Author Topic: Dwarf Fortress (Read 53415 times)

Anti-Cop · May 04, 2008, 01:59:39 AM

http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/

You WILL want a guide of some sort:
http://www.dwarffortresswiki.net/index.php/Main_Page

This game is pretty interesting, there are some graphics packages out too, so that it's not all ASCII.

Also really frustrating and fun.

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Muffinmix · May 05, 2008, 01:25:32 AM

I remember this game, a HUGE classic, and you will probably never die in more excruciating and spectacular ways then in this game.

The real feature that sets it aside from other similar roguelikes is the fact that you can build fortresses and other similar structures in this game. You can also revisit them in explorer mode, or somesuch. I haven't played this game in a long time but I might pick it up again just because it's awesome.

Bushido · May 05, 2008, 10:58:34 AM

Wow! This looks really, really fun!

Nice find Anti!

Anti-Cop · May 05, 2008, 10:31:10 PM

I have only done Dwarf Fortress mode so far, since in that mode you get to have all the fun with engineering and wierd dwarf moods and psychotic reactions to alcohol deprivation.

dUMBELLS · May 05, 2008, 10:40:48 PM

Me play now.

Rellow · May 05, 2008, 11:33:59 PM

The graphics make it impossible or me to figure out what's going on. I'll try it though.

Ghoul · May 06, 2008, 12:11:03 AM

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

"The child's entrails shoot out through the wound!"
"The child is mangled!"
"The child's spleen is mangled!"
"The child's pancreas is mangled!"
"The child's lower spine is badly cut!"

(I almost died laughing at this one:)
"The child is propelled away by the force of the blow!"
"The child vomits"
"The child gives into pain."
"The child vomits"
"The child vomits"

Anti-Cop · May 06, 2008, 08:58:59 AM

I have a graphics pack that I got from.... somewhere, but the downside is that since teh same ASCII is used for multiple things, so are some of the images.

Frozen brooks look like a ton of boulders in a line, for example.

Muffinmix · May 06, 2008, 11:28:23 AM

Dwarfs are pretty poetic

The almighty funk · May 06, 2008, 03:06:04 PM

I loved this game, I might have to go back to it.

BlockBuilderMan · May 06, 2008, 03:21:01 PM

I don't get how to build stuff.

Anti-Cop · May 06, 2008, 05:55:43 PM

READ THE GUIDE. IT IS PRETTY MUCH NECESSARY UNLESS SOMEONE IS THERE TO TEACH YOU.

Also, PLAN IRRIGATION BEFORE DIGGING.

BlockBuilderMan · May 06, 2008, 07:15:18 PM

I did.

Anti-Cop · May 07, 2008, 04:08:51 PM

The "Your First Fortress" guide is the best way to get the basic stuff down.

BlockBuilderMan · May 07, 2008, 04:20:41 PM

I have read that.

~~First of all, I do not get how to create stuff. What skills do one of my dwarves need and how would I build, say, a bed?(~~FIGURED OUT)

Second, how do I "drag out" a room from a object, as the guide refrences.