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[IcyTea31]

An exquisite corpse is a collaborative round-robin work where the artists don't communicate with each other and can only see what the previous one has done. What if we applied this principle to Dwarf Fortress?

[insert fort name here]

I'm not sure if this has been done before, but I plan to make this more a small-scale proof of concept than a massive project spanning several months.


Rules, in no particular order:

• As you play, take screenshots and write about what you're doing, things that happen, etc. This can be as in or out of character as you'd like. Don't post any of this publicly.
• Feel free to post in this thread, but avoid giving any specific details about the fort.
• Tilesets and tools such as Therapist are okay, but don't add any mods, edit the raws, or otherwise change the content of the game.
  
• Each turn will last two in-game years or one real life week, whichever is less. After your turn, PM me links to the save and world files, screenshots and writeup. I will PM the save and world files to the next player, and add the writeup to the story to be posted after the fort is complete.
• If the fortress falls, return to the save I gave you, but include this in your writeup. Otherwise, don't savescum, except to circumvent bugs.
• If you have problems or questions, PM me.

First player:

• Create the world and select the site however you'd like, but avoid extreme challenges such as no-item embarks and evil glaciers. Don't make it too easy, either.
• Give the fort and group witty names. Dwarven language has no words for 'exquisite' or 'corpse', sadly.

After everyone is done, I will compile the writeups and screenshots into one volume and post the whole history of this fort for everyone to see what kind of a trainwreck it is.


I would like six players (and a replacement or two in case of schedule conflict or disinterest); first come, first served. The turn order will be randomized, and not revealed until everyone has had their turn. I won't be participating as a player, to avoid the temptation of reading the files before it's time.

Players, in arbitrary order:

• snackfox
• Elanorea
• kleanea
• Tablen Arue
• Gwolfski
• A Thing

Replacements, just in case:

• Sver

[IcyTea31]

Reserved.

[IcyTea31]

Reserved, in case this becomes bigger than I intended.

[snackfox]

This sounds like it'll be brilliant.
I'd like to request a turn.

[Elanorea]

Ooh, sounds fun, I'll take a turn.

[kleanea]

I'd like a turn. What format should the writeups be in? I think the easiest thing to do would be to have everyone format their writeups like they were making a post here, and then pm you the text, so all you would have to do is concatenate them. The images would then be public on imgur/whatever hosting site, but that shouldn't be an issue.

[Gwolfski]

i might join later, if i get free time.

[TheCheeseMaker]

This sound interesting, I'll take a turn.

Nevermind, I don't think I'll actually have the time to play. I will watch though!

[Immortal-D]

Interesting.  What first I have to ask; IcyTea, what in Armok's name is floating in your coffee?!

[IcyTea31]

I'd like a turn. What format should the writeups be in? I think the easiest thing to do would be to have everyone format their writeups like they were making a post here, and then pm you the text, so all you would have to do is concatenate them. The images would then be public on imgur/whatever hosting site, but that shouldn't be an issue.

That would work. The format doesn't matter much, as long as it's clear where the images are supposed to be.

Does anyone mind if I edit the writeups for typos and such, by the way?

Interesting.  What first I have to ask; IcyTea, what in Armok's name is floating in your coffee?!

It's a pickle in my tea. The sour, spicy flavour actually makes it a good garnish, while using it publicly makes me look eccentric whenever I want to.

[Tablen Arue]

If you still have space i'd be up to join, just one question.
How do you send worlds? its just copy and paste the world save file and send it right?

[IcyTea31]

Upload the file somewhere and paste the link. Dwarf Fortress File Depot is often used for this sort of thing.

[Tablen Arue]

what file do you upload?

[Gwolfski]

what file do you upload?

In the DF folder there is a folder called 'data' Inside it is a folder 'save' in it are other folders. Find the one that is your world, compress it using things like winrar or 7zip, upload to dffd.bay12games.com , copy paste link here

[Tablen Arue]

Ok, I got it down. Thanks for the help.