Games for Windows Magazine: Dwarf Fortress

Posted by Derek Yu Fri, 29 Jun 2007 18:37:00 GMT

Games For Windows: Dwarf Fortress

This month’s issue of Games for Windows has an awesome 3 page article dedicated solely to Dwarf Fortress. YES! I love the layout, too.

Zach, for his part, isn’t all that interested in how it works. “If I didn’t have a brother who could program… I would have taken it upon myself to fill his shoes,” he explains. “But as I do have that brother, I am blessed with the opportunity to make my computer-game dreams a reality.”

Very interesting to read about the dynamic between Tarn and Zach Adams and how they work together to create the Roguelike monster that is Dwarf Fortress.

Scans: Pages 1, Page 2, Page 3

(Special thanks to the DMac for the scans!)

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  1. Alec said about 1 hour later:

    Sexy.

  2. Rz. said about 2 hours later:

    hm… i saw this a few weeks ago, actually. i can’t remember where, though. probably the DF forums

  3. Isador21 said about 8 hours later:

    Altho I hate vista and every move microsoft makes related to it, I’m going to give this game a try

  4. uh said about 18 hours later:

    considering that the game has nothing to do with vista or microsoft ………………………………….. ………………………………..

  5. Cube said about 22 hours later:

    I’ve tried to play Dwarf Fortress like 4 different times. It makes my brain hurt.

    This sounds lame, but I’d be much more willing to play it if it had graphics.

    Then again, a ‘flingify’ function might convince me to give it another shot.

  6. Cube said about 22 hours later:

    I’ve tried to play Dwarf Fortress like 4 different times. It makes my brain hurt.

    This sounds lame, but I’d be much more willing to play it if it had graphics.

    Then again, a ‘flingify’ function might convince me to give it another shot.

  7. Zulgaines said about 23 hours later:

    The only reason I dislike rougelikes is I get bored trying to deal with the complex and unintuitive interfaces- that and the lack of real graphical feedback.

    But DF is an amazing piece of work. I wish I was less shallow and willing to sit, learn, and play through it.

  8. Zulgaines said about 23 hours later:

    The only reason I dislike rougelikes is I get bored trying to deal with the complex and unintuitive interfaces- that and the lack of real graphical feedback.

    But DF is an amazing piece of work. I wish I was less shallow and willing to sit, learn, and play through it.

  9. Rz. said 1 day later:

    ITT: DOUBLE POSTING MAAAANIA

  10. Slashed - Temple of The Roguelike said 1 day later:

    Cool for the dwarf fortressers… Kudos to them…

    I hope this indirectly contributes to the roguelike scene and makes more people aware of it

  11. Joseph said 1 day later:

    Dood your scanner is so HI RES I’m jealous

  12. Joseph said 1 day later:

    btw that story is very inspirational and touching sniffle

  13. rinkuhero said 1 day later:

    This is actually the first time I’ve read a description of that game (I’ve heard of it before, but hadn’t read about it). It sounds amazing, and makes me want to try creating one of these set in “real life” – non-fantasy non-scifi setting.

    But hundreds of thousands of lines of code… ID took 14,000, and I thought that was a lot.

  14. Pepisolo said 3 days later:

    This game is amazing.

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