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Liveposting thread of the Beyond Quality Awards in the 20th Anniversary Celebration! If you want to follow along, you can read this thread or listen yourself and see who/what wins the hearts of dwarf fortresses: www.twitch.tv/kitfoxgames www.youtube.com/watch?v=0q5z...

Tarn and Zach are "honoring some of the people that have been part of the project throughout the years"! The first award is the Beyond Qualiity ORIGINS AWARD ...it goes to ANGBAND, "the most complete RPG", "I remember playing a bunch of mods for it" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angband...

The BEST ROGUELIKE AWARD goes to Caves of Qud. "It's a recent one, but you know, evolution happens. Rich, beautiful writing, [...] a roguelike that is actually like Rogue" 💚 in the acceptance speech, @jfg.land & @unormal.bsky.social say DF is a "north star in the community" 💚

The BEST DESCENDANT goes to Rimworld! "it's a fact that Dwarf Fortress revitalized and helped make a new kind of colony sim [...] all of them tighter experiences and better [...] excellent game" 🔥Tynan from @ludeonstudios.bsky.social accepts and says "noone has topped" DF ❤️

The INSIDE SCOOP award goes to @blindirl.bsky.social! "I don't think anyone else has done such a good job to get the word out like that [..] still one of the reasons we're still around". BlindIRL says "thanks for responding to my pestering emails" and tips others to "email [...] just go ask" 😂oh no

It really does mean a lot, you bearded bastards 😌