Caves of Qud - A Digital Dive Let's Play and Discussion

[@reelneim]

Man, I love Caves of Qud, and I love that you're covering it. Great taste!

[@TheDungeonDive]

Much appreciated!

[@songbird666]

I hit 2000 hours exactly the day before 1.0 released. Caves of Qud has been out for two weeks, but it's been my favorite game for years! It's great to see it reach folks that enjoy it so thoroughly. Thumbs up with letting folks play how they want; The other game modes were added for good reason! Ain't a wrong way to play... Except maybe not looking at things. You gotta look to learn, and you gotta run to live! And drink!

[@TheDungeonDive]

2,000 hours! Wow! Love it. :)

[@Ze0nite]

Certified good taste. One of my favorite games of all time.

[@TheDungeonDive]

Right? It's amazing.

[@wizardbrawl]

Hell yes. Been getting into this and Moonring recently.

[@TheDungeonDive]

Both are so good!

[@macrograms]

i cannot believe moonring is free! so good.

[@xradio19x]

Yay, Digital Dive! Been eyeing this game, thanks for the video

[@samurguybriyongtan146]

Thanks for playing and showing what the game is like. The writing is interesting and definitely makes you feel like you’re in a world that you barely understand. I love that.

[@la_la_lasagna]

marking as important means it warns you if you try to sell it, and if you throw/drop important things (like knives) you will auto-pick them back up when you auto-explore

[@TheDungeonDive]

Thanks! I wish it added something in the inventory to denote that it was marked! I kept looking for a highlight or a * or something.

[@dziooooo]

Ohhhh, I didn't know it would pick up important items automatically! That's very useful

[@wsewse]

i found you by googling for caves of qud. what a chill guy you are. subscribed!

[@TheDungeonDive]

Haha. Right on. Thanks. :)

[@GoodBread]

Love it! I would like to see more of it! Thanks!

[@denoxy]

Wow, you finally got to her! I'm just starting to go through a bit for now, getting ready for a long run on the stream. Without preparation it is very difficult!

[@thomastergaard]

I think you're onto something with this format... playing a video game... with spectators... seems very modern! 😄

[@TheDungeonDive]

LOL!

[@jamzillarpg]

Haven't played Caves of Qud for a few years now, but one of my favourite computer games of all time 🙌

[@arheru]

I love Caves of Qud to bits! I went bananas when Vaults of Vaarn came out as kind of an homage - what a game (what TWO games! ^^).

[@davidwillems9904]

Love the digital dive(s)

[@TheDungeonDive]

Thank you!

[@JevousGaming]

Nice! Saw this game a while ago and immediately thought this was a Dungeon Dive kinda game! Posted about it in the discord.

[@KevinShriner]

I enjoyed this, thank you. Looking forward to diving into it soon!

[@KevinShriner]

P.s. I would be interested in watching a let's play, but maybe lower the music volume just a smidge. Cool music as you mention near the end but got a little loud during a crescendo shortly after you mentioned buying it. Would watch though! 🙂🙂

[@TheDungeonDive]

Thanks for that! Wasn't sure on the mix. Hard to tell.

[@pixretro]

This has been on my Radar for a while, enjoyed the playthrough! will have to buy it and give it a go now! :D Thanks!

[@seearesee]

Looks like I have to play this game finally! This was an oddly relaxing and chill adventure.

[@eddieballgame]

Good video, well narrated & yes...more, please. :)

[@marcopritoni7182]

Great tutorial. Thanks

[@TheDungeonDive]

You’re welcome!

[@A.E.Konietzky]

I've been eye-balling this game for a while. glad it's finally released. I tend to not like to snag games before being "Official" due to bugs and progress resets. I am a HUGE GammaWorld nut.

[@guwapjinn]

dwarf fortress gets a big recommend from me! thats a good one too

[@jay_cadiramen]

I used to love a game called The Magic Candle in the 80s and those looks like a total glow-up of that game. Looks great!

[@davidk6269]

It reminds me of Ultima for sure!

[@photonsword]

Book of the New Sun! Love that series.

[@diegopadovani4942]

Funny thing about the water is a dram is like 1.7 grams, or 1/256 of a pound, but somehow when the container is full with 64 drams it weights 17 pounds.

[@TheDungeonDive]

They’re magical drams! :)

[@CScott-wh5yk]

Yes, please stream this game

[@TheFatalT]

Just when I thought I had enough games on my Steam Deck!

[@cook1tj]

Qud is great! I've been playing it on and off for years, despite never really getting very good at it. Maybe now that it's 1.0 I'll stick with it a bit and see how far I can get.

[@Kryosleep]

2nd comment. Thanks for covering this. I love roguelikes, and man this is a great roguelike. Just got it and can't stop playing it.

[@TheDungeonDive]

Sure thing!

[@caved_weller]

Ohhoo! This is one of my absolute favourite pc games ever. Love its weird fiction/purple prose(in a good way) styled writing. I've been on and off watching your videos and didn't know you cover also digital games! Anyways Caves of Qud definitely fits with your interests in adventure games where anything can happen. Btw have you played another recent pc rpg Skald: Against the Black Priory? Just finished the story and it was superb Ultima inspired Lovecraftian indie gem. Maybe the most atmospheric game of the year for me. I think you might love it. Live and drink, wanderer

[@TheDungeonDive]

I have not played Skald yet, but it’s on my list.

[@bs5730]

Churdy stainmail is going to be an item in my next game of Mørk Borg...

[@adrealz276]

Hey Daniel ! Thanks for sharing this digital experience, I’m wondering how you feel about reading on the steam deck ?

[@TheDungeonDive]

I struggle with quite a few games with tiny text on the SD. It's a real issue. CoQ does have a number of accessibility options that make it easier to read and it's mostly fine.

[@adrealz276]

@ thanks Daniel ! I have the same issue, hopefully more games will integrate accessibility options in the near future

[@neutraljump]

The pump shotgun deals 1d2 damage several times in a spread

[@TheDungeonDive]

Thanks! So better at closer range?

[@neutraljump]

@@TheDungeonDive maybe! You can always find it in the early game from the snapjaw shotgunners, so it might not be the best. But there's a skill that allows you to kick a close range opponent when you pew at them. That might be a good fit for a early shotgun build. I'm a beginner myself. Just lost my longest living character Mega Axe, almost twenty hours and 40 000 turns gone. It was epic.

[@ven173]

Live and drink, friend!

[@TheDungeonDive]

Live and drink!

[@louisgarwood]

I just got way into Qud!! I was wondering if you’d be into it too Daniel!!

[@TheDungeonDive]

Oh you can say I'm into it...a bit. More like an obsession right now! LOL

[@kyur3813]

It's good to some more diverse content on your channel, great job ! So, the obvious question which you probably don't want to answer is: Caves of Qud vs Moonring -- which one do you prefer ? Or: To what kind of player would you recommend X and Y respectively ? Thanks !

[@TheDungeonDive]

I love them both so much. For me CoQ edges out Moonring just because I like the weird Science Fantasy setting more. I would say that Moonring is better for people who like a more traditional fantasy, while CoQ is better for people who want something more on the weird side. I'd also say that CoQ is more focused on a more traditional rogue-like experience with permadeth being it's main mode, while Moonring is more focused on a traditional RPG like game, although I believe it also has a permadeath mode.

[@kyur3813]

@@TheDungeonDive Thanks, very helpful !

[@denoxy]

Definitely need to move on! Interesting to see how you'll interact with the world outside of main story, doing random procedural village quests 😊

[@Kryosleep]

+1 for the algorithm.

[@ArkhBaegor]

What the hell? You aren't a pair of disembodied hands???

[@TheDungeonDive]

Fooled you!

[@charlesanderson7388]

Try 9th Dawn III on switch. It's Rouge X Diablo. Not as deep, but similar.

[@TheDungeonDive]

Oh yeah! 9th Dawn III is great!

[@maestromike8694]

First lol

[@AnDorDrAkOn]

Dungeon Dive was better than digital dive ,board game films are more interesting.

[@TheDungeonDive]

3 of the nearly 1,000 videos are about video games. Lol. Don’t worry bro. Also, you gotta let people grow and express other interests. All of these hobbies really are a single hobby - play. It really doesn’t matter how or where they’re played.