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I tried playing it like a decade or two ago. Couldn’t get past the ridiculous learning curve.
by reidjs 5y ago
I tried playing it like a decade or two ago. Couldn’t get past the ridiculous learning curve.
- tastyfreeze 5y agoIts worth the effort and likely easier now than before. The myriad ways that a fortress can die amazes me. Its easy to get a fort that can survive invaders but ultimately your fortress will die. The number of times I have been nonplused by a new fortress failure is amazing. Those crazy dwarves keep finding new ways to destroy themselves.
- tstrimple 5y agoThis image is a reasonable estimation of the learning curve. https://i.stack.imgur.com/iECXl.jpg https://i.stack.imgur.com/iECXl.jpg
- LeegleechN 5y agoThey're working on a Steam release with a more accessible interface, including mouse support. I suggest trying it again when that comes out.
- opinion-is-bad 5y agoIs there any timeline for the stream release? The release date on the store page just says, “Time is subjective.”
- andi999 5y agoI just saw that O'Reilly published a book to help with that: https://www.amazon.de/Getting-Started-Dwarf-Fortress-complex/dp/1449314945 https://www.amazon.de/Getting-Started-Dwarf-Fortress-complex...