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Title: Dwarf Fortress
Post by: Walkyra on March 20, 2012, 12:34:14 PM
Is anyone else into it?
It's a great game for when you just want to relax and immerse yourself in imagination land. I usually only play Adventurer Mode, but I know the ins and outs of Fortress Mode pretty well.  :viking:
Title: Re: Dwarf Fortress
Post by: on March 20, 2012, 02:03:23 PM
STRIKE THE EARTH.

But seriously, fuck Mosquito Men. Goddamned FPS Death Incarnate, they are.
Title: Re: Dwarf Fortress
Post by: Walkyra on March 20, 2012, 02:37:30 PM
I've yet to fire up Fortress Mode on the new version, but I've heard the mosquito man problem mentioned  ;)
I imagine there will be bugs and imbalances galore in the coming months.
Title: Re: Dwarf Fortress
Post by: Walkyra on March 24, 2012, 07:14:30 PM
DWWWWWAAAAARRRRRRFFFFFF FFFFOOOOORRRRRTTTTTRRRRREEEEESSSSSS

I mod mine to play as humans in Fortress mode. More sexy.
Title: Re: Dwarf Fortress
Post by: on March 24, 2012, 07:41:58 PM
DWWWWWAAAAARRRRRRFFFFFF FFFFOOOOORRRRRTTTTTRRRRREEEEESSSSSS

I mod mine to play as humans in Fortress mode. More sexy.

What are you, some kind of fucking Elf?
Title: Re: Dwarf Fortress
Post by: Walkyra on March 24, 2012, 08:38:20 PM
DWWWWWAAAAARRRRRRFFFFFF FFFFOOOOORRRRRTTTTTRRRRREEEEESSSSSS

I mod mine to play as humans in Fortress mode. More sexy.

What are you, some kind of fucking Elf?

Yes.
I leike teh elfs  :autism:
Title: Re: Dwarf Fortress
Post by: Genesis on March 24, 2012, 08:38:55 PM
Whats Dwarf Fortress?
Title: Re: Dwarf Fortress
Post by: Walkyra on March 24, 2012, 09:03:22 PM
Whats Dwarf Fortress?

A free ASCII graphic game that takes more processing power than most modern games, with the most brutally realistic combat system ever devised. It`s still in alpha and will be for probably 10 more years.

Basically the ultimate game ever.

http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/ (http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/)
Title: Re: Dwarf Fortress
Post by: RageBeoulve on March 24, 2012, 09:12:48 PM
I like grinding type rpgs, but its cool you're a gamer dude. High five.
Title: Re: Dwarf Fortress
Post by: Phallacy on March 24, 2012, 10:03:15 PM
Grind-grind-grind RPG's really bore me. :orly:
Title: Re: Dwarf Fortress
Post by: on March 25, 2012, 06:12:19 AM
Whats Dwarf Fortress?

It's a brutally hard, incredibly detailed roguelike.

It has two modes - Adventurer, which is what is says on the tin, and Fortress, which is what most people play it for.

You start off with seven alcoholic dwarves and a wagon of supplies. Maybe some animals, if you chose them. Your objective is to not die - which you eventually, inevitably, will. Strike the Earth, and remember, Losing is FUN.

It also requires a hideous amount of processing power. Keeping in mind it calculates humidity, air pressure, air flow, water pressure and flow, temperature, if there are pathogens in the air etc on every single space on the map, up and down (100+ up, and I've had a map with 270+ zlevels going down), as well as tracking each living creature down to blood vessels and nerves...

And it looks like this.

(http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/screens/arena1.png)

Or like this, if you use a tileset.

(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t254/pikajedi3/Dem-Dorfs/df2.png)
Title: Re: Dwarf Fortress
Post by: Al Swearegen on March 25, 2012, 06:40:10 AM
Whats Dwarf Fortress?

It's a brutally hard, incredibly detailed roguelike.

It has two modes - Adventurer, which is what is says on the tin, and Fortress, which is what most people play it for.

You start off with seven alcoholic dwarves and a wagon of supplies. Maybe some animals, if you chose them. Your objective is to not die - which you eventually, inevitably, will. Strike the Earth, and remember, Losing is FUN.

It also requires a hideous amount of processing power. Keeping in mind it calculates humidity, air pressure, air flow, water pressure and flow, temperature, if there are pathogens in the air etc on every single space on the map, up and down (100+ up, and I've had a map with 270+ zlevels going down), as well as tracking each living creature down to blood vessels and nerves...

And it looks like this.

(http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/screens/arena1.png)

Or like this, if you use a tileset.

(http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t254/pikajedi3/Dem-Dorfs/df2.png)

Do people play this for fun?
Title: Re: Dwarf Fortress
Post by: on March 25, 2012, 06:49:37 AM
Do people play this for fun?

Yeah. It's fun, but as I said - hard. Tilesets make it easier.

New version added the ability to be infected with Vampirism and Lycanthropy - I've seen a Weremarmot.

Oh, also, you've got the Forgotten Beasts, that show up in the subterranean caverns. They are completely randomly generated - the game looks at the list of possible materials, limbs, joint, skin, skeleton etc etc types (which you can easily modify) and throws together a beast. So, you can have an 8 legged giant marmot with rock skin and venomous breath - and the effect of the venom will also be randomized and sometimes quite horrific. Losing is Fun!

Oh, and the Hidden Fun Stuff, which lives deep in the earth. You can probably work out what it is from that.
Title: Re: Dwarf Fortress
Post by: Walkyra on March 25, 2012, 09:07:44 AM
You have been spotted!
You block the flying copper arrow. You attack the Chieftain but the shot is blocked! The Chieftain stabs you in the upper right leg with his ☼Bronze Scimitar☼ fracturing the bone. A motor nerve has been severed!
You fall over.
You attack the Chieftain but the shot is blocked! The Chieftain stabs you in the lower body with his ☼Bronze Scimitar☼ tearing the guts.
You feel sick!
You retch.
You retch.
You vomit.
You retch.
You vomit.
You retch.
You retch.
The Chieftain slashes you in the left hand with his ☼Bronze Scimitar☼ and the severed part sails off in an arc! You lose hold of the Copper Shield. The flying copper arrow strikes you in the lower body tearing the pancreas. The arrow is lodged firmly in the wound. The Chieftain slashes you in the right lower arm with his ☼Bronze Scimitar☼ tearing the muscle. Many nerves have been severed! You lose hold of the Iron Spear. The flying copper arrow strikes you in the lower left leg chipping the bone. The arrow is lodged firmly in the wound.
You give into pain.
The Chieftain slashes you in the head with his ☼Bronze Scimitar☼ shattering the skull. A tendon in the skull has been torn! The Chieftain slashes you in the head with his ☼Bronze Scimitar☼ and the severed part sails off in an arc!
You have been struck down.
Title: Re: Dwarf Fortress
Post by: Frolic_Fun on March 25, 2012, 10:48:42 AM
Grind-grind-grind RPG's really bore me. :orly:

What everyone likes = dook hates.

Let's just like what dook likes, then see the manchild's head explode. :zoinks:
Title: Re: Dwarf Fortress
Post by: Phallacy on March 25, 2012, 12:45:38 PM
Grind-grind-grind RPG's really bore me. :orly:

What everyone likes = dook hates.

Let's just like what dook likes, then see the manchild's head explode. :zoinks:

I hate absolutelyfuckingeverything. You should know that by now, Schleed! :wanker:
Title: Re: Dwarf Fortress
Post by: Frolic_Fun on March 25, 2012, 01:13:18 PM
Yes, that's true. You even hate yourself. You're a horrible person.
Title: Re: Dwarf Fortress
Post by: Phallacy on March 25, 2012, 03:13:14 PM
Yes, that's true. You even hate yourself. You're a horrible person.

You're just projecting as usual.
Title: Re: Dwarf Fortress
Post by: RageBeoulve on March 25, 2012, 08:30:38 PM
Grind-grind-grind RPG's really bore me. :orly:

Hey, its gaming for the patient man.  ;)
Title: Re: Dwarf Fortress
Post by: Jesse on March 26, 2012, 10:22:21 AM
i was never into video games either
Title: Re: Dwarf Fortress
Post by: Frolic_Fun on March 27, 2012, 02:28:00 PM
Yes, that's true. You even hate yourself. You're a horrible person.

You're just projecting as usual.

I'm just stating a fact. You have stated this yourself a few times before.
Title: Re: Dwarf Fortress
Post by: Phallacy on March 27, 2012, 03:41:38 PM
Yes, that's true. You even hate yourself. You're a horrible person.

You're just projecting as usual.

I'm just stating a fact. You have stated this yourself a few times before.

Me hating my self and you saying that I'm a horrible person are merely opinions.
Title: Re: Dwarf Fortress
Post by: Jesse on March 27, 2012, 09:24:48 PM
I bet its hard for you to breath and eat cereal at the same time.  :laugh:
Title: Re: Dwarf Fortress
Post by: Frolic_Fun on March 28, 2012, 07:48:24 AM
Yes, that's true. You even hate yourself. You're a horrible person.

You're just projecting as usual.

I'm just stating a fact. You have stated this yourself a few times before.

Me hating my self and you saying that I'm a horrible person are merely opinions.

Do you see yourself as not a horrible person?
Title: Re: Dwarf Fortress
Post by: Phallacy on March 28, 2012, 03:10:27 PM
I bet its hard for you to breath and eat cereal at the same time.  :laugh:

Yeah, because unlike you and your little buddy Schleed, choking is not my thing. :wanker:
Title: Re: Dwarf Fortress
Post by: Jesse on March 28, 2012, 06:27:31 PM
choking down your food is apparently more your style however.
i bet watching you eat is something the national geographic channel would love to capture on film
Title: Re: Dwarf Fortress
Post by: Frolic_Fun on March 28, 2012, 06:31:07 PM
:LMAO:
Title: Re: Dwarf Fortress
Post by: Phallacy on March 28, 2012, 06:46:05 PM
choking down your food is apparently more your style however.
i bet watching you eat is something the national geographic channel would love to capture on film

I don't think my style of eating is distinct from that of other fatasses.

Title: Re: Dwarf Fortress
Post by: Phallacy on March 28, 2012, 06:51:13 PM
Schleed, it seems like you have a love affair with Richard.

 :ghey:

Title: Re: Dwarf Fortress
Post by: Frolic_Fun on March 28, 2012, 06:54:16 PM
I do?

Does that mean that everyone who hates you on i2 is possibly gay? If that's the case then everyone here is a faggot.
Title: Re: Dwarf Fortress
Post by: Phallacy on March 28, 2012, 07:14:45 PM
I do?

Does that mean that everyone who hates you on i2 is possibly gay? If that's the case then everyone here is a faggot.

Yeah. It's obvious by you defending Richard.
Title: Re: Dwarf Fortress
Post by: Frolic_Fun on March 28, 2012, 07:20:17 PM
Just because I found what he said hilarious doesn't mean I like him. Gobshite. :autism:
Title: Re: Dwarf Fortress
Post by: Phallacy on March 28, 2012, 07:45:08 PM
Just because I found what he said hilarious doesn't mean I like him. Gobshite. :autism:

No, it's you defending him that's making me suspicious.

I think out of every single person that has ever been to this site, I'm the one you despise the most.

Isn't that right, Shitleed? :orly:
Title: Re: Dwarf Fortress
Post by: Frolic_Fun on March 28, 2012, 08:07:47 PM
Not really.
Title: Re: Dwarf Fortress
Post by: RageBeoulve on March 28, 2012, 09:21:48 PM
Duke. You're not being funny anymore. Didn't your pap ever teach you to pick your fights more wisely?
Title: Re: Dwarf Fortress
Post by: Phallacy on March 28, 2012, 09:58:48 PM
Duke. You're not being funny anymore. Didn't your pap ever teach you to pick your fights more wisely?

I'm done with this fight.