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Author Topic: How long to you think dwarf fortress will take to be ready for sale.  (Read 3931 times)

Jayce

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Title says it all,any chance it will be completed before i retire?.
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Re: How long to you think dwarf fortress will take to be ready for sale.
« Reply #1 on: February 12, 2011, 02:37:55 am »

Depends how old you are I guess.
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Re: How long to you think dwarf fortress will take to be ready for sale.
« Reply #2 on: February 12, 2011, 02:43:24 am »

5 years on alpha, up to release .32-ish.  At this rate, it'll take 15 years to reach beta stage, and likely 20 to reach final release, so ~35 years before this monster is for sale!

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Re: How long to you think dwarf fortress will take to be ready for sale.
« Reply #3 on: February 12, 2011, 02:52:05 am »

2 years ish. I think publishers such as paradox interactive would be interested in funding it.
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Re: How long to you think dwarf fortress will take to be ready for sale.
« Reply #4 on: February 12, 2011, 02:52:52 am »

Two years? Never.
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Re: How long to you think dwarf fortress will take to be ready for sale.
« Reply #5 on: February 12, 2011, 02:57:07 am »

They did the same to m&b after wich it rocketed away.
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Jayce

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Re: How long to you think dwarf fortress will take to be ready for sale.
« Reply #6 on: February 12, 2011, 03:32:06 am »

I love dwarf fortress but i avoid overplaying it and avoid adventure mode altogther for fear of spoiling the finished game for myself,but i look forward to a fully fleshed out game with attractive graphics one day,but surely it should be ready in no more than 5-6 years tops,i could see this game selling as good as the civilisation series.
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Re: How long to you think dwarf fortress will take to be ready for sale.
« Reply #7 on: February 12, 2011, 03:34:43 am »

Toady will continue to toil on Dwarf Fortress non-stop until his final days. Then on his deathbed, with his final breath, he will say the password to the source code of Dwarf Fortress. He will release the source code to his magnum opus to all of mankind as his parting gift, and his soul will rise up to the stars as people sing of The One Who Developed and angels smile upon the undeserving yet grateful Earth.
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Re: How long to you think dwarf fortress will take to be ready for sale.
« Reply #8 on: February 12, 2011, 03:47:46 am »

Toady will continue to toil on Dwarf Fortress non-stop until his final days. Then on his deathbed, with his final breath, he will say the password to the source code of Dwarf Fortress. He will release the source code to his magnum opus to all of mankind as his parting gift, and his soul will rise up to the stars as Booze rains from the sky, magma erupts from ever fissure in the earths crust, the strongest metal alloy is found, the worlds economies fall, global thermonuclear war erupts so everyone moves under ground, the world plunges in to the 2nd darkage.


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Re: How long to you think dwarf fortress will take to be ready for sale.
« Reply #9 on: February 12, 2011, 03:49:45 am »

We all kneel at the throne of Toady.
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Re: How long to you think dwarf fortress will take to be ready for sale.
« Reply #10 on: February 12, 2011, 03:58:45 am »

We all kneel at the throne of Toady.

His glorious adamantine throne, which also menaces with spikes of adamantine and is adorned with hanging rings of adamantine.
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« Reply #11 on: February 12, 2011, 03:59:26 am »

And is supported by a pillar made of elf bones.
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Re: How long to you think dwarf fortress will take to be ready for sale.
« Reply #12 on: February 12, 2011, 04:41:27 am »

And guarded by the vicious three-headed tailless dog cat, Cerberscamps.
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Re: How long to you think dwarf fortress will take to be ready for sale.
« Reply #13 on: February 12, 2011, 04:42:31 am »

Which does not have a soul.
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Re: How long to you think dwarf fortress will take to be ready for sale.
« Reply #14 on: February 12, 2011, 11:43:34 pm »

Imagine this game with glorious graphics,bug free and the menu polished and less confusing,wow it has to be a winner.
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