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[CaptainArchmage]

No devblog for the last two days. Either mind-numbingly boring stuff is going on or Toady is wrapping up things for a release.

[Footkerchief]

No devblog for the last two days. Either mind-numbingly boring stuff is going on or Toady is wrapping up things for a release.

It's not unusual for the devlog to skip a day or two, especially when the last entry was essay-length.  Also, sometimes they get posted in the afternoon.  I'm pretty sure the release is still weeks away, minimum.

[Valtam]

No devblog for the last two days. Either mind-numbingly boring stuff is going on or Toady is wrapping up things for a release.

Dwarf Fortress 2014 confirmed!
Geez, now I know how do those Half-Life guys feel all the time. Or maybe he took off the weekend, I think there's still some stuff left on the alleged notes that we've not already seen in development, kobold caves anyone? It's highly unlikely we get a release in the next week or two.

... Oh, well, Ninjago'd by Footkerchief, no less.

[Mesa]

After the notes are done with you should add ~two weeks of extra time for the testing period, which we're close to, but not at, at least it doesn't seem like it.

Still, a February release seems very much likely.

[Witty]

I don't know, the way things have been going as of late, I'm thinking a mid-March release is more likely (at the very minimum). 

[misko27]

There were periods, especially with the Holidays, where he didn't post for several days. It seems reasonable to imagine that he, at the very minimum, has to thoroughly look over for bugs to avoid things like the spastic sun.

[Cruxador]

I don't know, the way things have been going as of late, I'm thinking a mid-March release is more likely (at the very minimum).

Toady said it would be out March. He just didn't say what year.

[Manveru Taurënér]

I don't know, the way things have been going as of late, I'm thinking a mid-March release is more likely (at the very minimum).

Toady said it would be out March. He just didn't say what year.

Mind=Blown 

[metime00]

And he also said he's not particularly great at estimation. And considering that this is the longest stretch of time without a release, it's fair to say it's gotten worse. It could very well have been released March of 2011. It's that hard to predict. Of course, we would have seen it by now. But there's probably people keeping it underground. They don't want to share their time travel Dwarf Fortress.

Actually that made me think of something: has a version of DF ever been released earlier than predicted? I know it has never happened past DF 2010, but perhaps before 40d?

[smjjames]

And he also said he's not particularly great at estimation. And considering that this is the longest stretch of time without a release, it's fair to say it's gotten worse. It could very well have been released March of 2011. It's that hard to predict. Of course, we would have seen it by now. But there's probably people keeping it underground. They don't want to share their time travel Dwarf Fortress.

Actually that made me think of something: has a version of DF ever been released earlier than predicted? I know it has never happened past DF 2010, but perhaps before 40d?

Toady One has the source tightly locked down, so I SERIOUSLY doubt that theres some underground group with a hacked version from in the middle of development.

[Putnam]

I believe "earlier than original predictions" is what was meant.

[CaptainArchmage]

There were periods, especially with the Holidays, where he didn't post for several days. It seems reasonable to imagine that he, at the very minimum, has to thoroughly look over for bugs to avoid things like the spastic sun.

Isn't having the Sun jumping around backwards and forwards in the sky like a dwarf with a strange mood just part of the quintessential dwarf fortress experience?

[thvaz]

In 2010 Toady had the game tested by a small group of testers before release. Given that this version surpassed 2010 DF's length of development I wonder if he is gonna try it again.

[shadenight123]

I think, after reading the latest update on progress, that there will come a day where people will turn on DF not to play Fortress or Adventure, but to read Legend Mode and compare it to the Silmarillion. "Hey pal, have you read Dwarf Fortress?"
"You mean, the Ever-changing story of Madness and Blood?"
"I had the Ever-Changing story of Despair and Grief."
"In the year 25, this and this happened."
"In my case, the year 98 is when things went bang!"
"Oh and here I had a large demon war raging against..."
"But in my case..."
"And when the book is finished...we create a new one!"
"New characters, new names, new flaws...new motifs..."
And that was how the fantasy industry began to take hits in the midsections.

[Dutchling]

People already do that. At least I do. :v