Dwarf Fortress’ graphical upgrade provides a new way into a wildly wonky game

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13 points·Tomte··6 comments

The link is for persona 3?

The corrected link: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/12/dwarf-fortresss-graph...

For those who like this type of game, I'm working on a city builder heavily inspired by Dwarf Fortress. Demand will be much more granular than traditional city builders (e.g. specific business/service needs and building the appropriate buildings for them).

You'll be able to see the interior of buildings and design the buildings as you please, save them as blueprints, and be able to plop down duplicates.

You can find progress updates on: https://www.reddit.com/r/Archapolis/

Or a few video logs at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUYLstskSLNcSkFg1giTBtQ

I've loved Dwarf Fortress for a long, long time and learned to read the matrix not long after, though in recent years I've had less time to play. Truly an icon and an artisanal pet project if ever there was one.

I am excited to see DF get a commercial release, and a wider audience.

Is it really adding anything new the custom graphic tilesets provided?

Mouse controls and a more friendly UI. World gen improvements so it runs a lot (a whole lot) faster. More frequent bugfixes and the convenience of steam updating. 'Timeline' saves so you can kinda savescum your fort a bit if you like.

After the first batch of patches DF classic will be brought up to parity with DF premium, and they will then be developed together.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ekq3TDPznGI&list=PLp1Y6qRhEm...

The new soundtrack is nice, too.

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