A picture of a hardback book on a washed blue background. The title is Next Level: Making Games That Make Themselves, by Mike Cook.

I've written a book! Next Level: Making Games That Make Themselves is the story of procedural generation - the tech behind games like Minecraft and Dwarf Fortress. It's about how it works, the games that use it, and the art and magic behind it.

Out May 7th, in bookshops: linktr.ee/next_level 🎲🔮

🚨 Sound the alarm! 🚨 The Dwarf Fortress Siege Update is OUT NOW on Steam and itchio!

Gus the cat being attentive

Coco the cat playing with a toy

A person and two cats on some stairs. They are good cats.

These kitties are Coco and Gus.

Cocoa 'Penny' Coconut Adams, MIP (Most Important Purrson).
Governor Gustopher Chom-Chom Adams.

They live here now. Mostly on the stairs.

Grendel was a wonderful kitty. This is very sad news.

The #HugoAward for Best Game or Interactive Work goes to Caves of Qud.

Just put up Dwarf Fortress 52.01. Thanks to Putnam's work over the last year, we now have lua scripting for procedural creatures, curses, items, etc. The game's existing procedural objects, like forgotten beasts, are all out in the scripts now as well.

The cat sitting is over. Chewy was good and received treats in various hiding spots over the days. Now I return to the slow hope of having a cat live where I am.

🚨NEW DOC ALERT🕹️

In the forth episode of our Dwarf Fortress Series we revisit the brothers two years after launch to explore the ways in which their lives have changed forever, and the ways in which they've stayed the same.

WATCH: www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5zg...

Dwarf Fortress, 1,000,000 copies sold! A picture created using Dwarf Fortress sprites. A dining hall with sprites of Zach and Tarn Adams and Alexandra Orlando surrounded up other dwarves, animal people, a goose, dog and guinea pig. The walls are blue and engraved and decorated with a red banner. There are two plump helmet man statues and one gorlak statue. One dwarf peeks through an open door into the dining hall.

We’ve reached an exciting milestone: Dwarf Fortress has surpassed 1,000,000 sales on Steam! Each copy brings countless dwarves, fortresses, and unique worlds to life. Thank you to everyone who’s supported us!

Keep sharing your tales with us and STRIKE THE EARTH! 💪

Chewy the cat looking at the camera with his little face

Cat sitting Chewy the cat for a bit

A man in a red T-shirt sits in front of a computer playing Dwarf Fortress.

OH MY GOD someone on last night's 90 Day Fiance was playing Dwarf Fortress...

This one has shots of the Sewage Treatment Software!

This is wild. What an honor. Live and drink!

What an excellent being.

oooo plush and animated

I'd have more to post if I had a cat. Slowly trying to fix this.

COMING SOON: The Story of DWARF FORTRESS

- 4 part Series
- 2 hours total runtime
- Filmed over 3 years
- Covers 20+ Years of Development
- Episodes released over the next few weeks
- Produced for fans, and total newbies.

Episode One is also available right now for Early Access Patrons.

Save 15% on Caves of Qud on Steam Caves of Qud is a science fantasy roguelike epic steeped in retrofuturism, deep simulation, and swathes of sentient plants. Come inhabit an exotic world and chisel through layers of thousand-year-old ...

17 years later, Caves of Qud 1.0 is here

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Spilling out of their small box

Yellow dimple cups

So fast!

Yellower and larger… they are growing so fast!

The dwarfy babies continue to grow

Patch notes for Dwarf Fortress 50.11 is live with fixes for Linux Mode, the tutorials and dancing 🕺

Read on Steam:

steamcommunity.com/app/975370/e...

Possibly a good sign! Or I will soon be consumed

Decided to be more dwarfy and am now growing a little box of golden oyster mushrooms. If I mist them properly I should see something in a few weeks.

Haven’t seen a lot of wild beasts lately, aside from Zach’s pups, but there was a bunbun nearby

Una being ridiculous