Author Topic: The Dwarf Fortress Thread (Read 26326 times)

Amplifier · « **on:** August 11, 2009, 08:58:55 PM »

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Slaves to Armok: God of Blood Chapter II: Dwarf Fortress (Dwarf Fortress for short) is a freeware computer game by Bay 12 Games for Microsoft Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X set in a high fantasy universe that combines aspects of roguelike and city-building games.

Elves being murdered by me~~	A wealthy, feared fortress	Silly Artifacts

Video Tutorials:
http://www.youtube.com/user/captnduck#grid/user/5A3D7682BDD48FC2

Boatmurdered:

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Boatmurdered was a succession game of Dwarf Fortress on the Something Awful forums from 2007. From this spawned an epic tale, incorporating hordes of belligerent elephants, floods of biblical proportions, flaming puppies, and more. After many goblin raiders were fried with floods of lava, there was a brief period of tranquility. Then one of the last few dwarves went mad and slaughtered the others. While on fire. To be fair, he'd given plenty of warnings that he was becoming unhinged, with all of those carvings depicting dwarves on fire, elephants killing dwarves, and a carving of a carving of cheese. How many other fortresses manage to create artifact caskets?

http://lparchive.org/LetsPlay/Boatmurdered/intro.html

Boatmurdered is basically one of the funniest things ever, and if it does not sell you on Dwarf Fortress, nothing will. It is entirely true, and only represents a small fraction of what can actually happen to you while you play.

Bronzemurder:

http://www.nzfortress.co.nz/forum/showthread.php?t=20768

Read this as well, it's hilarious, and done in a cute infographics style.

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OLD Example Fortresses: -- Place these into the "save" folder. I've worked quite long hours on these three forts.
http://www.mediafire.com/?q0ndnhznjow -- <note: this fort runs slow even on my computer - the most developed & my favorite>
http://www.mediafire.com/?wtlviwnzdxw -- <region17 map - fairly advanced>
http://www.mediafire.com/?zo2ikzmkxzm -- <skane/region7 map - rich, but lacking in construction>
Note: the example fortresses are currently old, and do not entirely represent the current game. I will update them in the future.

The Phoebus Tileset is everything you need to start playing Dwarf Fortress. You can find the hardcore ASCII version on the official website. You WILL need the Magma Wiki to get anywhere in this game, I assure you. DF is a very difficult game at the beginning, but given time, you will consider it one of the best, no doubt. Dwarf Therapist is a tool to assist you in gameplay, but is not required for play. DF Stories has many more stories about happening in DF, to go with my two examples. The DF Map Archive lets you examine many maps that other players have submitted, and you can see some rather amazing fortresses.

The most recent major release of DF added some awesome features, notably the medical profession for Dwarves, as well as revamping almost every aspect of the game. There are regular minor releases with bugfixes and tweaks.

Amplifier · « **Reply #1 on:** August 12, 2009, 03:08:17 AM »

- I want one too.

- sounds delicious!

- goblin got smacked down HARD

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Gotta love dem dwarves

GOGOGO

redux · « **Reply #2 on:** August 12, 2009, 03:21:24 AM »

I'm intrigued but that's about all I can say really...I have no idea what this thing is but if I rememember I'll probably give it a spin (likely to be unsuccesful) later this week.

Amplifier · « **Reply #3 on:** August 13, 2009, 02:33:05 AM »

A before and after of the massive bedroom complex + two gigantic dining rooms. Only took about 2 hours to plot and furnish it all..

Amplifier · « **Reply #4 on:** August 14, 2009, 08:55:55 PM »

- I let soldiers practice with silver war hammers, without giving them armor first. No copper or iron to be found! All the items are their clothes, that they've ripped off while sparring.

- That's a volcano. I was attempting to rig a trade depot above to, that would collapse at my command. The depot fell successfully, but the wagons just floating in the air, and I had to rescue them. Oh well.

- I've named a lot of the dwarves after H!Psters. tenkei is the cook. Check out this tasty creation.

- That is absolutely useless.

I'm working on a tower to be filled with lava now, to torch any possible siegers.

tenkei · « **Reply #5 on:** August 14, 2009, 10:04:25 PM »

^that is a lot of superiorly minced turtle, mang.

Amplifier · « **Reply #6 on:** August 15, 2009, 02:43:23 PM »

-- One is of a former pump operator that was toasted by the magma he himself pumped into his death chamber. The second is of an Elven caravan that wisely decided to use a trade depot directly above a volcano. They never bring anything useful anyway..

-- GJ Asmo!

-- shi, our mighty ruler.

lol, my baron burned himself on the lava from that pump operator, and now he's in bed, most likely forever. I've lined up more traps at this fortress, including another massive water reservoir. About to turn invasions on, can't wait to see this business in action.

PLAY IT - Nine out of ten Finns agree, this is the greatest game ever made!

shirenuファクトリー · « **Reply #7 on:** August 15, 2009, 02:50:38 PM »

I accept my leader position and if I must die, I will die a hero.

I will do anything and everything to lead my dwarves into victory.

Amplifier · « **Reply #8 on:** August 15, 2009, 10:49:48 PM »

-- hoho, all that work

-- What a nice picture. Heat-induced? More like dropped-into-a-volcano-induced, amirite?

-- daigong is a stud a my fort

Some personal info about some H!Psters at FortressH!P. daigong and Stryfe are romantically involved

daigong · « **Reply #9 on:** August 15, 2009, 11:35:14 PM »

Quote from: Amplifier on August 15, 2009, 10:49:48 PM

Some personal info about some H!Psters at FortressH!P. daigong and Stryfe are romantically involved

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Amplifier · « **Reply #10 on:** August 16, 2009, 02:56:45 PM »

Sorry dai, I didn't check the gender of your dwarf before naming.

-- I trapped an elven caravan inside. They and their camels went crazy, and slaughtered each other. It's so famous at my fort, that half the engravings are now about it.

-- Noble leader? HA HA Stryfe and I violated an order from shi, and now we're in bed, dying, because she beat us. Thanks!

You guys know you want to play, come join the fun! o/

Stryfe · « **Reply #11 on:** August 16, 2009, 03:19:57 PM »

Let me illustrate the learning curve of dwarf fortress: |

pikapikapika · « **Reply #12 on:** August 16, 2009, 03:40:01 PM »

I did try playing but the game got stuck lol.

Amplifier · « **Reply #13 on:** August 17, 2009, 01:23:13 PM »

-- I've probably lost 20 dwarves now, not to mention the dozens of elves, humans, and hundreds of animals that have perished at my hands.

-- First time I've ever hit this high of a value!

-- Two lovely engravings

pikapikapika · « **Reply #14 on:** August 19, 2009, 02:49:54 AM »

yaaaay I engraved something

Foxy Brown · « **Reply #15 on:** September 20, 2009, 02:25:44 AM »

One of my Dwarfs just made an artifact platinum anvil decorated with an image of itself on itself.

Dude... Wait, what?

hydeo1 · « **Reply #16 on:** September 20, 2009, 03:11:19 PM »

someone cam explain better this game for me ??

i dont get how do things on that and how say to the dawrfs make something

someone can give a little hints for me ?

Foxy Brown · « **Reply #17 on:** September 21, 2009, 03:44:33 AM »

What do you want them to make?

If you're just starting out, hit d to dig out the beginnings of a fortress. Then use the stone to build workshops by hitting b. After that, hit q and select a workshop to give instructions on what to make there. After they make it, hit b again and select the furniture item you want to place.

It's as simple as that.

hydeo1 · « **Reply #18 on:** September 21, 2009, 05:35:38 AM »

dont have anyway to show more fastthe workshops u have maked ?? need stay running on the place to see it ??

and i have some problems yet to play hehehe

Foxy Brown · « **Reply #19 on:** September 21, 2009, 05:40:23 AM »

Quote from: hydeo1 on September 21, 2009, 05:35:38 AM

dont have anyway to show more fastthe workshops u have maked ?? need stay running on the place to see it ??

and i have some problems yet to play hehehe