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[GreatWyrmGold]

DF is immensely entertaining, particularly considering the game is only 34% through alpha, and it is also completely free.

Its on its 34th pre-release build. That doesn't mean its 34% complete. Game versions are just iterative sets, they aren't actually decimals.

If that's the case, it was released on its 21st pre-release build, the 33rd was never released, etc.
I'm pretty sure Toady explained that there are something like 100 basic goals he wants to achieve by DF 1.0, and each time another is added he adds another number to DF 0.X.?.

[Elvang]

DF is immensely entertaining, particularly considering the game is only 34% through alpha, and it is also completely free.

Its on its 34th pre-release build. That doesn't mean its 34% complete. Game versions are just iterative sets, they aren't actually decimals.

If that's the case, it was released on its 21st pre-release build, the 33rd was never released, etc.
I'm pretty sure Toady explained that there are something like 100 basic goals he wants to achieve by DF 1.0, and each time another is added he adds another number to DF 0.X.?.

The main site used to list all the bloat, power goals, arcs, core features, and reported bugs, and their relations to one another. An old version of it can be downloaded for viewing here. The version number reflects how many of each are done, though since 0.31.x its been shortened to only how many core features are done. 100 core features complete would be version 1.0, 99 would be 0.99.

Versioning Explained
Pre-0.31.x
Post-0.31x