Caves of Qud Live Playthrough with Developer Commentary

Jason Grinblat and Nick DeCapua play Caves of Qud taking suggestions from the audience!
This video is from the 2017 Roguelike Celebration: roguelike.club/event2017.html

[@febriorio600]

Hey hey people

[@Merlinfoop]

*tribal african music starts playing"

[@Nordkiinach]

Hey hey loser

[@mam0lechinookclan607]

@@Nordkiinach Thats ... not nice

[@candlehand]

I rarely comment on KZbin but I have to give props to Caves of Qud and its awesome developers. I've been playing for more than a year and I've barely scratched the surface of this unique game. IMO its not a great game to watch someone else play but when it's your own character on the line the world and danger feels very immersive. In an era of mass marketability I am refreshed by this truly one of a kind gem.

[@unormal]

@The Jester - Fool Of Hearts Qud actually came out quite awhile before C:DDA. (first public release was in 2010). It's definitely worth giving a shot if you like Qud!

[@friendlyneighborhoodcrackh6059]

@@unormal While CDDA released a while after, The original Cataclysm released in 2010 as well.

[@dohertyaaron]

Damn this game looks ambitious. Bravo, devs.

[@ifstatementifstatement2704]

It's awesome! As a programmer and someone who's also making his own indie game (not a roguelike) I really like roguelikes from a programming point of view. I'm also too intimidated at the fact of dying but I like watching people play and explain them. Caves of Qud is awesome.

[@clint4527]

The rep fonction is dope. But the Markov chains are sometimes redundants.

[@clint4527]

​@@ifstatementifstatement2704The rep fonction is dope. But the Markov chains are sometimes redundants.

[@Jayy997]

Such a fantastic demo. Really encapsulates why Caves of Qud is the best roguelike right now despite still being in development.

[@shekelofal-kakkad8505]

I tweeted at freehold games, they said the full release will be around 2019.

[@donov25]

Wait. There are roguelikes not still in development?

[@Jayy997]

You know what I mean.

[@Splatpope]

best roguelike will always be nethack

[@NEprimo]

every big roguelike right now is still "in development"

[@mam0lechinookclan607]

Seeth brought me here, it looks like an awesome game.

[@steroidmaximus7470]

Thanks for the great video. Caves of Qud is the best rl rpg I've ever played in my life. This game deserves so much attention, praise and support. Makes me remember how great it is to be a gamer.

[@ngastakvakis4425]

Zorbus came out recently! Also a respectable rl!

[@shekelofal-kakkad8505]

Why do I keep laughing at the subtitles? Caves of *Cod*

[@HumanistAtheist]

Tom Green and Bill Hicks on stage together at last, and playing a roguelike with 8bit-style graphics no less. I feel like it's 1993 again. :D

[@felixsanchez5103]

im so glad they did this

[@speedlimate]

Don't lie, you're only here to see how the developer pronounces Qud.

[@ifstatementifstatement2704]

A charismatic multilegged wizard. What other game let's you be that? This is awesome! The quests and stories around them, the enemies, the locations, really great stuff. It raises roguelikes to another level, in my opinion.

[@DungeonBro-wl4ps]

This game has become my new Skyrim-like addiction! So many mutated characters to create!

[@sleep3417]

I kept hearing mango instead of mangoat. Needless to say my sides were in orbit.

[@Desi-qw9fc]

Oh gee it’s “Caves of Cud”, I’ve been internally pronouncing it as “Caves of Could”.

[@iammichaeldavis]

lol I thought it was “Kwudd”

[@Pat315]

@@iammichaeldavis in what world does the W come in haha

[@iammichaeldavis]

@@Pat315 like “quicksand”, or “quest” 🤷‍♀️

[@Pat315]

@@iammichaeldavis right, that's not the Q doing that to those words though but I see your point

[@nintendude794]

Qould you quindly?

[@greybinhoe]

Love the game!

[@Kishy]

This was cool!!

[@ksh2596]

Love this game, I've played it for almost 300 hours, it's great to see the developers talk about it :D And I just realized I'm watching this while playing Caves of Qud haha That's how much I love this game

[@dickyboi4956]

Could you explain exactly what this game is about? Like is it just a procedurally generated dungeon crawler or is there more to it than that. Kinda sounds like cdda meets old school fallout. Are there factions to interact with and things other than dungeon crawling for loot or is that it?

[@mam0lechinookclan607]

@@dickyboi4956 Look at the review from sseth tzeentach, he made a pretty good comparison. This game is amazing, from what you can all do in it.

[@oofmcoofy6769]

They look exactly as i thought they would

[@doltBmB]

I think two is multiple, and this guy doesn't look crippled to me.

[@clint4527]

Now indrix got this voice for the rest of my runs.

[@KorhalKk]

I've played ADOM so many times I want to try CoQ, but I need to gather more fortitude to endure it. Or I'll just savescum =\

[@charlesajones77]

Same. I used to play ADOM and Nethack extensively, but that was 20 years ago. I'm not sure I have the endurance to try and learn a new Roguelike from scratch. So I'm interested to see this video.

[@PHYTEthePOWAH]

Same, started a few days ago. On my seventh char in Qud and it is indeed daunting. Still learning (the hard way) what to run from and what my running options are. ADOM has better controls and a much more developed Wiki.

[@KorhalKk]

@@PHYTEthePOWAH I had a chance to play it and made a Cyborg human start on Joppa. I've used the save system already integrated and the game seemed less punishing. Already know almost everything you need to know for a normal playthrough but the game stops at the Spindle, is not complete yet. Bummer. Adom is much more developed because it has two decades more than CoQ, but CoQ seems more creative and dynamic, it has more cities and NPCS, whereas ADOM seems to be "emptier" and more "souls-like"(considering Dark Souls that must had ADOM influence lol), more gritty and less humorous.

[@nikochristie9732]

They should make this into a caves of qud gamemode.

[@Gargantupimp]

THE MYTH THE LEGEND

[@nantu07]

Sseth brought me here ;P

[@Dost850]

Did they stop game testing after this?

[@ifstatementifstatement2704]

Awesome. Is there any other game, AAA ones included, that beats a roguelike on variety? Seriously.

[@ottwarrior]

df

[@lyva]

@@ottwarriorDF’s adventure mode is very much a roguelike

[@sergesolkatt]

❤

[@impliqued1910]

Nice

[@a.nonnymouse2616]

Has anybody noticed the sign in the background?

[@nintendude794]

Yes

[@xChimkin]

for what it's worth, these nerds' game is actually good

[@nichttuntun3364]

Totally cool presentation. This game looks promising. But again everything seems to be concentrated on killing creatures. Isn't there more adventure and interaction with things and NPCs?

[@clint4527]

You can be friends with different faction an chose who you want to kill. Or, you can go with a "type of run", or you gain XP just by lore learning and you can t fight at all.

[@nichttuntun3364]

@@clint4527 hey, thank you! 🤗

[@HAL_NlNETH0USAND]

Bro been playing from the start had 7 salves and didn't use one

[@picklefathernurgle2719]

Make Putus Templars playable.

[@jozef620]

5:47, the closest row to the stage, fourth guy from the left look at his shirt

[@Nordkiinach]

Absolute CHAD

[@nintendude794]

What is it?

[@Unatcowomensbathroom]

"maybe hes against capitalism" pretty cringe how thats alot of gamers now, literally dont even acknowledge what the hammer and sickle actually represent

[@Unatcowomensbathroom]

@@Nordkiinach absolute cringe

[@vyktorio805]

at the time of this comment, there are 420 likes. NOICE!

[@vyktorio805]

and now 421 cause of me

[@Unatcowomensbathroom]

so yay weed i guess? it is just a number, you know

[@Klonkus]

Indie devs are so pretentious

[@Unatcowomensbathroom]

"maybe hes against capitalism" its a great game but yea agreed

[@TheNewYokodzuna]

too expensive

[@nintendude794]

??

[@LuridContent]

@@nintendude794 Expensive means the game is priced to high for the content.

[@rpscorp9457]

Dunno guys..i think its looks kinda dumb...and im not feeling the green caste to everything. Still think Tome4 and Starsector are a bit higher on the scale.

[@austinwyant2928]

RPS Corp How Do I delete someone else's comment.

[@seanwarren9357]

All are great. There are other tilesets BTW.