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[astronom]

In the one of many russian sites i has found a some interesting project.
Who knows russian -- understand me. Another -- use google translate.
http://chuck.dfwk.ru/df/res/28119

Toady, you have to do something!!

[Diamond]

Russian programmer kill DF!!

What a funny guy you are.

Other then that, its a multi-player game developed by some guy with help from russian DF community. It has as much to do with DF as, say, Minecraft.

[Deon]

It's as much DF as "Dwarfed", so "kill" is here for the laugh, right?

However I don't think they've asked us to use all the cool Solifuge's and others tiles from Stonesense, have they?

P.S. Forget about it, they use Warcraft icons . It's a totally Anonymous site, what would you expect.

[Cthulhu]

I don't think there's much Toady can do about a game made in Russia.

[Virex]

Looks interesting, too bad about the horrible UI

[Akura]

I don't think there's much Toady can do about a game made in Russia.

We could claim that it's an advocacy group with views different from the government's. I mean, it's a Dwarf Fortress rip-off. Ain't this game like, communist, or something?

[Diamond]

Looks interesting, too bad about the horrible UI

Its not that bad.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

And it is in early stage of development, so there will be a plenty of changes, I think. But did you see full mouse support on the gif  ?

[Solifuge]

:/ I'm kinda bummed they're using my artwork without asking.

[Virex]

And it is in early stage of development, so there will be a plenty of changes, I think. But did you see full mouse support on the gif  ?

Mouse support = recipe for bad UI.
Big Flashy Buttons = Recipe for horrible UI.
It also looks like they got rid off the distinction between V, Z and K as indicated by them having only 1 magnifying glass instead of multiple buttons for that, which IMHO is a bad idea as well. If they think they can improve on DF's UI by removing it's biggest selling points, I don't want to know what happens to the rest of the game.

[dogstile]

:/ I'm kinda bummed they're using my artwork without asking.

On the contrary, be happy. If it becomes a decent game your'll have been part of something great.

And by that i mean tear their balls of for stealing it.

[Cthulhu]

Yes, too bad about that horrible UI, I much prefer Dwarf Fortress innovative and intui--heh

I can't say that with a straight face, sorry.

[Sowelu]

Mouse support = recipe for bad UI.

*choke*

...Seriously, though.  This is a completely different game, as you might have noticed from the dwarf being directly controllable with a 'walk here' command.

If, you know, this game actually exists and isn't yet another hoax game.  We're becoming notorious suckers for them.

[Virtz]

Yes, too bad about that horrible UI, I much prefer Dwarf Fortress innovative and intui--heh

I can't say that with a straight face, sorry.

I'd actually say that the Warcraft 1 press button with mouse to do anything style is considerably worse than DF's.

[ductape]

Dont get me wrong, I love the idea of DF and you can flame me all you want and i wont even respond.

who here, please raise you hands, no longer plays DF very much because after the novelty of complexity wore off you are left with a clunky play experience? go on raise your hand!

I wish it had a sensible UI, i do. I would rather have a sensible AI than say, fatal toe criticals.

This keeps coming up, Goblin Camp is an example. Graphical features and UI improvements have been on the top of the voting threads for years. And now this.

lets the flames being, it's all good.

[Christes]

Yes, too bad about that horrible UI, I much prefer Dwarf Fortress innovative and intui--heh

I can't say that with a straight face, sorry.

I'd actually say that the Warcraft 1 press button with mouse to do anything style is considerably worse than DF's.

Warcraft 1 had keyboard shortcuts though.  With those, I'd say it was about on par with DF.

As for the original topic: I don't think they'll be able to match DF's complexity any time soon.  I don't think there is a serious threat here, but it is a little disconcerting.