03-27-2010, 04:09 AM
The new release date of the new version of Dwarf Fortress has been revealed to be next week for Windows. Mac and Linux versions will be pending for future dates.
http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/
For those who don't know, Dwarf Fortress is a huge (emphasis on huge) city-building game where you oversee dwarves toiling to make a fortress. The game is still an alpha, even with the new release which will add a whole lot more to the game, which can't all be listed here, but can be listed here
The game has three modes (Soon to be four). The first is Fortress mode, which is the main meat of the game. You start off with seven dwarves with a handful of items of your choosing and some starting skills in whatever skills you want, but it's recommended you stick to certain required skills to start off with, like mining, carpentry, butchering, farming, herbalism, and masonry. After making your fortress and creating wealth, you start receiving migrants, giving you a larger population, and ultimately becoming the capital of your region once you attract the King. You can also go to war against species, but as of right now, everything is pretty much localized to your region and you have no true influence over the surrounding landscape.
The second mode is Adventure mode, which is right now bare bones, and all you can really do is move around the world freely and kill anyone and anything you want. this is also under development.
The third mode is Legends, which is the history book of your world and chronicles all the events that has happened, including tracking individual beings' achievements, kill counts, relationships, and so on.
It's impossible to explain every single thing you can do in the game. That's the biggest issue with the game right now. The biomes in the world that's generated when you create the world (Yes, you generate a random world based on certain parameters that you can modify, and yes, there are biomes) have different challenges for many varying types of gameplay. It's heavily recommended that you read the Wiki (made by devout fans and the creator of the game) for information on how to play the game. It has an impossibly steep learning curve, and the graphics (ASCII) may turn off a lot of people, but once you get past all that, you'll understand how fun this game can be (Fun being a subjective term)
http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/
For those who don't know, Dwarf Fortress is a huge (emphasis on huge) city-building game where you oversee dwarves toiling to make a fortress. The game is still an alpha, even with the new release which will add a whole lot more to the game, which can't all be listed here, but can be listed here
The game has three modes (Soon to be four). The first is Fortress mode, which is the main meat of the game. You start off with seven dwarves with a handful of items of your choosing and some starting skills in whatever skills you want, but it's recommended you stick to certain required skills to start off with, like mining, carpentry, butchering, farming, herbalism, and masonry. After making your fortress and creating wealth, you start receiving migrants, giving you a larger population, and ultimately becoming the capital of your region once you attract the King. You can also go to war against species, but as of right now, everything is pretty much localized to your region and you have no true influence over the surrounding landscape.
The second mode is Adventure mode, which is right now bare bones, and all you can really do is move around the world freely and kill anyone and anything you want. this is also under development.
The third mode is Legends, which is the history book of your world and chronicles all the events that has happened, including tracking individual beings' achievements, kill counts, relationships, and so on.
It's impossible to explain every single thing you can do in the game. That's the biggest issue with the game right now. The biomes in the world that's generated when you create the world (Yes, you generate a random world based on certain parameters that you can modify, and yes, there are biomes) have different challenges for many varying types of gameplay. It's heavily recommended that you read the Wiki (made by devout fans and the creator of the game) for information on how to play the game. It has an impossibly steep learning curve, and the graphics (ASCII) may turn off a lot of people, but once you get past all that, you'll understand how fun this game can be (Fun being a subjective term)
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