Dwarf Fortress

[Matt2358]

Dwarf Fortress is an awesome game, and proves that, beyond a doubt, GRAPHICS DON'T MATTER (well, having good graphics doesn't matter I mean).

The game is incredibly deep, despite still being in the Alpha stage of development. It is a Rougelike/RTS/RPG/Simulation game in which you build a fortress with your dwarves and live there, attracting immigrants and caravans and even goblin sieges. It really is hard to explain it's depth and complexity, you have to play it yourself.

Now heres the catch. The game uses Extended ASCII Graphics. that means everything in the game is made using these (link) symbols only. Although you can download tilesets (link) to change certain ones into sprites.

The game also has a ridiculously steep learning curve. I recommend looking up captainducks video tutorials on Youtube, they make it much easier.

It takes a bit to get into, but it really is an amazing game. Heres a link to the main site where you can download it Bay 12 games

Thoughts? Opinions? Agreement?

By the way, the graphics are meant to be ASCII, and I personally (although it was really hard to digest at first until I got used to them) feel more absorbed in things because you can imagine what they are actually doing.

[kidd25]

this is a old topic made in the genreal. but nobody really liked it.. i won't!

[Matt2358]

I JUST made this topic like an hour ago..........

[Matt2358]

Come on, someone has to have SOMETHING to say.

[Jin]

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Anyway, last time someone create a thread about this I downloaded it and I really tried to play but I can't figure out anything on the map so I gave up.

The grass(I assume) is made up of different punctuations, which makes it messier.

[Matt2358]

At 8/23/09 01:11 PM, Jin wrote: SEARCH

Anyway, last time someone create a thread about this I downloaded it and I really tried to play but I can't figure out anything on the map so I gave up.

The grass(I assume) is made up of different punctuations, which makes it messier.

Just because at some point in time a thread has been made about it doesn't mean I can't tell people about it again.

If you watch the tutorials it's way easier to get into also.

[physicsman09]

Looks like shit, not interested.

[Matt2358]

At 8/23/09 05:06 PM, physicsman09 wrote: Looks CHARMING AND LIKE IT'S A GOOD GAME TO DOWNLOAD

Why thank you, I agree.

All the caps weren't really necessary though, I mean really, the game is great but calm down.

[akmeteor]

At 8/23/09 05:06 PM, physicsman09 wrote: Looks like shit, not interested.

It's a character game. That's the way it looks.

I've played. Couldn't figure out what the hell I was sposed to do.

[lolxxXDarkSideXxxlol]

Dude, this game is pure brainrape.
@_@

[Matt2358]

At 8/25/09 07:47 PM, akmeteor wrote:

At 8/23/09 05:06 PM, physicsman09 wrote: Looks like shit, not interested.

It's a character game. That's the way it looks.

I've played. Couldn't figure out what the hell I was sposed to do.

I felt the same way at first, but once I watched some tutorial vids on youtube I got the hang of it pretty fast.

[Bloodman101]

It looks like pure donkey shit.

No wait, more like a Donkey Shit taking a shit.

[BoxSocial]

I am lost by looking at this picture.
Exactly wth is this? Is that some sorta map?

[ThePortalGuru]

At 8/26/09 06:31 AM, Bloodman101 wrote: It looks like pure donkey shit.

No wait, more like a Donkey Shit taking a shit.

That is called Rogue-like, my friend.

[Matt2358]

That is a screenshot straight from the game. It's showing a big room with a Barrel Stockpile and a bunch of small rooms with various workshops connected to it. The yellow X is the cursor thing, it's looking at a dog's current injuries, where it looks like the dog got beat up pretty badly (animal abuse!). You can see some unmined ore in the upper left of the Stockpile room, and there are a bunch of various animals in the lower right of the screen. There's a cage (probably for a dog) to the right of the workshops.

Not having any trouble figuring that out, and I've only been playing the game for like a week or two, I probably could have described it just as well after the first day I had it (well, probably the second since I didn't watch the tutorials till the second day I had it)

[akmeteor]

Oh I watched those videos and downloaded some tilesets. This game is amazingly in-depth and pretty funny if you download the dialogue mod.

Damn elves are worse than hippie humans!

[Matt2358]

At 9/9/09 07:28 AM, akmeteor wrote: Oh I watched those videos and downloaded some tilesets. This game is amazingly in-depth and pretty funny if you download the dialogue mod.

Damn elves are worse than hippie humans!

Gah the god damn elves...........

I can't wait until the game lets you send out armies so I can slaughter them lol.

They always get mad at me for clearcutting tree's.

[Jerich0]

At 9/9/09 07:22 PM, Matt2358 wrote:
I can't wait until the game lets you send out armies so I can slaughter them lol.

They always get mad at me for clearcutting tree's.

Yeah Why cant they make like a lord of the rings where those fag elves are the enemy.

[Matt2358]

They never have anything good in their caravans either, and they get pissed at you if you try to sell them anything that was produced using wood.

And they even sell wooden stuff!

[akmeteor]

At 9/9/09 09:41 PM, Matt2358 wrote: They never have anything good in their caravans either, and they get pissed at you if you try to sell them anything that was produced using wood.

And they even sell wooden stuff!

I haven't even gotten my re-supply caravan yet...I' have a stone based economy with a trade tunnel blocked with doors. Did I mention I'm in a mountain range with wood water and limestone?

[Ungar]

If you guys think this looks like poopoo, you could always download a graphic pack to give everything an icon, i rather play it that way. Never really got into this game, since i just dug a hole underground and couldn't get caravans to come to my "fortress". When i tried making a fortress in the mountain, the fortress got flooded by water or miasma. Then there's the bears and troglodytes attacking my dwarves.. good times.

[ShmenonPie]

Looks pretty dull, to be honest.

[Matt2358]

At 9/10/09 10:54 AM, Ungar wrote: If you guys think this looks like poopoo, you could always download a graphic pack to give everything an icon, i rather play it that way. Never really got into this game, since i just dug a hole underground and couldn't get caravans to come to my "fortress". When i tried making a fortress in the mountain, the fortress got flooded by water or miasma. Then there's the bears and troglodytes attacking my dwarves.. good times.

Sounds like a whole lot offun.

That's kind of a Dwarf Fortress inside joke; since the motto is "Losing is fun" people call things that make you die/hurt you/are bad "fun"

Also, miasma really doesn't hurt you, it just looks bad the first time you see it/when you don't know what it does. It only makes dwarves slightly unhappy when they walk through it.

[PaperBagMask]

I attempted to get into this a while ago but got real confused, maybe I will do this after my exams next week!
It really does look like an amazing game.

I fear I may do bad at it for a serious lack of neck beard.

At 8/23/09 05:06 PM, physicsman09 wrote: Looks like shit, not interested.

At 8/26/09 06:31 AM, Bloodman101 wrote: It looks like pure donkey shit.

No wait, more like a Donkey Shit taking a shit.

At 8/26/09 07:24 AM, BoxSocial wrote: I am lost by looking at this picture.
Exactly wth is this? Is that some sorta map?

At 9/10/09 12:47 PM, ShmenonPie wrote: Looks pretty dull, to be honest.

OH HEY GUYS SORRY ABOUT THIS WE'LL JUST PUMP IT FULL OF SOME BROWN AND BLOOM AND MAKE IT ALL CURRENT GEN YA KNOW

[kidd25]

At 8/26/09 10:31 AM, ThePortalGuru wrote:

At 8/26/09 06:31 AM, Bloodman101 wrote: It looks like pure donkey shit.

No wait, more like a Donkey Shit taking a shit.

That is called Rogue-like, my friend.

hey hey leave those jokes to the avng guY!

[Matt2358]

In a couple months there's gonna be a huge update to this.

[Matt2358]

And that huge update will have a very in depth wound and medical care system, it sounds like It's gonna be awesome.

[akmeteor]

At 9/19/09 12:38 AM, Matt2358 wrote: And that huge update will have a very in depth wound and medical care system, it sounds like It's gonna be awesome.

I'm looking for some updates on mining. It just goes too slow for me.

[xscoot]

At 8/23/09 04:04 PM, Matt2358 wrote:

If you watch the tutorials it's way easier to get into also.

You actually learn better by making the fortresses yourself, and failing. That way, you can learn from your mistakes.

Anyway, it seems that people here don't care much for the game, but over at /v/, they love it.

[Matt2358]

This game is awesome.

And mining is only slow if you have lag or only one miner.