I've just recently got back to playing some Dwarf Fortress and the last thread was too old to bump, so I figured I'd make a new one.
What is Dwarf Fortress?(Taken from Bay12 themselves found
here.)
"Dwarf Fortress is a single-player fantasy game. You can control a dwarven outpost or an adventurer in a randomly generated, persistent world.
Well golly gee, what are some features?Although Dwarf Fortress is still in a work in progress, many features have already been implemented.
- The world is randomly generated with distinct civilizations spanning centuries of detailed history, hundreds of towns, caves and regions with various wildlife.
- The world persists as long as you like, over many games, recording historical events and tracking changes.
- Craft treasures and furniture from many materials and improve these objects with precious metals, jewels and more.
- Defend yourself against attacks from hostile civilizations, the wilderness, the depths, the dead and creatures of the night.
- Honey, wax, pottery, windmills, waterwheels, soap, plaster, wool, eggs, dyes, cheese, glass, animal training, papermaking, parchment, bookbinding and much much more...
(and so on)
- The combat model includes skills, body parts, individual tissues, material properties, aimed attacks, wrestling, one-time opportunities, charging and dodging between squares, bleeding, pain, nausea, various poison effects and much more. Attacks and other movements extend over several instants, allowing you to deliberately catch enemy blows or plan your counter-attack.
- Hundreds of animals and other monsters, including many that are randomly generated for each world.
- Various dwarfy ways to have !!FUN!!
That sounds life-ruining great! Where can I get it from?Dwarf Fortress is created and maintained by Tarn and Zach Adams of Bay 12 Games. The game is and will always be free, and can be found
here.Any screenshots or gameplay?Of course, children. As the game is rendered in various ascii-esque tiles, it may look confusing at first. This can be remedied, however, by installing tilesets which can add basic sprites to the game (i.e. pictures instead of symbols)
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Bonus stuffA video explaining some of what Dwarf Fortress is aboutThe Hamlet of Tyrrany, a fairly well-known story of the end of a FortressBoatmurdered, a legendary succession mode series involving rampaging zombie elephants and all sorts of other !!FUN!! things