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Dwarf Fortress

Derek Yu — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 02:26:00 +0000

“My legendary clothesmaker just threw a tantrum because his masterwork giant cave spider silk pants were stolen by invisible goblins. Which I guess I can understand, they probably were really nice pants. The thing I don’t understand is why he decided to mangle the limbs of one of my legendary craftdwarves and break the legs of my legendary carpenter.” -bloodyfool, Dwarf Fortress player, from the forums

I need to stop talking about this game, because it’s annoying my friends and keeping me from my work. It’s a Roguelike that let’s you build and run a… well, dwarf fortress. (I love saying “dwarf fortress.”) There’s so much detail in this game that it’s almost too complex to play. I just like revelling in the possibilities.

EDIT: Also, here’s a link to a beginner’s guide (Penny Arcade forums) and the Dwarf Fortress wiki. The game’s hard to get into without either.

"Dwarf Fortress" by Krige

Fri, 09 Mar 2007 13:39:59 +0000

I just want to say that this is truly one of the greatest games.

back to his fortress

"Dwarf Fortress" by Ginseng

Sun, 07 Jan 2007 14:01:29 +0000

Best game ever created. Took 5 years to make and its still not done.

"Dwarf Fortress" by The Trav

Sun, 03 Sep 2006 22:48:58 +0000

kojiru

Sorry, I was being misleading and a bit of a prat. The font is kept in a single bitmap which is sliced up for tiles.

Apparantly you can’t use it for tile graphics though as the same character will be used multiple times for completely different representations.

I reckon they’ll update that eventually, but there’s far more important things to do first.

"Dwarf Fortress" by kojiru

Sun, 03 Sep 2006 21:43:14 +0000

the Trav

I cannot find any information on bitmaps. source of this information?

Btw, i’m still working on nethack…i don’t think starting ANOTHER roguelike will help me in either game. but I’ll store it in my computer for play some other decade.

"Dwarf Fortress" by Advenith

Sun, 03 Sep 2006 13:18:39 +0000

You just had to post it. You had to say, “Here’s a roguelike! Play it now!” Nethack already sucks up too much time. Now I’ll never leave the computer monitor; my eyes glued to the screen as they turn into jelly.

So, yeah, the game rocks.

"Dwarf Fortress" by Potsticker

Fri, 01 Sep 2006 10:27:00 +0000

Wow. I almost took some PTO at work today just so I could continue playing. Damn, and it looks like a goon did a one dwarf run to the end. Hot.

"Dwarf Fortress" by Derek

Thu, 31 Aug 2006 19:59:35 +0000

What’s a “piss flap?” I think I need one.

"Dwarf Fortress" by failrate

Thu, 31 Aug 2006 18:35:51 +0000

Is there a way I can import other people’s Dwarven Fortresses into Angband, so my “hero” can loot them?

"Dwarf Fortress" by Teeth

Thu, 31 Aug 2006 04:46:35 +0000

Oh, piss flaps. Thanks a bunch Derek. I’m already unemployed. How am I supposed to get a job now?

"Dwarf Fortress" by ravuya

Wed, 30 Aug 2006 22:24:03 +0000

I’ve been hooked on this thing for weeks. Rather excellent, and it just keeps getting better with the newest patches.

New players should check out the DF wiki, particularly the section on surviving your first winter, in order to learn how to play effectively.

Expect to lose many, many times.

"Dwarf Fortress" by The Trav

Wed, 30 Aug 2006 22:04:47 +0000

This game is made of pure win.

If you can’t be assed waiting for the world to generate download a pre-generated one.

You should really have mentioned the adventure mode and the persistant game world.

And to the fool who was complaining about graphics, they are using bitmaps, and you are a fool

"Dwarf Fortress" by Geoff

Wed, 30 Aug 2006 18:00:31 +0000

Ok, this game has me hooked…damn you…

"Dwarf Fortress" by Derek

Wed, 30 Aug 2006 16:21:09 +0000

Dude, I lost it years ago.

"Dwarf Fortress" by null

Wed, 30 Aug 2006 11:12:35 +0000

I, for one, am glad to have moved beyond virtualhottie.

"Dwarf Fortress" by Jey

Wed, 30 Aug 2006 10:35:40 +0000

it’s just like programming. boring.

Derek’s lost it. He’s just posting random stuff.

"Dwarf Fortress" by scissors

Wed, 30 Aug 2006 10:29:19 +0000

This is really one of those games where everything about it is wonderful except for the actual gameplay.

"Dwarf Fortress" by BMcC

Wed, 30 Aug 2006 09:47:06 +0000

Aaaannnd this concludes our lesson on philistinism.

"Dwarf Fortress" by NO!

Wed, 30 Aug 2006 09:02:53 +0000

True, asshole! This is way too retro for me… Retro as in CRAPPY. Use some fucking bitmaps, you, nostaligc geek!, that looks unappealing…

"Dwarf Fortress" by NHP

Wed, 30 Aug 2006 07:36:03 +0000

looks like you couldn’t be bothered with writing a description. well, we couldn’t be bothered with trying it out either.

"Dwarf Fortress" by BMcC

Wed, 30 Aug 2006 07:02:50 +0000

Oh man, I don’t have time for this. I’ve got work to do, man!

But instead I’m going to sit here and wait for an ASCII world to generate.

Thanks a lot!