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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>
 
| 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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| 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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| 2014<span style="color:#777;">-11</span> || ''[https://kitfoxgames.itch.io/dont-believe-the-robots Do Not Believe The Robots]'' || Kitfox (submission to [https://itch.io/jam/procjam2014/rate/14041 Procedural Generation Jam 2014]) || Procedurally generated RPG || Web  
 
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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
 
| 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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| 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
 
| 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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| 2016<span style="color:#777;">-06</span> ||  ''[https://kitfoxgames.itch.io/love-pyramid Love Pyramid]'' || Kitfox(?) || Action || Windows
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| 2016<span style="color:#777;">-06</span> ||  ''[https://kitfoxgames.itch.io/love-pyramid Love Pyramid]'' || Kitfox (submission to [https://itch.io/jam/jam-nation-opera/rate/70469 JamNATION - Opéra de Montréal]) || Action || Windows
 
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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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| 2016<span style="color:#777;">-06</span> || ''[https://kitfoxgames.itch.io/hot-or-bot Hot or Bot]'' || Kitfox (submission to [https://itch.io/jam/ilujam2/rate/72245 International Love Ultimatum 2: Romantic Boogaloo]) || Role-playing || Web
 
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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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| 2017<span style="color:#777;">-08</span> || style="background-color:#cfc" | ''[[Wikipedia:The Shrouded Isle|The Shrouded Isle]]'' - ([https://kitfoxgames.itch.io/shrouded-isle Itch.io], [https://store.steampowered.com/app/501320/The_Shrouded_Isle/ Steam]) || Kitfox(?) || Cult management sim || Mac, Windows, Switch
 
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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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| 2017<span style="color:#777;">-09</span> || ''[https://kitfoxgames.itch.io/five-secrets Five Secrets]'' || Kitfox (submission to [https://itch.io/jam/jamnation-camp-papillon/rate/178650 JamNATION - Camp Papillon]) || Puzzle || Web
 
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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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| 2018<span style="color:#777;">-01</span> || ''[https://kitfoxgames.itch.io/the-first-island The First Island]'' || {{tooltip|''Kitfox''|GP Lackey, Marcelo Perez, Nick Rudzicz, Tanya X. Short}} (submission to [https://v3.globalgamejam.org/2018/games/first-island Global Game Jam 2018]) || Social media sim || Windows
 
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| 2018<span style="color:#777;">-11</span> || ''BadCupid'' || Kitfox || ARG || Web
 
| 2018<span style="color:#777;">-11</span> || ''BadCupid'' || Kitfox || ARG || Web
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| 2019<span style="color:#777;">-10</span> <!--Kitfox discord channel since 2018-06-06. Part of Kitfox since at least 2018-08-20. Source: [https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/881420?emclan=103582791462499897&emgid=5156014950385434101]-->|| 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]
 
| 2019<span style="color:#777;">-10</span> <!--Kitfox discord channel since 2018-06-06. Part of Kitfox since at least 2018-08-20. Source: [https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/881420?emclan=103582791462499897&emgid=5156014950385434101]-->|| 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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| 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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| 2019<span style="color:#777;">-11</span> || ''[https://kitfoxgames.itch.io/cryptid-containment-taskforce Cryptid Containment Taskforce]'' || {{tooltip|''Kitfox''|Mehrdad Dehdashti, Thea Kent, Jongwoo Kim, Neha Patel}} (submission to [https://itch.io/jam/cryptid-jam/rate/494665 Cryptid Jam]) || Simulation, survival || Mac, Windows
 
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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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| 2020<span style="color:#777;">-02</span> || ''[https://kitfoxgames.itch.io/a-bridge-too-far A Bridge Too Far]'' || {{tooltip|''Kitfox''|Jongwoo Kim, Clement Marthe, Louis Sciannamblo, François-Xavier Bilodeau}} (submission to [https://v3.globalgamejam.org/2020/games/london-bridge-falling-down-3 Global Game Jam 2020]) || Puzzle || Web
 
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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
 
| 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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| 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]
 
| 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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| 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/campfire-chat Campfire Chat]'' || {{tooltip|''Kitfox''(?)|David Rusak, Marcelo Perez, Tanya Short, Xin Ran Liu}} (submission to Kitfox Solstice Jam 2023) || 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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| 2023<span style="color:#777;">-12</span> || ''[https://kitfoxgames.itch.io/feast Feast]'' || (?) (submission to Kitfox Solstice Jam 2023) || Survival || Windows
 
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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;">-06</span> || ''[https://kitfoxgames.itch.io/astronomicon Astronomicon]'' || {{tooltip|''Kitfox''|Fiona Martin, Kira Lily Boom, Mehrdad Dehdashti, Xin Ran Liu}} (made in 48 hours) || Fortune-telling || Web
 
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| 2024<span style="color:#777;">-09</span>'''†''' <!--Kitfox discord channel since 2024-09-04. Part of Kitfox since at least 2024-09-04. Source: [https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1022980?updates=true&emclan=103582791464039450&emgid=4584188879515294936]-->|| style="background-color:#cfc" | ''Ostranauts'' - ([https://store.steampowered.com/app/1022980/Ostranauts/ Steam]) || '''Blue Bottle Games''' || Noir, space sim || Windows
 
| 2024<span style="color:#777;">-09</span>'''†''' <!--Kitfox discord channel since 2024-09-04. Part of Kitfox since at least 2024-09-04. Source: [https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1022980?updates=true&emclan=103582791464039450&emgid=4584188879515294936]-->|| style="background-color:#cfc" | ''Ostranauts'' - ([https://store.steampowered.com/app/1022980/Ostranauts/ Steam]) || '''Blue Bottle Games''' || Noir, space sim || Windows
 
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| 2024<span style="color:#777;">-12</span> || ''[https://kitfoxgames.itch.io/journey-to-candy-mountain Journey to Candy Mountain]'' || Kitfox || Survival, Hobo || Web
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| 2024<span style="color:#777;">-12</span> || ''[https://kitfoxgames.itch.io/journey-to-candy-mountain Journey to Candy Mountain]'' || Brent Ellison, Carolyn Jong || Survival, Hobo || Web
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| 2024<span style="color:#777;">-12</span> || ''[https://kitfoxgames.itch.io/spaceloop Spaceloop]'' || Mehrdad Dehdashti, Alex Bull, Thuy Linh Tran (made in 3 days) || Deck-builder, Space || Web
 
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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
 
| data-sort-value="2026" | Upcoming || ''Streets of Fortuna'' - ([https://store.steampowered.com/app/2946850/Streets_of_Fortuna/ Steam]) || Kitfox || Open-world RPG || Windows

Revision as of 09:02, 18 December 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

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 (submission to Procedural Generation Jam 2014) 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 (submission to JamNATION - Opéra de Montréal) Action Windows
2016-06 Hot or Bot Kitfox (submission to International Love Ultimatum 2: Romantic Boogaloo) Role-playing Web
2017-08 The Shrouded Isle - (Itch.io, Steam) Kitfox(?) Cult management sim Mac, Windows, Switch
2017-09 Five Secrets Kitfox (submission to JamNATION - Camp Papillon) Puzzle Web
2018-01 The First Island Kitfox (submission to Global Game Jam 2018) 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 Kitfox (submission to Cryptid Jam) Simulation, survival Mac, Windows
2020-02 A Bridge Too Far Kitfox (submission to Global Game Jam 2020) 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(?) (submission to Kitfox Solstice Jam 2023) Chatroom Linux, Windows
2023-12 Feast (?) (submission to Kitfox Solstice Jam 2023) Survival Windows
2024-06 Astronomicon Kitfox (made in 48 hours) Fortune-telling Web
2024-09 Ostranauts - (Steam) Blue Bottle Games Noir, space sim Windows
2024-12 Journey to Candy Mountain Brent Ellison, Carolyn Jong Survival, Hobo Web
2024-12 Spaceloop Mehrdad Dehdashti, Alex Bull, Thuy Linh Tran (made in 3 days) Deck-builder, Space Web
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

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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; 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 the constellation of Tudykosaurus Rex as detailed in the book "Could it be Astrography?" by Ostranauts
:Patch: Discord-Patch.png Used when something is in need of repair A piece of Cloth used in the repair of a Garment