And in unrelated news - DF gets Steam release

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  • Sky
    Veteran
    • Oct 2016
    • 2321

    And in unrelated news - DF gets Steam release

    Hold on to your pants, Dwarf Fortress is getting a Steam release, *with* tiles.

    The deepest, most intricate simulation of a world that's ever been created. The legendary Dwarf Fortress is now on Steam. Build a fortress and try to help your dwarves survive against a deeply generated world.
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  • Chud
    Swordsman
    • Jun 2010
    • 309

    #2
    Meh. I never cared for the tiles over the ascii interface. Also, he's spending all his work on getting Steam-ready and ignoring the very very long outstanding bug list. Last I looked it was still buggy enough that I won't play it without DFHack, which is presumably not available for the Steam version. (Besides, why is Steam preferable to the standalone versions anyway -- except for revenue I suppose?)

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    • bughunter
      Adept
      • Nov 2019
      • 141

      #3
      Windows only on Dec 6th. No word on Mac / Linux...

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      • wobbly
        Prophet
        • May 2012
        • 2631

        #4
        Originally posted by Chud
        Meh. I never cared for the tiles over the ascii interface. Also, he's spending all his work on getting Steam-ready and ignoring the very very long outstanding bug list. Last I looked it was still buggy enough that I won't play it without DFHack, which is presumably not available for the Steam version. (Besides, why is Steam preferable to the standalone versions anyway -- except for revenue I suppose?)
        My understanding is there's a massive bunch of UI improvements that'll be in the free version as well as the steam release, a lot of them were long standing issues too.

        Bug-wise he's probably introduced as many new bugs as he's fixed, but generally people who pay for stuff are less forgiving of bugs, and developers have less of an excuse not to fix them when someone is paying for a product.

        Anyway, I'm actually looking forward to seeing the new version, though I'll probably wait for the classic release.

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        • Mondkalb
          Knight
          • Apr 2007
          • 982

          #5
          There is also a little tutorial and some ingame help now.
          A few days ago there was this video with actual gameplay (by a newbie):
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          Also, additional the game will be available at itch.io:
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          • DrWho42
            Adept
            • May 2019
            • 192

            #6
            whoa steam release!
            avatar by chuckdrawsthings. thanks chuck!

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            • fph
              Veteran
              • Apr 2009
              • 1030

              #7
              How much will it be?
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              • Mondkalb
                Knight
                • Apr 2007
                • 982

                #8
                Originally posted by fph
                How much will it be?
                About $ 30, IIRC.
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                • wobbly
                  Prophet
                  • May 2012
                  • 2631

                  #9
                  There's a classic release out, for the cheapskates.

                  I haven't really looked at it outside of the starting menu and world gen, but it seems to now have mouse support.

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