The Making Of Dwarf Fortress (2008)

by spacemanaki • 15 years ago

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DanielRibeiro• 15 years ago

I really liked the part about water physics simulation.

5hoom2• 15 years ago

Agreed.

It's an awesome bit of hackery getting that & all the other systems running in realtime.

Respect, Dwarf Fortress, respect. :)

robtoo• 15 years ago

Tarn supports himself primarily with donations from Dwarf Fortress enthusiasts.

He's been doing the donation model for years, and it looks like he receives about $3000/month: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=87996.0

kqr2• 15 years ago

There was a recent discussion on the New York Times article: The Brilliance of Dwarf Fortress

tectonic• 15 years ago

Are there any other games, text-based MUDs, for example, that approach the level of complexity of DF?

rcxdude• 15 years ago

one which springs to mind is nethack, but the game has quite a different nature (much less open-ended).

5hoom2• 15 years ago

Not really the same, but Angband is quite well regarded (seeing as how Nethack has already been mentioned).

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