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Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2793615 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2793615

• ythn 10y ago
  Wow, the creator of Dwarf Fortress doesn't use version control? I don't even know what to say about that. It's like when I heard the creator of KeePass doesn't use version control either... why are people so resistant to VCS?
  • mikekchar 10y ago
    I've been trying to understand how the author of DF does development. My impression is that he doesn't really add features the way most of us add features. Instead he'll rewrite large portions of the game, or he'll write some stand alone test application and then integrate it into the mainline code. Apart from safety (I really hope he has backups), there probably isn't that much use in VCS because he intends to simply rewrite everything every time. He also does not like to have anyone touch his code. He allowed a few people to improve the performance of his display code once and has since sworn off it. While the performance improved as promised, he says that he can't understand any of the code and now never touches it again. Not the way I would do my work, but when you are your own boss you get to do whatever you want ;-)
    • gbersac 10y ago
      I heard once that he is burning the code on discs once in a while.
• LoonyBalloony 10y ago
  I'm glad for the repost. Going to try this game. I understand the keyboard only controls, but man, seeing what is going on is a challenge. Yeah all the PC power is used for the emulation of the world and stuff, but how much power does it take to do 2d sprites these days? Oh well, here I go losing again!