Caves of Qud is one of the best roguelike games, one of the best RPGs, one of the best games out there at all. [show worldmap walking up to Spindle] Through many updates over fifteen years of development, Caves of Qud will finally release version 1.0 at the end of the year. But even before that, let us introduce: [title card] The Spring Molting Patch! An update that shrugs away the old and shines with new life! [examples] With all new UI, a refresh of the starting town Joppa, hundreds of new sound and visual effets, 40 new achievements, and much more! [Back to final title card] As they say in Qud, live and drink! Or as my cousins say, libndink. (fading out) Livendrick. Lipum dronk ehehehe.
November 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Reposted by flattened beneath the layer cake
jfg.land
the linguists are asking me to pronounce Qud names. real reaping / sowing moment
unormal.bsky.social 🐔 Brian Bucklew 🐔 ₑͤ＞∿＜ₑͤ ∞🌮 @unormal.bsky.social · Nov 18
your team: 3 shader programmers

qud team: 3 linguists
November 18, 2025 at 6:41 PM