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'''KitFox Games''' is the publisher of [[Dwarf Fortress]] and many other games. [[Bay 12 Games]] posted on [[2019-03-13]] that they joined Kitfox after a medical scare that made them worry about their long-term finances. After joining up, Kitfox hired artists to work on the graphics pack for the [[Premium]] release.<sup><nowiki>[</nowiki>[https://www.patreon.com/posts/25343688 source]]</sup> On [[2022-12-06]], Kitfox went on to publish ''Dwarf Fortress'' to Itch.io and Steam.
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[https://www.kitfoxgames.com/en '''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]].
  
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Table of Kitfox works:
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== Involvement with Dwarf Fortress ==
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[[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.<sup><nowiki>[</nowiki>[https://www.patreon.com/posts/25343688 source]]</sup>
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On December 2022, Kitfox published ''Dwarf Fortress'' to [https://kitfoxgames.itch.io/dwarf-fortress Itch.io] and [https://store.steampowered.com/app/975370/Dwarf_Fortress/ Steam].
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== Kitfox Team ==
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Kitfox's core team is credited in Dwarf Fortress's credits.txt.
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* Tanya X. Short, captain
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* Alexandra Orlando, commmunications
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* Victoria Tran, commmunications
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* Fiona Martin, commmunications
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* Thea Kent, illustrator
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* Xin Ran Liu, trailers
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== Games ==
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<span style="background-color:#cfc">Green Background</span> indicates a commercial work. Non-Kitfox developers of commercial works are '''Emboldened'''.
 
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! Date !! [https://store.steampowered.com/developer/kitfoxgames Steam] !! [https://kitfoxgames.itch.io/ Itch.io] !! D !! W !! Price !! Title !! Developer !! Genre !! Computer !! Mobile
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! Year !! Title !! Developer !! Genre !! Platform
 
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| 2013-12-30 ||  ||  ||  ||  || style="background-color:#fcc" | Complementary || '''Sculptorgeist''' || Kitfox || Simulation (Haunting) || [https://www.kitfoxgames.com/Jams/Sculptorgeist.html web-based] ||  
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| 2013<span style="color:#777;">-12</span> || [https://www.kitfoxgames.com/Jams/Sculptorgeist.html ''Sculptorgeist''] || Kitfox || Haunting sim || Web
 
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| 2014-07-03 || ''[https://store.steampowered.com/app/305640/Shattered_Planet/ Steam]'' || [https://kitfoxgames.itch.io/shattered-planet Itch.io] ||  || [[Wikipedia:Shattered Planet|W]] || data-sort-value="Paid 13.49" style="background-color:#cfc" |  
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| 2014<span style="color:#777;">-07</span> || style="background-color:#cfc" | ''[[Wikipedia:Shattered Planet|Shattered Planet]]'' - ([https://kitfoxgames.itch.io/shattered-planet Itch.io], [https://store.steampowered.com/app/305640/Shattered_Planet/ Steam]) || Kitfox || Roguelike || Mac, Windows, Mobile <small>(discontinued)</small>
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| Itch.io: || 13.49$
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| 2014<span style="color:#777;">-11</span> || ''[https://kitfoxgames.itch.io/dont-believe-the-robots Do Not Believe The Robots]'' || Kitfox(?) || Procedurally generated RPG || Web
 
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| Steam: || 14.99$
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| 2015<span style="color:#777;">-07</span> || ''[https://kitfoxgames.itch.io/path-more-taken The Path More Taken]'' || Kitfox || Hiking trail designer || Web
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|| '''Shattered Planet''' || Kitfox || Roguelike || Mac & Windows || Android + iOS <small>(mobile discontinued)</small>
 
 
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| 2014-11-16 ||  || ''[https://kitfoxgames.itch.io/dont-believe-the-robots Itch.io]'' ||  ||  || style="background-color:#fdc" | Donation || '''Do Not Believe The Robots''' || Kitfox(?) || RPG, Procedural generation || web-based ||
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| 2015<span style="color:#777;">-12</span> || ''[https://kitfoxgames.itch.io/from-seed-to-snow From Seed to Snow]'' || Kitfox(?) || Plant growing sim || Web
 
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| 2015-07-15 || ''[https://store.steampowered.com/app/333640/Caves_of_Qud/ Steam]'' || [https://freeholdgames.itch.io/cavesofqud Itch.io] || D || [[Wikipedia:Caves of Qud|W]] || data-sort-value="Paid 29.99" style="background-color:#cfc" |  
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| 2016<span style="color:#777;">-03</span> || style="background-color:#cfc" | ''[[Wikipedia:Moon Hunters|Moon Hunters]]'' - ([https://kitfoxgames.itch.io/moon-hunters Itch.io], [https://store.steampowered.com/app/320040/Moon_Hunters/ Steam]) || Kitfox || Co-op choose-your-own adventure || Mac, Windows, PS4, Switch, Xbox
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| Itch.io: || 29.99$
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| 2016<span style="color:#777;">-06</span> ||  ''[https://kitfoxgames.itch.io/love-pyramid Love Pyramid]'' || Kitfox(?) || Action || Windows
 
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| Steam: || 29.99$
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| 2016<span style="color:#777;">-06</span> || ''[https://kitfoxgames.itch.io/hot-or-bot Hot or Bot]'' || Kitfox(?) || Role-playing || Web
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|| '''Caves of Qud''' || Freehold Games || Roguelike game || Linux, Mac, Windows ||  
 
 
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| 2015-07-21 || || ''[https://kitfoxgames.itch.io/path-more-taken Itch.io]'' ||  ||  || style="background-color:#fdc" | Donation || '''The Path More Taken''' || Kitfox || Simulation game (Hiking Trail Designer) || web-based ||
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| 2017<span style="color:#777;">-08</span> || style="background-color:#cfc" | ''[[Wikipedia:The Shrouded Isle|The Shrouded Isle]]'' - ([https://kitfoxgames.itch.io/fit-for-a-king Itch.io], [https://store.steampowered.com/app/501320/The_Shrouded_Isle/ Steam]) || Kitfox(?) || Cult management sim || Mac, Windows, Switch
 
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| 2015-12-15 ||  || ''[https://kitfoxgames.itch.io/from-seed-to-snow Itch.io]'' ||  ||  || style="background-color:#fec" | {{tooltip|P.W.Y.W.|Pay What You Want}} || '''From Seed to Snow''' || Kitfox(?) || Simulation game (Plant Growing) || web-based ||
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| 2017<span style="color:#777;">-09</span> || ''[https://kitfoxgames.itch.io/five-secrets Five Secrets]'' || Kitfox(?) || Puzzle || Web
 
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| 2016-03-10 || ''[https://store.steampowered.com/app/320040/Moon_Hunters/ Steam]'' || [https://kitfoxgames.itch.io/moon-hunters Itch.io] || D || [[Wikipedia:Moon Hunters|W]] || data-sort-value="Paid 13.49" style="background-color:#cfc" |  
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| 2018<span style="color:#777;">-01</span> || ''[https://kitfoxgames.itch.io/the-first-island The First Island]'' || Kitfox(?) || Social media sim || Windows
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| Itch.io: || 13.49$
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| 2018<span style="color:#777;">-11</span> || ''BadCupid'' || Kitfox || ARG || Web
 
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| Steam: || 14.99$
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| 2019<span style="color:#777;">-09</span> || style="background-color:#cfc" | ''Fit for a King'' - ([https://kitfoxgames.itch.io/fit-for-a-king Itch.io], [https://store.steampowered.com/app/1110380/Fit_For_a_King/ Steam]) || Brent Ellison, Tanya X. Short || Historical adventure || Windows
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|| '''Moon Hunters''' || Kitfox || Co-op choose-your-own adventure || Mac & Windows || PS4, Switch, Xbone
 
 
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| 2016-06-05 || || ''[https://kitfoxgames.itch.io/love-pyramid Itch.io]'' ||  ||  || style="background-color:#fcc" | Complementary || '''Love Pyramid''' || Kitfox(?) || Action game || only Windows ||
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| 2019<span style="color:#777;">-10</span> || style="background-color:#cfc" | [[Wikipedia:Six Ages: Ride Like the Wind|Six Ages: Ride Like the Wind]] - ([https://store.steampowered.com/app/881420/Six_Ages_Ride_Like_the_Wind/ Steam]) || '''A Sharp''' || Story-driven strategy || Mac, Windows, [https://apps.apple.com/us/app/six-ages-ride-like-the-wind/id934012726 iOS]
 
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| 2016-06-30 ||  || ''[https://kitfoxgames.itch.io/hot-or-bot Itch.io]'' || ||  || style="background-color:#fdc" | Donation || '''Hot or Bot''' || Kitfox(?) || Role play || web-based ||  
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| 2019<span style="color:#777;">-11</span> || ''[https://kitfoxgames.itch.io/cryptid-containment-taskforce Cryptid Containment Taskforce]'' || Mehrdad Dehdashti, Thea Kent,<br>Jongwoo Kim, Neha Patel || Simulation, survival || Mac, Windows
 
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| 2017-08-04 || ''[https://store.steampowered.com/app/501320/The_Shrouded_Isle/ Steam]'' || [https://kitfoxgames.itch.io/shrouded-isle Itch.io] || D || [[Wikipedia:The Shrouded Isle|W]] || data-sort-value="Paid 9.99" style="background-color:#cfc" |
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| 2020<span style="color:#777;">-02</span> || ''[https://kitfoxgames.itch.io/a-bridge-too-far A Bridge Too Far]'' || Jongwoo Kim, Clement Marthe,<br>Louis Sciannamblo, François-Xavier Bilodeau || Puzzle || Web
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| Itch.io: || 9.99$
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| 2020<span style="color:#777;">-09</span> || style="background-color:#cfc" | ''Ostranauts'' - ([https://store.steampowered.com/app/1022980/Ostranauts/ Steam]) || '''Blue Bottle Games''' || Noir, space sim || Windows
 
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| 2020<span style="color:#777;">-10</span> || style="background-color:#cfc" | ''Lucifer Within Us'' - ([https://kitfoxgames.itch.io/lucifer-within-us Itch.io], [https://store.steampowered.com/app/717560/Lucifer_Within_Us/ Steam]) || Kitfox || Crime investigation || Mac, Windows
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|| '''The Shrouded Isle''' || Kitfox(?) || Simulation game (Cult Manager) || Mac & Windows || Switch
 
 
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| 2017-09-25 || || ''[https://kitfoxgames.itch.io/five-secrets Itch.io]'' ||  ||  || style="background-color:#fcc" | Complementary || '''Five Secrets''' || Kitfox(?) || Puzzle game || web-based ||
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| 2021<span style="color:#777;">-08</span> || style="background-color:#cfc" | ''[[Wikipedia:Boyfriend Dungeon|Boyfriend Dungeon]]'' - ([https://kitfoxgames.itch.io/boyfriend-dungeon Itch.io], [https://store.steampowered.com/app/674930/Boyfriend_Dungeon/ Steam]) || Kitfox || Action, hack-and-slash, romance || Linux, Mac, Windows, PS5, Switch, Xbox
 
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| 2018-01-28 || || ''[https://kitfoxgames.itch.io/the-first-island Itch.io]'' ||  ||  || style="background-color:#fcc" | Complementary || '''The First Island''' || Kitfox(?) || Simulation (Social Media) || only Windows ||
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| 2022<span style="color:#777;">-01</span> || style="background-color:#cfc" | ''[[Wikipedia:Pupperazzi|Pupperazzi]]'' - ([https://kitfoxgames.itch.io/pupperazzi Itch.io], [https://store.steampowered.com/app/1028350/Pupperazzi_The_Dog_Photography_Game/ Steam]) || '''Sundae Month''' || Dog photography || Mac, Windows, Switch, Xbox
 
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| 2018-11-22 ||  ||  || {{tooltip|''d''|Publication date taken from a discord message. It has not its own channel.}} ||  || style="background-color:#fcc" | Complementary || '''BadCupid''' || Kitfox || ARG(?) || web-based ||  
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| 2022<span style="color:#777;">-12</span> || style="background-color:#cfc" | ''[[Dwarf Fortress]]'' - ([https://kitfoxgames.itch.io/dwarf-fortress Itch.io], [https://store.steampowered.com/app/975370/Dwarf_Fortress/ Steam]) || '''[[Bay 12 Games]]''' || City builder, roguelike || Linux, Windows
 
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| 2019-09-05 || ''[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1110380/Fit_For_a_King/ Steam]'' || [https://kitfoxgames.itch.io/fit-for-a-king Itch.io] || D ||  || data-sort-value="Paid 9.98" style="background-color:#cfc" |
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| 2023<span style="color:#777;">-08</span> || style="background-color:#cfc" | ''[[Wikipedia:Six Ages 2: Lights Going Out|Six Ages 2: Lights Going Out]]'' - ([https://store.steampowered.com/app/2278010/Six_Ages_2_Lights_Going_Out/ Steam]) || '''A Sharp''' || Story-driven strategy || Mac, Windows,  [https://apps.apple.com/us/app/six-ages-2-lights-going-out/id1231955010 iOS]
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| Itch.io: || 9.99$
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| 2023<span style="color:#777;">-12</span> || ''[https://kitfoxgames.itch.io/campfire-chat Campfire Chat]'' || Kitfox(?) || Chatroom || Linux, Windows
 
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| 2023<span style="color:#777;">-12</span> || ''[https://kitfoxgames.itch.io/feast Feast]'' || (?) || Survival || Windows
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|| '''Fit for a King''' || Brent Ellison & Tanya X. Short || Adventure (Henry VIII Simulator) || only Windows ||  
 
 
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| 2019-10-17 || ''[https://store.steampowered.com/app/881420/Six_Ages_Ride_Like_the_Wind/ Steam]'' || || D || [[Wikipedia:Six Ages: Ride Like the Wind|W]] || data-sort-value="Paid 20.00" style="background-color:#cfc" |  
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| 2024<span style="color:#777;">-06</span> || ''[https://kitfoxgames.itch.io/astronomicon Astronomicon]'' || Kitfox || Fortune-telling || Web
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| 2024<span style="color:#777;">-12</span> || style="background-color:#cfc" | ''[[Wikipedia:Caves of Qud|Caves of Qud]]'' - ([https://freeholdgames.itch.io/cavesofqud Itch.io], [https://store.steampowered.com/app/333640/Caves_of_Qud/ Steam]) || '''Freehold Games''' || Roguelike || Linux, Mac, Windows
 
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| data-sort-value="2026" | Upcoming || ''Streets of Fortuna'' - ([https://store.steampowered.com/app/2946850/Streets_of_Fortuna/ Steam]) || Kitfox || Open-world RPG || Windows
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|| '''Six Ages: Ride Like the Wind''' || A Sharp || Strategy choose-your-own-adventure || Mac & Windows || [https://apps.apple.com/us/app/six-ages-ride-like-the-wind/id934012726 iOS]
 
 
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| 2019-11-01 ||  || ''[https://kitfoxgames.itch.io/cryptid-containment-taskforce Itch.io]'' ||  ||  || style="background-color:#fec" | {{tooltip|P.W.Y.W.|Pay What You Want}} || '''Cryptid Containment Taskforce''' || ''(listed below)'' || Simulation, Survival || Mac & Windows ||
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| data-sort-value="2026" | Upcoming || ''Loose Leaf: A Tea Witch Simulator'' - ([https://store.steampowered.com/app/2613540/Loose_Leaf_A_Tea_Witch_Simulator/ Steam]) || Kitfox || Tea brewing || Windows
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| 2020-02-03 ||  || ''[https://kitfoxgames.itch.io/a-bridge-too-far Itch.io]'' ||  ||  || style="background-color:#fec" | {{tooltip|P.W.Y.W.|Pay What You Want}} || '''A Bridge Too Far''' || ''(listed below)'' || Puzzle game || web-based ||
 
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| 2020-09-10 || ''[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1022980/Ostranauts/ Steam]'' || || D || || data-sort-value="Paid 20.00" style="background-color:#cfc" |
 
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== Discordography ==
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| 2020-10-15 || ''[https://store.steampowered.com/app/717560/Lucifer_Within_Us/ Steam]'' || [https://kitfoxgames.itch.io/lucifer-within-us Itch.io] || D ||  || data-sort-value="Paid 19.99" style="background-color:#cfc" |
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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 alltogether, these are the most-popular of them:
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| 2021-08-11 || ''[https://store.steampowered.com/app/674930/Boyfriend_Dungeon/ Steam]'' || [https://kitfoxgames.itch.io/boyfriend-dungeon Itch.io] || D || [[Wikipedia:Boyfriend Dungeon|W]] || data-sort-value="Paid 19.98" style="background-color:#cfc" |
 
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|| '''Boyfriend Dungeon''' || Kitfox || Action Hack-and-Slash Romance || Linux, Mac, Windows || PS5, Switch, Xbone/series
 
 
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| 2022-01-20 || ''[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1028350/Pupperazzi_The_Dog_Photography_Game/ Steam]'' || [https://kitfoxgames.itch.io/pupperazzi Itch.io] || D || [[Wikipedia:Pupperazzi|W]] || data-sort-value="Paid 19.99" style="background-color:#cfc" |
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! Name !! Iconography !! Meaning !! Origin
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| style="text-align:center;" | ''':hellmo:''' || style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Discord-hellmo.png|frameless|66px]] || Going on a rampage || Referencing Elmo's triumphant return after conquering [[HFS]]
 
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| style="text-align:center;" | ''':graaa:''' || style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Discord-graaa.png|frameless|66px]] || Expressing frustration || The Snapjaw tribe of [[Hyena man]] found deep within the Caves of Qud
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|| '''Pupperazzi''' || Sundae Month || Adventure (Dog Photography) || Mac & Windows || Switch, Xbone/series
 
 
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| 2022-12-06 || ''[https://store.steampowered.com/app/975370/Dwarf_Fortress/ Steam]'' || [https://kitfoxgames.itch.io/dwarf-fortress Itch.io] || D || [[Wikipedia:Dwarf Fortress|W]] || data-sort-value="Paid 29.98" style="background-color:#cfc" |
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| style="text-align:center;" | ''':kf_love:''' || style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Discord-kf_love.png|frameless|66px]] || Expressing affection || A [[Fox]] expressing its affection with the gift of a [[Dimple cup]]
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| style="text-align:center;" | ''':gorlak:''' || style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Discord-gorlak.png|frameless|66px]] || Gorlak is a state of [[Personality traits, values, and dreams|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... [[File:Discord-gorlak.png|frameless|18px]]" -> DF moment. Resume: Because of gorlak, df moment, or serious face (also as a primal reaction) || [[Gorlak]] from the underground [[Cavern]]s
 
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| style="text-align:center;" | ''':df_urist:''' || style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Discord-df_urist.png|frameless|66px]] || 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]] [[File:Discord-df_urist.png|frameless|18px]]" || The famous [[Urist]] from the legendary Dwarven [[Fortress]]
 
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| Bay12 || -Free-
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| style="text-align:center;" | ''':df_dwarf:''' || style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Discord-df_dwarf.png|frameless|66px]] || Used when you believe a situation is very df || a [[Dwarf]] with his iconic [[Beard]]
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|| '''Dwarf Fortress''' || Bay 12 Games || Simulation (City Builder + Open-World) || Linux & Windows || [http://mifki.com/df/ DFRemote] (pre-v50-only)
 
 
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| 2023-08-21 || ''[https://store.steampowered.com/app/2278010/Six_Ages_2_Lights_Going_Out/ Steam]'' || || D || [[Wikipedia:Six Ages 2: Lights Going Out|W]] || data-sort-value="Paid 24.99" style="background-color:#cfc" |  
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| style="text-align:center;" | ''':babykobold:''' || style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Discord-babykobold.png|frameless|66px]] || Used to indicate you believe something to be cute || a [[Kobold]] hatchling
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| style="text-align:center;" | ''':dinomote:''' || style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Discord-dinomote.png|frameless|66px]] || Possibly used to indicate that you believe someone is being aggressive || [[Figurine]] of a [[Dragon]] that fell from the [[Sky|Heaven]]s
 
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| style="text-align:center;" | ''':Patch:''' || style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Discord-Patch.png|frameless|66px]] || Used when something is in need of repair || A piece of [[Cloth]] used in the repair of a [[Clothing|Garment]]
 
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|| '''Six Ages 2: Lights Going Out''' || A Sharp || Strategy choose-your-own-adventure || Mac & Windows || [https://apps.apple.com/us/app/six-ages-2-lights-going-out/id1231955010 iOS]
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[[Category:Game development]]
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| 2023-12-21 ||  || ''[https://kitfoxgames.itch.io/campfire-chat Itch.io]'' ||  ||  || style="background-color:#fec" | {{tooltip|P.W.Y.W.|Pay What You Want}} || '''Campfire Chat''' || Kitfox(?) || Chatroom(?) || Linux & Windows ||
 
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| 2023-12-21 ||  || ''[https://kitfoxgames.itch.io/feast Itch.io]'' ||  ||  || style="background-color:#fec" | {{tooltip|P.W.Y.W.|Pay What You Want}} || '''Feast''' || (?) || Survival game || only Windows ||
 
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| 2024-06-14 ||  || ''[https://kitfoxgames.itch.io/astronomicon Itch.io]'' ||  ||  || style="background-color:#fdc" | Donation || '''Astronomicon''' || (?) || Fortune cookie generator || web-based ||
 
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| data-sort-value="2026" | Upcoming || [https://store.steampowered.com/app/2946850/Streets_of_Fortuna/ Steam] || (?) || D ||  || style="background-color:#cfc" | Unknown || '''Streets of Fortuna''' || Kitfox || Simulation (Open-world City) || only Windows ||
 
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* Cryptid Containment Taskforce development team - Mehrdad Dehdashti, Thea Kent, Jongwoo Kim, and Neha Patel
 
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* A Bridge Too Far development team - Jongwoo Kim, Clement Marthe, Louis Sciannamblo, and François-Xavier Bilodeau
 

Latest revision as of 05:45, 5 November 2024

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

  • Tanya X. Short, captain
  • Alexandra Orlando, commmunications
  • Victoria Tran, commmunications
  • Fiona Martin, commmunications
  • Thea Kent, illustrator
  • Xin Ran Liu, trailers

Games[edit]

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

Year 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
2020-09 Ostranauts - (Steam) Blue Bottle Games Noir, space sim Windows
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
2023-08 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
2024-12 Caves of Qud - (Itch.io, Steam) Freehold Games Roguelike Linux, Mac, Windows
Upcoming Streets of Fortuna - (Steam) Kitfox Open-world RPG Windows
Upcoming Loose Leaf: A Tea Witch Simulator - (Steam) Kitfox Tea brewing Windows

Discordography[edit]

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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 alltogether, these are the most-popular of them:

Kitfox Discord Iconography
Name Iconography Meaning Origin
:hellmo: Discord-hellmo.png Going on a rampage Referencing Elmo's triumphant return after conquering HFS
:graaa: Discord-graaa.png Expressing frustration The Snapjaw tribe of Hyena man found deep within the Caves of Qud
:kf_love: Discord-kf love.png Expressing affection A Fox expressing its affection with the gift of a Dimple cup
:gorlak: Discord-gorlak.png 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... Discord-gorlak.png" -> DF moment. Resume: Because of gorlak, df moment, or serious face (also as a primal reaction) Gorlak from the underground Caverns
:df_urist: Discord-df urist.png 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 Discord-df urist.png" The famous Urist from the legendary Dwarven Fortress
:df_dwarf: Discord-df dwarf.png Used when you believe a situation is very df a Dwarf with his iconic Beard
:babykobold: Discord-babykobold.png Used to indicate you believe something to be cute a Kobold hatchling
:dinomote: Discord-dinomote.png Possibly used to indicate that you believe someone is being aggressive Figurine of a Dragon that fell from the Heavens
:Patch: Discord-Patch.png Used when something is in need of repair A piece of Cloth used in the repair of a Garment
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