Dwarf Fortress

[Zambini]

Anyone here play Dwarf Fortress?
Bay 12 Games: Dwarf Fortress

Its really cool, I'm trying to learn how to play it better. It's kinda like the Sim* games, think of it as SimDwarf.

You build your fortress (underground) and try to keep your dwarves alive. There are 10+ levels of underground and each level is randomly generated before you play (it takes about 2-10 minutes to randomly generate a world, depending on how many times it decides to re-build).

If you wanna try it, at least play it 2-3 times before you give up, and READ THE WIKI (Main Page - DwarfFortressWiki), including "Your First Fortress".



Don't mind the ASCII graphics, there's a mod (get it here)(May Green) that changes it to NES/SNES quality graphics. There are a few bugs with the mods, but they don't mess with the gameplay.


The first time I played, all my dwarves died because I didn't make anything for them to drink, and once they ran out of the initial surplus, they all died. >.>

lol.

[edit] I just noticed that if u google "Dwarf Fortress SNES" this page is #9 of ~4700
Dwarf Fortress SNES - Google Search
keke

[simple_inhibition]

ive tried it, but i cant figure out how to go down levels. have you?

[Zambini]

If you're using the mod, the / and * keys (NUMPAD) change your level. Make sure Numlock is on :P


F1 centers your wagon (aka: the starting area)


Spacebar is like the escape key if you're in menus, unless it says "F9 to abort" or something like that.

[simple_inhibition]

my fortress was rockin! i was up to 135 dwarfs, had a huge iron deposit one level below my main fortress. had over 3000 food and 1000 drink, then a MASSIVE force of goblins (im talking like 40 archers) and 15 trolls showed up, as it happened, there was a human caravan in at the time so they helped a bit. anyway the enemy smashed down my doors and whooped my ass. im down to 65 dwarfs. and most of them are really pissed off. >.<

[stinger608]

Well, wouldn't you be pissed

[screwballl]

I saw the title and thought it was a TF2 mod...
I will wait until a better graphical version comes available...

[simple_inhibition]

lol yeah. im down to 34 people now. the injured arent being cared for, so theyre starving or dieing of dehydration. some people are still going berserk and killing each other. this one dude made troll bone armor out of one of the dead trolls. theyve all gone mad!

[simple_inhibition]

Originally Posted by screwballl

I saw the title and thought it was a TF2 mod...
I will wait until a better graphical version comes available...

try the may green mod. the graphics are similar to gameboy/nes zelda

[Zambini]

Build lots of traps to avoid being invaded. Maybe build the only entrance to your base over a -20 pit into Magma and have traps so when they try to get in they just fall into death.

Also, u can tell ur Dwarves to never go outside, if you've become self-sustainable. Its in the Orders menu I think.