If you’re like me, you’re fascinated by both the concept of Dwarf Fortress and the depth of its world simulation, but you just cannot crack the shell of that abysmal interface to get at the sweet, gooey gaming goodness inside.
Well, someone going by the handle of Captain_Duck has finally decided to make some video tutorials for Dwarf Fortress, and they are actually pretty good. I would embed one but YouTube won’t let me embed a high-quality video and you need to watch these in high-quality so you can read the text. Stupid YouTube.
Will this get me into Dwarf Fortress? Maybe. I don’t really have time for it right now (major update to Planitia coming up this week) but perhaps later, now that I understand a little better what is going on…
Okay, that game has far too much depth in it. =)
Great find, V! Now some of it finally makes sense.
Got through the (so far released) vids, and I think I know how to describe the game now.
“Crazy detailed”.
Crazy detailed physics.
Crazy detailed economy.
Crazy detailed skill system.
Crazy detailed items.
…
It’s also a micro-manager’s dream. Maybe EA should buy the project and release SimDwarfFortress with better graphics =)
..except that slaughtering puppies probably isn’t EA’s style. Not in public, anyway..