Kitfox Games

Kitfox Games is a game studio focused on simulation games, roguelikes, and diversity. Kitfox Games has developed several first-party titles, and serves as publisher for several indie games, including Dwarf Fortress.

Involvement with Dwarf Fortress

Bay 12 Games posted on April 2019 that they partnered with Kitfox, after a medical scare that made them worry about their long-term finances. Kitfox hired artists to work on the graphics set and soundtrack for the Premium release.^[source]

On December 2022, Kitfox published Dwarf Fortress to Itch.io and Steam.

Kitfox Team

Kitfox's core team is credited in Dwarf Fortress's credits.txt.

• Tanya X. Short, captain (co-founder)
• Alexandra Orlando, communications since 2021-03-16
• Fiona "Feeona" Martin, communications (from 2020-12-07 until 2021-03-16)
• Victoria Tran, communications (from, at least, 2017-06-27 until 2020-11-09)
• Thea Kent, illustrator
• Xin Ran Liu, trailers (co-founder)

Games

Green Background indicates a commercial work. Non-Kitfox developers of commercial works are Emboldened.

Date	Title	Developer	Genre	Platform
2013-12	Sculptorgeist	Kitfox	Haunting sim	Web
2014-07	Shattered Planet - (Itch.io, Steam)	Kitfox	Roguelike	Mac, Windows, Mobile (discontinued)
2014-11	Do Not Believe The Robots	Kitfox(?)	Procedurally generated RPG	Web
2015-07	The Path More Taken	Kitfox	Hiking trail designer	Web
2015-12	From Seed to Snow	Kitfox(?)	Plant growing sim	Web
2016-03	Moon Hunters - (Itch.io, Steam)	Kitfox	Co-op choose-your-own adventure	Mac, Windows, PS4, Switch, Xbox
2016-06	Love Pyramid	Kitfox(?)	Action	Windows
2016-06	Hot or Bot	Kitfox(?)	Role-playing	Web
2017-08	The Shrouded Isle - (Itch.io, Steam)	Kitfox(?)	Cult management sim	Mac, Windows, Switch
2017-09	Five Secrets	Kitfox(?)	Puzzle	Web
2018-01	The First Island	Kitfox(?)	Social media sim	Windows
2018-11	BadCupid	Kitfox	ARG	Web
2019-09	Fit for a King - (Itch.io, Steam)	Brent Ellison, Tanya X. Short	Historical adventure	Windows
2019-10	Six Ages: Ride Like the Wind - (Steam)	A Sharp	Story-driven strategy	Mac, Windows, iOS
2019-11	Cryptid Containment Taskforce	Mehrdad Dehdashti, Thea Kent, Jongwoo Kim, Neha Patel	Simulation, survival	Mac, Windows
2020-02	A Bridge Too Far	Jongwoo Kim, Clement Marthe, Louis Sciannamblo, François-Xavier Bilodeau	Puzzle	Web
2020-10	Lucifer Within Us - (Itch.io, Steam)	Kitfox	Crime investigation	Mac, Windows
2021-08	Boyfriend Dungeon - (Itch.io, Steam)	Kitfox	Action, hack-and-slash, romance	Linux, Mac, Windows, PS5, Switch, Xbox
2022-01	Pupperazzi - (Itch.io, Steam)	Sundae Month	Dog photography	Mac, Windows, Switch, Xbox
2022-12	Dwarf Fortress - (Itch.io, Steam)	Bay 12 Games	City builder, roguelike	Linux, Windows
2023-07†	Caves of Qud - (Itch.io, Steam)	Freehold Games	Roguelike	Linux, Mac, Windows
2023-08	Six Ages 2: Lights Going Out - (Steam)	A Sharp	Story-driven strategy	Mac, Windows, iOS
2023-12	Campfire Chat	Kitfox(?)	Chatroom	Linux, Windows
2023-12	Feast	(?)	Survival	Windows
2024-06	Astronomicon	Kitfox	Fortune-telling	Web
2024-09†	Ostranauts - (Steam)	Blue Bottle Games	Noir, space sim	Windows
Upcoming	Streets of Fortuna - (Steam)	Kitfox	Open-world RPG	Windows
Upcoming	Loose Leaf: A Tea Witch Simulator - (Steam)	Kitfox	Tea brewing	Windows

† Concerning the date field, if a game was published before its developer had joined up with Kitfox, the date field shows the join-up date instead of the publication date. The developers of these games joined Kitfox after self-publishing their games to Steam.

• Freehold Games first published Caves of Qud on 2015 July before joining Kitfox on 2023 July.
• Blue Bottle Games first published Ostranauts on 2020 September before joining Kitfox on 2024 September.

Discordography

This article or section has been rated D for Dwarf. It may include witty humour, not-so-witty humour, bad humour, in-jokes, pop culture references, and references to the Bay12 forums. Don't believe everything you read, and if you miss some of the references, don't worry. It was inevitable.

The people of the Kitfox Discord communicate in Human language with the addition of a set of bespoke iconography with cryptic meanings. There are about 90 of these iconographic symbols; these are the most-popular of them:

Kitfox Discord Iconography

Name	Iconography	Meaning	Origin
:hellmo:		Going on a rampage	Referencing Elmo's triumphant return after conquering HFS
:graaa:		Expressing frustration	The Snapjaw tribe of Hyena man found deep within the Caves of Qud
:kf_love:		Expressing affection	A Fox expressing its affection with the gift of a Dimple cup
:gorlak:		Gorlak is a state of mind. Used to represent a gorlak or as a serious face, like when you look at your friend after they say something so dumb you can't even smile. It can also be used in df situations in which you feel that way, for example, "damn, the fb had dust, and all my minions are death... " -> DF moment. Resume: Because of gorlak, df moment, or serious face (also as a primal reaction)	Gorlak from the underground Caverns
:df_urist:		Used to express a (cute) smile, or, ironically, for df moments or obvious stuff, like when someone ask something obvious, and you answer with something more obvious, "You need seed for a farm "	The famous Urist from the legendary Dwarven Fortress
:df_dwarf:		Used when you believe a situation is very df	a Dwarf with his iconic Beard
:babykobold:		Used to indicate you believe something to be cute	a Kobold hatchling
:dinomote:		Possibly used to indicate that you believe someone is being aggressive	Figurine of the constellation of Tudykosaurus Rex as detailed in the book "Could it be Astrography?" by Ostranauts
:Patch:		Used when something is in need of repair	A piece of Cloth used in the repair of a Garment