Why Dwarf Fortress?

[mynameisnotbob]

I just noticed, in the bottom cloud 70 most searched for tags thing, that one of the tags is "dwarf fortress". Isn't that a sort of combo strategy and roguelike game? Could someone explain why people search for that so often?

[Thewhistlingwind]

Because it's amazing?

[mynameisnotbob]

yes, but I don't see Angband, Moria, on there.

[JDShu]

It's very different.

[mynameisnotbob]

I know it is, but I was just saying those would seem to be more mainstream in the genre, considering when you say 'roguelike' people usually think Angband (or, "What the hel* is a roguelike?").
is there a dwarf fortress package for ubuntu, btw?

[Lucradia]

I know it is, but I was just saying those would seem to be more mainstream in the genre, considering when you say 'roguelike' people usually think Angband (or, "What the hel* is a roguelike?").
is there a dwarf fortress package for ubuntu, btw?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roguelike

Roguelike is very dumbed-down version of dungeon crawlers of today, even more so than old zelda games. You'd think that more popular games would be up higher, but I guess it's because you don't need Xorg :V

[Hyporeal]

I consider Dwarf Fortress a sandbox game, not really roguelike. It seems to be a primary source of inspiration for games such as Minecraft. (In my estimation, Minecraft introduces few original ideas.) Perhaps that can explain its popularity.

[mynameisnotbob]

True. But the adventurer mode has roguelike elements about it. And I first heard of it on RogueBasin, the roguelike wiki.

[Dustin2128]

Dwarf fortress is a strategy city building game. It has a similar... feel to minecraft- logical physics systems and everything. It has a 90 degree learning curve, but once you get it down, it's just... amazing. You should really give it a go. Oh, and also like minecraft, it runs illogically slowly for a game with such horrible graphics.

[mynameisnotbob]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roguelike

Roguelike is very dumbed-down version of dungeon crawlers of today, even more so than old zelda games. You'd think that more popular games would be up higher, but I guess it's because you don't need Xorg :V

I know what a roguelike is. I was just imagining the reaction of 99% of my coworkers.

[mynameisnotbob]

Have thay taken the mode where you play as a single adventurer out? That's what I was referring to.
Also, could someone answer my question? Is there a copy of dwarf fortress for Ubuntu? I can't really discuss it in depth until I've played.

[Lucradia]

Have thay taken the mode where you play as a single adventurer out? That's what I was referring to.
Also, could someone answer my question? Is there a copy of dwarf fortress for Ubuntu? I can't really discuss it in depth until I've played.

No. Just linux in general:

http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=44829.0

[Never even]

Thanks for the link, I didn't realise it was available for Linux.

[mynameisnotbob]

pretty big, for a .tar.gz. It took my internet at work six seconds to download, which is saying sumthinǵ, since itś T2.

[Glencore]

If you are going to play this game, you are going to need help (most likely!), some great videos to get you started:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGBTNPbUvFM

Also one would be wise to use this 3rd party utility which makes managing your dwarfs bearable (some might say they cannot play without it)

http://code.google.com/p/dwarftherapist/

Enjoy!

[Dustin2128]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roguelike

Roguelike is very dumbed-down version of dungeon crawlers of today, even more so than old zelda games. You'd think that more popular games would be up higher, but I guess it's because you don't need Xorg :V

You actually do need xorg for some roguelikes, dwarf fortress among them.

[Lucradia]

You actually do need xorg for some roguelikes, dwarf fortress among them.

Oh... bugger.