Squamous
@squamousmodsman.bsky.social
I make Patreon-powered Dwarf Fortress total conversions focused on atmosphere, immersion, and worldbuilding that tell interesting stories. I also do other things.
https://longnightdf.neocities.org/
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Squamous
@squamousmodsman.bsky.social
· Feb 16
If everyone is making introductory posts I'm also gonna do that. This is my first foray into public social media and I'm excited to meet new people and share my work.
Playing AI Limit. Fascinated by the protagonist. Literal-minded and utterly clueless beyond human comprehension. Canonically does not know what dirt is. Will summon you into the stronghold of your enemies because, like, you said you were hunting them right? What a specimen.
November 28, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Playing AI Limit. Fascinated by the protagonist. Literal-minded and utterly clueless beyond human comprehension. Canonically does not know what dirt is. Will summon you into the stronghold of your enemies because, like, you said you were hunting them right? What a specimen.
(upcoming content) this thing is twice the size of a giant sperm whale and is also a respectable member of congress. It also fights equally gigantic monsters. The only reason it won't be wearing armor is because at this scale DF clothing sizing logic breaks down completely. But otherwise it would.
November 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM
(upcoming content) this thing is twice the size of a giant sperm whale and is also a respectable member of congress. It also fights equally gigantic monsters. The only reason it won't be wearing armor is because at this scale DF clothing sizing logic breaks down completely. But otherwise it would.
Reposted by Squamous
Our debut title, sword action shooting game BIRDCAGE, is out now! Shoot, slash and weave through bullets and enemies in this challenging, story-driven arcade shooter!🕊️🥚
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store.steampowered.com/app/2158550/...
November 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Our debut title, sword action shooting game BIRDCAGE, is out now! Shoot, slash and weave through bullets and enemies in this challenging, story-driven arcade shooter!🕊️🥚
store.steampowered.com/app/2158550/...
store.steampowered.com/app/2158550/...
It is 3 in the morning and I have gotten custom night creatures to work. You know dwarf fortress eye of snodub and such I have gotten it so that when someone conquers your village they will SOMA(tm) you so bad and turn your copied ego into a gigantic murder robot. You'll also be able to be one.
November 21, 2025 at 8:00 AM
It is 3 in the morning and I have gotten custom night creatures to work. You know dwarf fortress eye of snodub and such I have gotten it so that when someone conquers your village they will SOMA(tm) you so bad and turn your copied ego into a gigantic murder robot. You'll also be able to be one.
ASCII is at once incredibly freeing creatively and offers up entirely new constraints in that you must convey one has encountered a hippopotamus-sized spider made of flesh and machinery equipped with a missile battery with only a single glyph and a short taxonomic classification.
November 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
ASCII is at once incredibly freeing creatively and offers up entirely new constraints in that you must convey one has encountered a hippopotamus-sized spider made of flesh and machinery equipped with a missile battery with only a single glyph and a short taxonomic classification.
I have been known to dabble in pixels from time to time. My posing is atrocious, proportions questionable, I don't know how to shade at all but I feel like this does an ok job of approaching Long Night aesthetics, at least for one particular faction or another. Others might be blockier or pointy.
November 15, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I have been known to dabble in pixels from time to time. My posing is atrocious, proportions questionable, I don't know how to shade at all but I feel like this does an ok job of approaching Long Night aesthetics, at least for one particular faction or another. Others might be blockier or pointy.
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What can you infer about OD&D if you ignore its actual influences?
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OSR: Beyond the Western Desert (or OD&D with Appendix N-1)
The conceit of my current OD&D game is "OD&D without context". What weird mutant offshoot of the tree of RPG development will we create if...
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November 13, 2025 at 4:33 PM
What can you infer about OD&D if you ignore its actual influences?
coinsandscrolls.blogspot.com/2025/11/osr-...
coinsandscrolls.blogspot.com/2025/11/osr-...
I should probably nerf firing speeds
November 9, 2025 at 2:17 AM
I should probably nerf firing speeds
Working on procedurally generating every domestic animal for my mod. i've finally gotten the core system working. Difficulty and price calculators for all creatures have been added too, everything will dynamically gain those values as they are generated. Should add a lot more variety between civs.
November 7, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Working on procedurally generating every domestic animal for my mod. i've finally gotten the core system working. Difficulty and price calculators for all creatures have been added too, everything will dynamically gain those values as they are generated. Should add a lot more variety between civs.
I've said it earlier but it really was a pleasure to be here, and the mods were really cool too!
The VOD of the Dwarf Fortress Mod Jam stream is up now! We looked at every entry and tried a few in-game to chaotic results!
🎃 Watch on the Kitfox Youtube: youtu.be/z-48Lj9txWU
🎃 Watch on the Kitfox Youtube: youtu.be/z-48Lj9txWU
Dwarf Fortress Mod Jam Showcase: Creatures of the Night
Twitch VOD from the first official Dwarf Fortress mod jam. The theme for the jam was "Creatures of the Night".
Download the mod pack and check out the entries yourself:…
youtu.be
October 31, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I've said it earlier but it really was a pleasure to be here, and the mods were really cool too!
Scheming about the options the siege update will give me. Hoping for tanks and artillery, will settle for letting my already extant mechs punch through walls.
October 30, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Scheming about the options the siege update will give me. Hoping for tanks and artillery, will settle for letting my already extant mechs punch through walls.
The stream went great! Thank you to Kitfox for having me. If you would like to hear me yap about all the cool mods the vod is up
www.twitch.tv/videos/26045...
www.twitch.tv/videos/26045...
Twitch
Twitch is the world
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October 29, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The stream went great! Thank you to Kitfox for having me. If you would like to hear me yap about all the cool mods the vod is up
www.twitch.tv/videos/26045...
www.twitch.tv/videos/26045...
The mod jam livestream will be on the 29th at 2 pm. This is my first time doing any sort of major public speaking role so I'm at once terrified and very excited. It's an honor to be there though so I hope I'll make a decent commentator.
October 28, 2025 at 4:45 AM
The mod jam livestream will be on the 29th at 2 pm. This is my first time doing any sort of major public speaking role so I'm at once terrified and very excited. It's an honor to be there though so I hope I'll make a decent commentator.
I'm torn between posting more about progress updates and not, remembering that talking about something can feel the same as doing it and so speaking as if it is done saps your motivation. But also engagement is nice, so if people have questions about DF or my work I'm open to answering them here.
October 25, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I'm torn between posting more about progress updates and not, remembering that talking about something can feel the same as doing it and so speaking as if it is done saps your motivation. But also engagement is nice, so if people have questions about DF or my work I'm open to answering them here.
I'm continuing my dark deeds. Did you know the maximum amount of castes (subtypes) that can be contained within a single dwarf fortress creature is 32,767? That's a considerable amount of variants and yet I am already hitting the quadruple digits. Lua is great for this. I used to do it by hand.
October 13, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I'm continuing my dark deeds. Did you know the maximum amount of castes (subtypes) that can be contained within a single dwarf fortress creature is 32,767? That's a considerable amount of variants and yet I am already hitting the quadruple digits. Lua is great for this. I used to do it by hand.
extremely good noitalike but instead of wands you create immense ridiculous contraptions and you are some kind of robot maid
store.steampowered.com/app/2769780/
store.steampowered.com/app/2769780/
CleanFall on Steam
CleanFall is a survival rogue-lite that prizes player freedom and creativity. Build mobile death machines to fight off ravenous hordes, craft and alchemize gun turrets, and tunnel through subterranean...
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October 8, 2025 at 6:06 PM
extremely good noitalike but instead of wands you create immense ridiculous contraptions and you are some kind of robot maid
store.steampowered.com/app/2769780/
store.steampowered.com/app/2769780/
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New lore, just in time for the supermoon:
incunabuli.com/lore/a-moon-...
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A Moon for Every Season – INCUNABULI – Adventure Gothic
Over a crown of mountains, a wind drew open the benighted sky. And through the parting veil, diffusely orange at the separating edges, there bloomed the –
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October 6, 2025 at 11:17 PM
New lore, just in time for the supermoon:
incunabuli.com/lore/a-moon-...
incunabuli.com/lore/a-moon-...
If you're at all interested give it a shot, its easier than you think to mod this game and fun too.
Join the 1st Official Dwarf Fortress modding jam: Creatures of the Night 🧛♀️🧟♀️
All are welcome to join whether you're a beginner or want to flex your mod skills with a lua mod.
Join the jam: itch.io/jam/creature...
All are welcome to join whether you're a beginner or want to flex your mod skills with a lua mod.
Join the jam: itch.io/jam/creature...
October 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
If you're at all interested give it a shot, its easier than you think to mod this game and fun too.
random old timey caricaturists and satirists are out there dreaming up monsters that ttrpg manuals wish they could think up and they are all just metaphors for like societal ills and such. Put these guys in a statblock please and thank you.
October 6, 2025 at 12:14 AM
random old timey caricaturists and satirists are out there dreaming up monsters that ttrpg manuals wish they could think up and they are all just metaphors for like societal ills and such. Put these guys in a statblock please and thank you.
Ive been going insane with excitement over this and now it is finally public. Dwarf Fortress's official modjam is coming soon!
itch.io/jam/creature...
I'll be one of the organizers and will be helping people with submissions and getting things set up. I can't overstate how cool this is.
1/2
itch.io/jam/creature...
I'll be one of the organizers and will be helping people with submissions and getting things set up. I can't overstate how cool this is.
1/2
Creatures of the Night
A game jam from 2025-10-20 to 2025-10-24 hosted by Kitfoxgames, Squamous, DPh-Kraken & DikbutDaGrate. Welcome to the first edition of the Dwarf Fortress mod jam! This mod jam’s theme is ‘Creatures of ...
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October 1, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Ive been going insane with excitement over this and now it is finally public. Dwarf Fortress's official modjam is coming soon!
itch.io/jam/creature...
I'll be one of the organizers and will be helping people with submissions and getting things set up. I can't overstate how cool this is.
1/2
itch.io/jam/creature...
I'll be one of the organizers and will be helping people with submissions and getting things set up. I can't overstate how cool this is.
1/2
I don't really know the review-to-time math to determine if what I'm saying is true but this game feels insanely underrated. I'm having a great time with it. Smooth gameplay and a drip-fed story that is delivered comprehensibly. Also the art is really good.
store.steampowered.com/app/1374970/...
store.steampowered.com/app/1374970/...
Moonscars on Steam
Push the limits of your combat skills, and master new abilities to progress through an unforgiving nonlinear 2D world. Face off against the relentless darkness that seeks to destroy you. In Moonscars,...
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September 27, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I don't really know the review-to-time math to determine if what I'm saying is true but this game feels insanely underrated. I'm having a great time with it. Smooth gameplay and a drip-fed story that is delivered comprehensibly. Also the art is really good.
store.steampowered.com/app/1374970/...
store.steampowered.com/app/1374970/...
Secret things are happening. Gonna be cruising for a bit. Excited to announce things in the future.
September 24, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Secret things are happening. Gonna be cruising for a bit. Excited to announce things in the future.
go look at Deadeye Deepfake Simulacrum its good and just came out in 1.0
store.steampowered.com/news/app/154...
store.steampowered.com/news/app/154...
Deadeye Deepfake Simulacrum - Version 1.0 - Steam News
Thank u everyone (✿◕‿◕)
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September 19, 2025 at 6:29 AM
go look at Deadeye Deepfake Simulacrum its good and just came out in 1.0
store.steampowered.com/news/app/154...
store.steampowered.com/news/app/154...
First bugfix for the Long Night is out, and honestly its not as bad as I expected. Still more to come ofc but this feels like a decently stable point. I may be speaking to early of course but still! Promising.
September 19, 2025 at 1:25 AM
First bugfix for the Long Night is out, and honestly its not as bad as I expected. Still more to come ofc but this feels like a decently stable point. I may be speaking to early of course but still! Promising.
shoutout to the real skunk at my window last night mere inches away from the sill as i was in a voice call exposing my entire friend group to the sound of my growing disbelief at this and realizing my window was open and me scrambling over all my furniture to close it before an incident occurred.
September 18, 2025 at 7:56 PM
shoutout to the real skunk at my window last night mere inches away from the sill as i was in a voice call exposing my entire friend group to the sound of my growing disbelief at this and realizing my window was open and me scrambling over all my furniture to close it before an incident occurred.