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[Gizogin]

This looks like a game I might be interested in.  Especially if it has -socks-.

[KaelGotDwarves]

It's called "A Game of Dwarves" but the 2nd to last screenshot has an option called "Make Dwarfs smart". ARGHHH!

I don't care if it is dwarves or dwarfs but at least be consistent with pluralisation. 

Anyhow, posting to follow.

[Sirus]

Firefox continues to insist that the proper word is dwarfs, not dwarves. Clearly Firefox is mistaken

[Aklyon]

Firefox continues to insist that the proper word is dwarfs, not dwarves. Clearly Firefox is mistaken

Firefox doesn't agree with elfs, though. elves and dwarfs.

[Sirus]

Firefox continues to insist that the proper word is dwarfs, not dwarves. Clearly Firefox is mistaken

Firefox doesn't agree with elfs, though. elves and dwarfs.

Oh English, why art thou so self-contradicting?

[Jacob/Lee]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Firefox is an insult to dwarven kind, burn it in the magma! don't, I like Firefox

[The Merchant Of Menace]

Dwarfs: (n, pl) The whole of Dwarfkind "Look at what the Dwarfs built"
Dwarves: (n, pl) A reference to a group of specific Dwarfs "The crazy Dwarves who built Boatmurdered"

[Aklyon]

Huzzah, the lingual problem is solved.

[Sirus]

Dwarfs: (n, pl) The whole of Dwarfkind "Look at what the Dwarfs built"
Dwarves: (n, pl) A reference to a group of specific Dwarfs "The crazy Dwarves who built Boatmurdered"

Where'd you get those definitions? Oxford English?

[nuker w]

Its always nice when games of the genre are made, so i'll certainly keep an eye on it. Good luck and I hope it turns out well for you.

[Joutilas]

It is about the time someone took the core concept of DF and you know, made an actual game out of it.

May your game sell buckets, and may every bucket be deduced from Toady's donation income.

[Spaghetti7]

Good god. I like what I see. I loike. If this gets far, I will shove money down Mr. Dev's throat. Any amount. NAME YOUR PRICE

[mendonca]

Posting because I am interested in seeing how things turn out, and it's great to see the developers show up so promptly to this thread!

Look forward to more info.

[LoSboccacc]

following, I'm always interested on builder/logistic simulators and paradox has a name for not releasing dumb games

still, dwarf fortress is much more than managing. there are all those little things going on, engravings interacting with preferences, family growing on, groups mourning for their friends, all this kind of stuff that require weird design just to make a waterfall at that -30 z level and pumping magma where is most convenient..

[Shakkara]

What I don't get is why Toady doesn't get someone to make some semi-decent 3D graphics and a half-decent GUI for the game. *I* don't mind the game in ASCII and I can play it just fine, but the general public can't. And before you go that I want to dumb down the game and DF is a niche game, DF will always be a niche game due to its complexity. But the complexity should come from the mechanics with are actually providing enjoyment, not from the learning cliff that the graphics and UI currently pose. Instead of the hypothetical 0.000001% playing, graphical improvements might get 0.1% of the people playing, which is a massive improvement.

Last year was in my opinion spent on all kinds of unnecessary candy, that in my opinion did very little to nothing to make the game more appealing or even more fun to play.

I have plenty of friends that play minecraft and other games like that, but refuse to play complex games like DF or Ultima Online because they lack basic 3D graphics, don't have a decent UI and controlling them is highly infuriating. While these people can be pulled over the line with such a little investment of effort.

It just pains me that Minecraft is hugely popular and a Game of Dwarves will likely rake in lots of money too, while DF will always be the bastard child and will never get much attention until the above things improve.