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[I3erent]

Where this whole DF thingie, idea maybe kinda started from...

These are the old ideas about civs..." class="bbc_link" target="_blank">...

And the world
...

Old Armok  

screens
Old Three-
Toe
story

[ March 27, 2008: Message edited by: I3erent ]

[Fleeb]

Any but. Didn't you it won? Freely?

[Capntastic]

These used to be linked in the dev notes, and probably are.   But it's no secret that DF came from Armok's ideals; given it's a sequel of sorts.

[I3erent]

Its no secret but not something everyone sees ever and it gives you a great idea of what thoughts and ideas have evolved to get us where we are today.

[Toady One]

He he, I actually wrote that one, after TT played a game and sent me some screenshots.  Where are the editor screenshots?  I thought you were playing the editor today.

[Kagus]

So that's what the old Armok game looked like...   I'd never seen it before.

Wowza.

[evktalo]

I actually have played the first Armok, probably around 2001-2002? Or should I say "played". I couldn't figure it out at all.

--Eino

[I3erent]

quote:Originally posted by Toady One:
<STRONG>He he, I actually wrote that one, after TT played a game and sent me some screenshots.  Where are the editor screenshots?  I thought you were playing the editor today.</STRONG>

I am but....HAHAHAHAHAHA nothing worth posting yet!
I spent an hour playing with hair...
Funny thing is if I change the resolution to anything but 640 the editor option disapeers....lmao?!

[ March 28, 2008: Message edited by: I3erent ]

[Janus]

Yeah, I remember playing the original Slaves to Armok game myself several years ago.

It was definitely a pleasant surprise when somebody posted a link to its sequel here about a year and a half ago on another forum I frequent.  

By the way, for anyone curious who doesn't know, the Armok page (along with the final release download) is indeed still available:
http://www.bay12games.com/armok/

[ March 28, 2008: Message edited by: Janus ]

[I3erent]

Hmmmm i looked here for a manual to using the editors  http://web.archive.org/web/20041015211209/www.bay12games.com/zonkmanual/

no go do you remember if zonk ever got to doing that part toady?

Imma go thru the archives some more...

A very detailed system too grasp and people say DF has a steep learning curve.
for those interested a little info...http://www.bay12games.com/cgi-local/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=1&t=000187

[ March 28, 2008: Message edited by: I3erent ]

[Zonk]

Ah, the manual...When I did that, I was like, 14 years old, and it shows..however, it seems like somehow the formatting is very messed up somehow...On the offline version I did, there weren't "weird"symbols around the text. Oh well, I was quite active then, Zonk' Survivor Mode is named after me.
Anyway, on the DF being the sequel to Slaves to Armok: God of Blood, I might be wrong but I remember that Toady decided to abandon the project since it was too complex/ambitious to keep working on - however, since he's a really cunning man, he thought that if he called DF "Slaves to Armok II", that would make it look like like STOA was actually a "real"complete game...when it's really NOT. Though it's pretty enjoyable, I remember playing some weird creatures, the editors were flexible enough to make rhinoceroses, tigers and horrors.

[Zonk]

EDIT: Posted twice by mistake, sorry.

[ March 28, 2008: Message edited by: Zonk ]

[I3erent]

Im tryin to figure it out cant seem to save the files tho...

[Hyperturtle]

This reminds me of some of the early VR helmet games.

[I3erent]

Toad you still have the editor docs? I foound a reference to them in an old post but...the link is dead.

Just figured out how to load a model, kind of I guess the mdl's you load....