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  <book ID="RemixingTheLayerCake" Title="{{W|Remixing the Layer Cake}}">
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                          {{W|Remixing the Layer Cake:}}

                              {{y|Facilitating fan}}
             {{y|reinterpretaion through Caves of Qud's data files}}
                                     &#xc4;&#xc4;
                               {{r|Ray "books" A.}}
                               {{m|@librarianmage}}
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{{C|Caves of Qud}}

{{C|&#x7;}} science fantasy RPG and roguelike epic

{{C|&#x7;}} releasing {{K|(!)}} in 2024 {{K|(!!)}}

{{C|&#x7;}} {{Y|presents a broadly inspectable and extensible engine}}
  {{C|&#x7;}} Data files
  {{C|&#x7;}} C# scripting
  {{C|&#x7;}} Harmony patches
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{{c|A brief overview of Caves of Qud's data files}}

{{c|&#x7;}} primarily XML (some JSON)

{{c|&#x7;}} structure
  {{c|&#x7;}} inheritance
  {{c|&#x7;}} merging
  {{C|&#x7;}} mixins (objects only)

{{c|&#x7;}} escape hatches to C# for functionality (parts)

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{{w|An (incomplete) list of things that are defined (in part) by data files}}

{{w|&#x7;}} game objects
  {{w|&#x7;}} items
  {{w|&#x7;}} creatures

{{w|&#x7;}} conversations

{{w|&#x7;}} quests

{{w|&#x7;}} population tables

{{w|&#x7;}} factions

{{w|&#x7;}} books

{{w|&#x7;}} player presets

{{w|&#x7;}} genders and pronouns

{{w|&#x7;}} ...
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{{C|Reinterpretation}}

Reinterpretation is the capacity for players to

{{C|&#x7;}} parse,

{{C|&#x7;}} reuse, and

{{C|&#x7;}} transform

a game's data.
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{{c|Data files in wiki work}}

{{c|&#x7;}} data pipeline for game objects
  {{c|1.}} Data files
  {{c|2.}} Hagadias
  {{c|3.}} Qud Blueprint Explorer (QBE)
  {{c|4.}} Mediawiki Cargo tables

{{c|&#x7;}} updating data is simplified

{{c|&#x7;}} enables data-driven features (Cargo tables)

{{c|&#x7;}} sometimes inconvenient ontology for user-presented content

{{c|&#x7;}} still requires work on behalf of wiki team (Trash Monks)
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{{c|Data files in modding}}

{{c|&#x7;}} useful framework for modding
  {{c|&#x7;}} robust
  {{c|&#x7;}} small changes are (usually) simple
  {{c|&#x7;}} repurposing functionality

{{c|&#x7;}} separates content and functionality

{{c|&#x7;}} sometimes inconvenient ontology (splitting parts)

{{c|&#x7;}} tension between power and comprehensibility
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{{C|Resources}} (https://github.com/librarianmage/RogueCel2023)
{{c|Learn more}}
{{c|&#x7;}} {{w|Snapjaw Mages}}, {{y|kernelmethod}}
  {{K|data modding tutorial}}
{{c|&#x7;}} {{w|The Qud Survival Guide}}, {{y|EctaFoole}}
  {{K|data mod}}
{{c|&#x7;}} {{w|Data-Driven Engines of Qud and Sproggiwood}}, {{y|Brian Bucklew}}
  {{K|2015 IRDC talk}}
{{c|&#x7;}} {{w|Caves of Qud Modding Jam: Monster Mash}}
  {{K|Oct. 27-30, 2023}}

{{c|Miscellanea}}
{{c|&#x7;}} {{w|Apologia for Game Wikis}}, {{y|Jason Grinblat}}
  {{K|2021 essay}}
{{c|&#x7;}} {{w|Creating a Modding System for Roguelikes}}, {{y|George Moromisato}}
  {{K|2022 Roguelike Celebration talk}}
{{c|&#x7;}} {{w|Play as in Stage Play}}, {{y|Nic Junius}}
  {{K|2023 Roguelike Celebration Preview talk}}
{{c|&#x7;}} {{w|Generating Procedures: Rule and System Generation for
  Roguelikes}}, {{y|Mike Cook}}
  {{K|2023 Roguelike Celebration talk}}
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  </book>
</books>