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Having never been really involved with the Dwarf Fortress community/cult, but having played the game quite a bit, this exposé on the creator is extremely intere
by mvzink 15y ago
Having never been really involved with the Dwarf Fortress community/cult, but having played the game quite a bit, this exposé on the creator is extremely interesting. I always thought it must have taken a certain level of cleverness to build such an impressive simulation, but I honestly didn't think he'd be a Stanford Ph.D. Also, I'm honestly surprised they get that much in donations. It's very well deserved indeed and I'm happy to hear that they do.
- MisterMerkin 15y agoI don't play it, but Tarn really deserves more support as it sounds like he and his brother skate by on very little.
- Natsu 15y agoHe makes all of the donation information public, so you can see for yourself: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=87996.0 http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=87996.0 June: $2374.03 May: $3010.58 April: $3018.42 March: $4220.20 February: $2113.11 January: $2158.91 I added January from the previous post, just to get the whole year in there.
- vessenes 15y agoWhat's interesting is that they could likely be making notch-like levels of money if they went the minecraft route; some public server code and subscriptions would yield a huge amount of revenue. Honestly, I don't think they want it. If they were interested in doing that, they'd have found a publisher, and started segmenting up the game for sale.