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Author Topic: Time spent reading the dev log vs actually playing DF.  (Read 1583 times)

Grimmir

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Time spent reading the dev log vs actually playing DF.
« on: June 12, 2009, 05:06:33 am »

I think i ve spent about 3 or 4 minutes browsing the development pages as opposed to actually dwarfing.  :)

Dwarf Fort as a conceptual idea seems to be just as popular as the game itself, at least to me. How about you guys?
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Re: Time spent reading the dev log vs actually playing DF.
« Reply #1 on: June 12, 2009, 05:10:58 am »

I think TV Tropes says it best: Dwarf Fortress is two games; the game it is now, and the game it hopes to be.

Of course, each game is itself two or three games depending on how you look at it.
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Re: Time spent reading the dev log vs actually playing DF.
« Reply #2 on: June 12, 2009, 05:11:52 am »

I tried to read the devlog once.
It was pretty messy.
Then I found the future of the fort.
Now I just check up on that every so often.

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Re: Time spent reading the dev log vs actually playing DF.
« Reply #3 on: June 12, 2009, 06:32:12 am »

I think i check dev_now at least once a day. It drives me nuts.
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Re: Time spent reading the dev log vs actually playing DF.
« Reply #4 on: June 12, 2009, 09:12:38 am »

Same, check every day (and always feel a little sad when Toady goes on his end of month breaks - No updates for me to feel happy over :P )

I actually haven't played the game proper for almost 5-6 months now. Same thing happened last time we had a long dev cycle going on. Once I've explored most of the gameplay that's currently in, it becomes a waiting game untill the next load of features gets thrown at me. Edit: The main reason for this is because my forts are so boringly stable and orderly. I think I'm incapable of creating hilarious and fun chaos, even when I'm trying to!
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Re: Time spent reading the dev log vs actually playing DF.
« Reply #5 on: June 12, 2009, 12:04:36 pm »

Same, check every day (and always feel a little sad when Toady goes on his end of month breaks - No updates for me to feel happy over :P )

I actually haven't played the game proper for almost 5-6 months now. Same thing happened last time we had a long dev cycle going on. Once I've explored most of the gameplay that's currently in, it becomes a waiting game untill the next load of features gets thrown at me. Edit: The main reason for this is because my forts are so boringly stable and orderly. I think I'm incapable of creating hilarious and fun chaos, even when I'm trying to!
Every word in this could have equaly truthfully have been said by me.
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Re: Time spent reading the dev log vs actually playing DF.
« Reply #6 on: June 12, 2009, 01:28:37 pm »

I think i check dev_now at least once a day. It drives me nuts.

I guess we all check dev now once / day at least.  :P :D
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Re: Time spent reading the dev log vs actually playing DF.
« Reply #7 on: June 12, 2009, 02:36:04 pm »

Same, check every day (and always feel a little sad when Toady goes on his end of month breaks - No updates for me to feel happy over :P )

I actually haven't played the game proper for almost 5-6 months now. Same thing happened last time we had a long dev cycle going on. Once I've explored most of the gameplay that's currently in, it becomes a waiting game untill the next load of features gets thrown at me. Edit: The main reason for this is because my forts are so boringly stable and orderly. I think I'm incapable of creating hilarious and fun chaos, even when I'm trying to!
Every word in this could have equaly truthfully have been said by me.

Same here
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Re: Time spent reading the dev log vs actually playing DF.
« Reply #8 on: June 12, 2009, 03:21:20 pm »

I check it four times a day.
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Re: Time spent reading the dev log vs actually playing DF.
« Reply #9 on: June 12, 2009, 03:54:07 pm »

I'm liking the idea of never-ending assaults. Combined with the expanded military functionality, I can see DF remaining interesting much longer compared to previous releases.
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Re: Time spent reading the dev log vs actually playing DF.
« Reply #11 on: June 13, 2009, 11:38:26 am »

Rss?
Bah!
Real fans use it but check manually 10 times a day or more, just to be SURE it isn't hiding an updare.
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Re: Time spent reading the dev log vs actually playing DF.
« Reply #13 on: June 14, 2009, 01:40:10 am »

Rss?
Bah!
Real fans use it but check manually 10 times a day or more, just to be SURE it isn't hiding an updare.
I actually do this.
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Re: Time spent reading the dev log vs actually playing DF.
« Reply #14 on: June 14, 2009, 02:54:45 am »

Yeah, it isn't as fun as typing URLs and clicking links. Also I'm almost always bored and looking for stuff to do while on the computer, can't go streamlining the process and having even less things to keep me occupied!
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