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[Lightning4]

Well that was fun. That's one use of flooding.

Spoiler: Dungeon fun (click to show/hide)

Went after some iron under my river... I did not entirely expect flooding to happen after mining under it. Don't know why.

Either way, somehow the entire dungeon level below got entirely flooded. I'm not sure where the gap was leading down, but it's flooded now. Every single spider and goblin down there drowned. Shame about my miner though.
No idea how far down the flooding goes.

[Ozyton]

Strange. Now that I've seen the RPS article I'm inclined to watch this topic I've been overlooking for the past forever.

[lordcooper]

Strange. Now that I've seen the RPS article I'm inclined to watch this topic I've been overlooking for the past forever.

Same.  It's like it's existence has been validated or something.

[alexpoysky]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thWJsxo7ouQ

latest let's play I made. Hope you enjoy!

[burningpet]

Hey, we have been hard working at a new gui for the game:

heres a screenshot of it:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

and here is a video of alex explaining a bit about it and some of the upcoming releases:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=z6wumOmHWOg

[Mephansteras]

Nice looking GUI you guys have going on there!

[hemmingjay]

looks great! Another leap forward in the development. Congrats

[Rex_Nex]

It does look great!

[alexpoysky]

Thanks. We are currently preppign for launch. Desura is incoming as well, expect it later on today!

[Duuvian]

Hmmm, is there a reason the music is the exact same as in dwarf fortress? I mean while playing the game, the music sounds exactly like a (possibly slightly slowed down version of a) song that plays in DF Fort Mode, I even hear a recognizable part where it sounds like someone makes a couple higher pitched sounds twice that I recognize (they sound like maybe handclaps though that's only what it sounds like, not necessarily what it is, just 2 high pitch [like how a snare would be high pitch compared to a bass note] contact noise at a noticeable time) and a lot of the distinctive parts sound familiar.

Is it someone covering the df song or something? That's pretty cool if it's the case. I don't have a copy of both music files or I could really compare them.

Also I don't know where the DF music came from, I thought Toady or someone he knew had performed it. If I'm wrong and it's from somewhere else do you happen to have a link to it so I can play around with it and remix it? Or is that song on the internet for download, in other words?

EDIT: Just tried Towns for the first time by the way. I like the trees and the nice workshops.

[burningpet]

Well, the music is being done by xavi playing his guitar, and it actually isn't dwarf fortress music. however, there are similarities in style, although, those are completely different notes and chords.

In another related note, we have just released 0.37 which is also available on desura. it has a 20 (ingame) days demo (replayable) which you can download and see if you like it for your self.

Now we have reached the stage where we completely depart from Dwarf fortress to go venture and explore our own ideas and mechanics.

[Duuvian]

Well, the music is being done by xavi playing his guitar, and it actually isn't dwarf fortress music. however, there are similarities in style, although, those are completely different notes and chords.

In another related note, we have just released 0.37 which is also available on desura. it has a 20 (ingame) days demo (replayable) which you can download and see if you like it for your self.

Now we have reached the stage where we completely depart from Dwarf fortress to go venture and explore our own ideas and mechanics.

I see, cool then, my mistake. I do have some barely surviving headphones that only work on one side and quietly. 

I have a hobby with digital music where you can alter an entire song's pitch at once, so hearing something similar to df music in a different pitch (due to different chords) in a game similar to df must have been what made me think it was the same song but a little slower in Towns (like the effect on sound when someone is talking in slow-motion sort of).

I'm having some trouble finding the carpenter, so I guess it's off to the tutorial that I go.

Also, oops, I was playing an old version (.36). I'll give the demo a try.

[justinlee999]

Whoa, when I first played Towns the GUI and graphics looked so fugly I'd rather play ASCII.

But now it's looking pimped out!

[burningpet]

Fugly is fucking ugly? that's neat, i may use it in the future.

And thanks

[Duuvian]

Yeah, that UI is nice, good job! It's well designed and includes everything, from what I can tell so far. If I have any suggestions or spot any bugs I'll let you know.

EDIT: Is it possible to go toggle fullscreen in the windows version? The windows blue bar at the top interrupts when you move your mouse to the top to scroll up.

EDIT2: Yep this looks promising, but for now I think I need to head to bed. Are there tutorials for the demo? I ended up placing a bunch of carpenter benches with none actually being built.