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The truly exciting thing about Dwarf Fortress is that it proves that deep, detailed simulation is well within our reach. It suggests whole new genres of games

by TillE 12y ago

The truly exciting thing about Dwarf Fortress is that it proves that deep, detailed simulation is well within our reach. It suggests whole new genres of games that have yet to be created; imagine a typical fantasy RPG (or perhaps one that plays more like Mount&Blade) where the entire world is simulated as you play, so every choice you make has logical consequences. The possibilities are endless, and while Dwarf Fortress is a great game on its own, it's really just scratching the surface of what can be done with world simulation.

Amezarak 12y ago
Have you ever played DF's Adventure Mode? It is "sort of" like that now, and I'm pretty sure that's the end goal.
gagege 12y ago
No, please, if Mount and Blade had the simulated world of Dwarf Fortress, I would never leave my house.
- contingencies 12y ago
  In a word, yep. You wouldn't be the only one.
VikingCoder 12y ago
My favorite cartoon on the subject: http://i.imgur.com/HrO4R.gif http://i.imgur.com/HrO4R.gif
Natsu 12y ago
There are a lot of games inspired in one way or another by DF out there now, actually. But yes, it's an awesome game where the raws with the plant material properties now have scientific species names that they're based on, and the raws cite references for where they got the numbers. This one, of course, being the most infamous - http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/DF2014:Saguaro/raw http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/DF2014:Saguaro/raw As it was inspired by this 'artifact' - http://imgur.com/EPtgt?tags http://imgur.com/EPtgt?tags
dfischer 12y ago
That's what EverQuest Next is supposedly doing with the Storybricks algorithm. http://www.storybricks.com/games.html http://www.storybricks.com/games.html
- shard972 12y ago
  I have the alpha, didn't impress me that much in comparison to something like DF. The voxels engine is nice but asside from that, last time i checked there wasn't anything else that stood out.
  - eghad 12y ago
    That's the Landmark Alpha test, which is solely the building/minecrafty-aspect of the game. Actual Everquest Next parts have yet to be shown off.
kbart 12y ago
And it's also fun! http://dwarffortresswiki.org/images/4/40/FunComic.png http://dwarffortresswiki.org/images/4/40/FunComic.png

by TillE 12y ago

Amezarak 12y ago

Have you ever played DF's Adventure Mode? It is "sort of" like that now, and I'm pretty sure that's the end goal.

gagege 12y ago

No, please, if Mount and Blade had the simulated world of Dwarf Fortress, I would never leave my house.

contingencies 12y ago
In a word, yep. You wouldn't be the only one.

VikingCoder 12y ago

My favorite cartoon on the subject: http://i.imgur.com/HrO4R.gif http://i.imgur.com/HrO4R.gif

Natsu 12y ago

There are a lot of games inspired in one way or another by DF out there now, actually. But yes, it's an awesome game where the raws with the plant material properties now have scientific species names that they're based on, and the raws cite references for where they got the numbers. This one, of course, being the most infamous - http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/DF2014:Saguaro/raw http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/DF2014:Saguaro/raw As it was inspired by this 'artifact' - http://imgur.com/EPtgt?tags http://imgur.com/EPtgt?tags

dfischer 12y ago

That's what EverQuest Next is supposedly doing with the Storybricks algorithm. http://www.storybricks.com/games.html http://www.storybricks.com/games.html

shard972 12y ago
I have the alpha, didn't impress me that much in comparison to something like DF. The voxels engine is nice but asside from that, last time i checked there wasn't anything else that stood out.
- eghad 12y ago
  That's the Landmark Alpha test, which is solely the building/minecrafty-aspect of the game. Actual Everquest Next parts have yet to be shown off.

kbart 12y ago

And it's also fun! http://dwarffortresswiki.org/images/4/40/FunComic.png http://dwarffortresswiki.org/images/4/40/FunComic.png