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I'm just curious: am I the only one thinking that Dwarf Fortress actually has acceptable(if not good) UI? In most cases the screen will hint you what keys you c
by xuejie 10y ago
I'm just curious: am I the only one thinking that Dwarf Fortress actually has acceptable(if not good) UI? In most cases the screen will hint you what keys you can press to perform action. Yes I admin the UI is not so good whatsoever and in certain cases it's confusing, but it really is a question which you are comparing it to.
For example in roguelikes such as Nethack, there's no hint on the screen at all and you will have to go to a specific long help page to read about it. The result is: you will have to first memorize a lot of commands to be able to play the game.
If I'm programming using vim, I certainly agree that memorizing all those commands will boost my productivity and I'm willing to do so. But for fun time, I'm not sure if I want to memorize those many commands first to have some leisure time.
- Zandikar 10y agoI would say it has good UX, but not good UI. There is a difference.
- xuejie 10y agoYeah of course, I agree
- RugnirViking 10y agoInterestingly I would agree but after trying to play adventurer mode, that one has some more immediately obvious problems, like no prompt for how to eat.