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Urist Mchateselves

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Pre-release versions?
« on: September 23, 2023, 10:56:04 am »


Are the old pre-release versions of the game (the ones that had treats and wizards in them) still floating around somewhere? Could Bay12 share them if possible?
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Urist Mchateselves

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Re: Pre-release versions?
« Reply #1 on: September 23, 2023, 04:32:46 pm »

I’ve found some old movies from 2004 that Toady recorded all the way back, including some footage of actual Treant s being animated by elves!
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Re: Pre-release versions?
« Reply #2 on: September 23, 2023, 09:20:51 pm »

Were those very old versions ever released publicly?  I started playing after it was updated to support multiple z-levels so I don't have any experience with the old 2D versions, but seems like I read the very old treant stuff was never in a released version of the game.
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Urist Mchateselves

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Re: Pre-release versions?
« Reply #3 on: September 30, 2023, 09:50:13 pm »

Unfortunately no. I don’t think they were ever released publicly, which is a bummer because I was really curious about them. At least we still have some old videos of them.
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If you're so sure that you're gonna end up killing all of dwarven civilization, why not make a statue depicting 2147483647 dead dwarves, all of which are burning? Name it something good, like Deaddead the Dead Dead Dead-Dead of Dying. Just put it in the main hall or something, as a grim reminder that they're all gonna die.