Caves of Qud is great. Like, “you can be a four-armed, winged gorilla man with a monofilament sword and unfortunate nearsightedness“-level great. It’s a roguelike that delivers procedurally generated delight on par with Dwarf Fortress (a quick glance at the review will tell you that’s one of the highest compliments I can give). But like Dwarf Fortress, Caves of Qud has suffered from a near-impenetrable interface—until now.

The main highlight of the Spring Molting update, arriving today, is a complete UI replacement. Almost every menu and interface element has been redesigned. In a victory for my long-suffering wrists, the entire game can now be navigated entirely with a mouse or gamepad, instead of just with keys. At last, Qud features more wandering across mutant-wracked, salt-blasted wastes and less wondering how you even look at your character sheet… Read more.