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Author Topic: Is Tarn bound to Kitfox now?  (Read 2612 times)

FenrirWoof

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Is Tarn bound to Kitfox now?
« on: February 02, 2023, 09:21:11 pm »
I've heard that Tarn is now completely beneath Kitfox, obligated to work just on their version and whatnot.

Toady, if you're not okay, blink three times.  :o
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Re: Is Tarn bound to Kitfox now?
« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2023, 11:17:27 am »
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Re: Is Tarn bound to Kitfox now?
« Reply #2 on: February 03, 2023, 11:35:10 am »
Fairly sure Kitfox has little to no direct say in what Toady does with Dwarf Fortress.

They're the publisher, which means that they helped finance and coordinate outsourcing work to get the graphics and music created for the Steam Release, and they helped with the bureaucratic aspects of getting the game added to Steam and Itch.io.  In return, they take a portion of the profits from those platforms.

That's pretty much it.
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Re: Is Tarn bound to Kitfox now?
« Reply #3 on: February 03, 2023, 12:24:20 pm »
50.05 released for free on the Bay 12 Website, so Toady working on just "[Kitfox's] version" doesn't really check out.
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Re: Is Tarn bound to Kitfox now?
« Reply #4 on: February 05, 2023, 05:01:35 pm »
Slaves to Kitfox God of Indie Games. Part X : Dwarf Fortress
« Last Edit: February 05, 2023, 05:03:49 pm by Criperum »
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FenrirWoof

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Re: Is Tarn bound to Kitfox now?
« Reply #5 on: February 06, 2023, 07:34:52 pm »
Oh wow, I didn't see that.
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Re: Is Tarn bound to Kitfox now?
« Reply #6 on: February 07, 2023, 12:20:26 pm »
Kitfox has said that they have literally nothing to do with any of the changes to DF at all and that they are only a publisher. The premium version is toadys version.
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FenrirWoof

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Re: Is Tarn bound to Kitfox now?
« Reply #7 on: February 07, 2023, 02:43:44 pm »
Quote from: condonzack on February 07, 2023, 12:20:26 pm
Kitfox has said that they have literally nothing to do with any of the changes to DF at all and that they are only a publisher. The premium version is toadys version.

The graphics were Kitfox's doing.
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Re: Is Tarn bound to Kitfox now?
« Reply #8 on: February 07, 2023, 06:02:36 pm »
Quote from: FenrirWoof on February 07, 2023, 02:43:44 pm
Quote from: condonzack on February 07, 2023, 12:20:26 pm
Kitfox has said that they have literally nothing to do with any of the changes to DF at all and that they are only a publisher. The premium version is toadys version.

The graphics were Kitfox's doing.
Ooh. Evil Kitfox, making Toady millions of dollars exactly when he wanted millions of dollars. It almost seems like it was his idea...

(Graphics and UI update have been in the dev notes for longer than Kitfox has actually existed).
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Re: Is Tarn bound to Kitfox now?
« Reply #9 on: February 07, 2023, 08:35:06 pm »
Quote from: FenrirWoof on February 07, 2023, 02:43:44 pm
Quote from: condonzack on February 07, 2023, 12:20:26 pm
Kitfox has said that they have literally nothing to do with any of the changes to DF at all and that they are only a publisher. The premium version is toadys version.

The graphics were Kitfox's doing.

They paid for the graphics. The actual development work, including all of the programming, was the Toady One.
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Re: Is Tarn bound to Kitfox now?
« Reply #10 on: March 06, 2023, 03:10:02 pm »
Damn. Seems like Toady was totally outkitfoxed! One day you are happily developing in your countryside cybershed, living off donations and mountain air, and seconds later, you find yourself locked in a luxuriously furnished, yet depressingly claustrophobic underground lab, surounded by cold, soulless stacks of dollar bills, slaving on tilesets while the fruits of your labor are funneled away via a clever contraption built into the stone ceiling.
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Re: Is Tarn bound to Kitfox now?
« Reply #11 on: March 06, 2023, 03:24:05 pm »
No, y'all don't get it. They're talking Tarn x Kitfox S&M bondage shipping. Tarn's beneath Kitfox, you see. He has to do what he's told.
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