Hacker News Reader

I have tried the game multiple times but have not had the patience to stick with it.

I am glad that it exists, though. I want to live in the kind of world where two brothers are happy to devote the majority of their life to a project like this.

Maybe it's the same impulse that drove the Voynich manuscript's creation.

View on HN

Although they're out of date now, captain duck's tutorials on youtube demystify the entire thing a great deal. And most of the core concepts haven't changed much since he made the tutorials.

Believe it or not once you "get" the interface it's really not all that bad. There's one or two incredibly annoying intracacies - but get the lazy newb pack with dwarf therapist and you'll be in for an easier time.

I think it's best to play it when you have something you want to do, build or prove and to read about others playing it when you want a story.

I haven't really played the game itself for a while now, but I still love reading the stories of others playing in it.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com