In this bonus episode, we talk with the four developers behind indie legend
Dwarf Fortress and brilliant roguelike
Caves of Qud (which was, itself, inspired by Dwarf Fortress!).
In an hour-long conversation, Dwarf Fortress's Tarn & Zach Adams and Caves of Qud's Jason Grinblat and Brian Bucklew discuss:
- How they each tackle simulating their game worlds
- Making procedural generation actually produce meaningful stories
- Being surprised by what their own games could do
- Their thoughts on current AI tools like ChatGPT, and how they differ from their own procedural generation systems
- The Sims