Dwarf Fortress: Very Ambitious Roguelike

Eric_Majkut · 2011-10-27T11:04:10.000Z

Yeah some of the noble positions unlock more powerful macromanagement tools, like being able to universally queue up crafting jobs instead of having to find a workshop and doing it manually.

Montecore · 2011-10-27T11:29:30.000Z

Calistas:

Immigrant dwarfs that are vampires?!?! I don’t know whether that is awesome or insane.

Found a new feature the other day. Didn’t bury a dwarf for a while and he came back as a ghost who hung around some stockpiles. He was “angry at not being burried” or something. I am not sure he generated any negative thoughts and he vanished once the corpse was properly entombed. Cool.

This is my 1st post on this forum. I’ve been lurking since 2009. Hi all!

I’ve been thinking the ghost mechanic would make for a good gimmick for a Quakebells sequel. There could be a group of dwarfs with a culture that doesn’t bury their dead. They choose to live with their ghostly companions. They believe coffins are spirit prisons and memorial slabs are marks of punishment. Coffins and memorials are only used after a ghost has committed murder. Other ghost mischief such as stopping work or stealing items don’t warrant punishment.

I wasn’t going to post this idea yet because my gaming schedule is booked to the end of the year (BF3, Skyrim, Minecraft release, SWTOR). Since you mentioned ghosts, I decided to let it out.

John_Many_Jars · 2011-10-27T11:42:31.000Z

Hi Montecore!

You get to stay on the forums. The next person who complains about the DF UI has to leave forever.

RepoMan · 2011-10-27T11:44:48.000Z

Gnnngnggghghrrrhhh you are very sneaky, JMJ.

Calistas · 2011-10-27T11:57:44.000Z

Sneaky AND sexy! And yeah, a ghostly fortress sounds rather fun :)

chequers · 2011-11-29T22:33:43.000Z

I fixed three problems with bridges, stopped pigs from thinking that they are selling things at the market, made towns that overlap lakes and oceans not screw up rivers and made them not screw up river sources in general, and also finished the graphical map export. Tonight I’m going to fix various issues with temples and whatever else I can get to after that. Tomorrow is crayon art day.

Here’s an image showing new towns that get generated.
Of course, all this work will only be visible in adventurer mode, and who wants to play that? Perhaps after these updates it will be fun!

Calistas · 2011-11-29T22:59:37.000Z

He has spent about a year on adventure mode now I reckon. The mode no one plays.

biosc1 · 2011-11-30T08:18:36.000Z

Yah, I’ve never found adventure mode fun.

One could assume that the changes being done in adventure mode will appear in fortress mode.

Gus_Smedstad1 · 2011-11-30T08:47:48.000Z

Calistas:

He has spent about a year on adventure mode now I reckon. The mode no one plays.

He’s not making this game for us.

Sepiche · 2011-11-30T09:13:16.000Z

Calistas:

He has spent about a year on adventure mode now I reckon. The mode no one plays.

Well to be fair a lot of stuff is bleeding over into fortress mode too… zombie attacks, vampire dwarves, etc.

chequers · 2011-11-30T15:51:12.000Z

Only in incidental cases, which is aggravating. There are all these cool systems being build for the overworld, and then a big curtain is pulled across them when you start a fortress, with just a little space for the occasional legendary creature elven ambassador to come along.

Phydeaux · 2011-12-01T09:25:02.000Z

Gus_Smedstad:

He’s not making this game for us.

Which is why I don’t play it or donate money anymore.

benloran · 2011-12-01T10:55:52.000Z

Yep. Me too.

I find it pretty frustrating, though. In many ways, this is an amazing simulation with so much potential to be an amazing game. But it never will meet that potential because the developer’s priorities are elsewhere.

Hawkeye_Fierce · 2011-12-01T11:00:07.000Z

Phydeaux:

Which is why I don’t play it or donate money anymore.

Agreed. I’ve gotten all the enjoyment I’m going to get out of it as long as it steadfastly refuses to reach for any level of user-friendliness. The stone-age UI was manageable when all you had was a straight cliff face to dig back into, but now it’s more of a chore to play than anything else.

John_Many_Jars · 2011-12-01T11:32:16.000Z

Please see post#3287

Hawkeye_Fierce · 2011-12-01T12:03:39.000Z

I introduced DF to the forum, I’ll complain about whatever damn thing I want.

Pogo · 2011-12-01T14:33:30.000Z

Fucking right, you tell 'em.

salwon · 2011-12-01T20:13:24.000Z

Angrycoder:

wow, that sounds very cool. I don’t know why you would put that much effort into a game and not go with even the most basic of tilebased graphics and a mouse driven interface.

This is post #2. Seems relevant, somehow.

Also, I think the only thing that’s made me stop playing is not being able to see what layers you’re working with before embark. It’s trivial to see the top layer even without digging, so why not at least give the sedimentary/igneous/metamorphic breakdown?

Penny_Dreadful · 2011-12-01T20:17:17.000Z

Where’s the fun in that? - Alan Grant

Eduardo_X · 2011-12-01T20:34:32.000Z

Adventure mode is the only mode I play anymore.