View Full Version : Why Dwarf Fortress?
mynameisnotbob
April 20th, 2011, 03:10 PM
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
April 20th, 2011, 03:13 PM
Because it's amazing?
mynameisnotbob
April 20th, 2011, 03:15 PM
yes, but I don't see Angband, Moria, on there.
JDShu
April 20th, 2011, 04:44 PM
It's very different.
mynameisnotbob
April 20th, 2011, 05:40 PM
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
April 20th, 2011, 06:01 PM
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
April 20th, 2011, 06:12 PM
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
April 20th, 2011, 08:00 PM
True. But the adventurer mode has roguelike elements about it. And I first heard of it on RogueBasin, the roguelike wiki.
Dustin2128
April 20th, 2011, 08:06 PM
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
April 20th, 2011, 08:37 PM
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
April 20th, 2011, 08:38 PM
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
April 20th, 2011, 08:49 PM
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
April 20th, 2011, 09:03 PM
Thanks for the link, I didn't realise it was available for Linux.
mynameisnotbob
April 21st, 2011, 01:44 PM
pretty big, for a .tar.gz. It took my internet at work six seconds to download, which is saying sumthinǵ, since itś T2.
Glencore
June 4th, 2011, 04:17 AM
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
June 4th, 2011, 04:27 AM
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
June 4th, 2011, 05:30 PM
You actually do need xorg for some roguelikes, dwarf fortress among them.
Oh... bugger.
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