Long story short: alcohol ran out and water froze before I was able to secure a well. Most dwarves died of thirst (all the named ones). SO here's the thing. I could keep going trying to revive a fortress about to enter winter or I could start again, giving you a chance to get a new dwarf claimed. vote Here!
I'll check in a few days.
miércoles, 16 de abril de 2014
domingo, 13 de abril de 2014
Surviving the First Year - Part 1
More than what you do in Dwarf Fortress, what’s really important is what your dwarfs do. There lies the FUN. As any good play, the actors and actresses give it a special touch, a special spice that can make or break the spectacle.
So, without further ado, let’s meet the cast of this our lovely Fortress.
sábado, 12 de abril de 2014
Before we start...
Hello and welcome to Yogs Fortress - A Dwarf Fortress Adventure. First of all I'd like to make clear that I have absolutely no relation to the awesome group called the Yogscast. I decided to name it like that because I "recluted" several users of the #Yogscast IRC channel to use as dwarves and they are my main audience.
Now that it's clear, you'd be probably wondering: What is Dwarf Fortress.
Dwarf Fortress is many games, but essentially it is 2 games. It is an administration game and it is a simulation game. In fortress mode you take the role as some sort of collective consciousness in charge of a group of dwarves building a place to call their home. It's an incredibly difficult game, even in "easy" mode, and chaos can and WILL ensue. Let's hope our guys do better than that. It's an administration game because you need to tell them what to do, when to do it and you have to make sure they will actually do it. It's a simulation game because Toady One, the lone developer, has decided to recreate a world to the Molyneux Ideal Point. It's absurd the amount of details it has. The trade is that it uses ASCII graphics. It does take a while to get used to it but once you do, you dont see a lonely "g" anymore, rather, you see a full fledged goblin wearing leather armor while holding a whip in his left hand. He also lost a few teeth and has a limp. (It happens.)
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SO, now that that is out of the way, let's explain the current game rules:
1.- There's a google doc open to user of #Yogscast. There you can join the list of people who'd like to have a named dwarf.
2.- I'll be using the lastest version of Dwarf Fortress to date (34.11.XX).
3.- I'll be editing out the [Aquifiers[ (because they are a real pain in the ass to deal with).
4.- I'll be using dfHack because it contains several scripts that fix many bugs in the game.
5.- I'll be playing till the fortress is dead or deemed unviable by community vote.
6.- I'll try to make at least 2 entries a week, each entry covering a full year.
7.- On the way to WIN I'll try to make as many giant projects as possible, because of FUN.
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With nothing more to say, let's start.
Now that it's clear, you'd be probably wondering: What is Dwarf Fortress.
Dwarf Fortress is many games, but essentially it is 2 games. It is an administration game and it is a simulation game. In fortress mode you take the role as some sort of collective consciousness in charge of a group of dwarves building a place to call their home. It's an incredibly difficult game, even in "easy" mode, and chaos can and WILL ensue. Let's hope our guys do better than that. It's an administration game because you need to tell them what to do, when to do it and you have to make sure they will actually do it. It's a simulation game because Toady One, the lone developer, has decided to recreate a world to the Molyneux Ideal Point. It's absurd the amount of details it has. The trade is that it uses ASCII graphics. It does take a while to get used to it but once you do, you dont see a lonely "g" anymore, rather, you see a full fledged goblin wearing leather armor while holding a whip in his left hand. He also lost a few teeth and has a limp. (It happens.)
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SO, now that that is out of the way, let's explain the current game rules:
1.- There's a google doc open to user of #Yogscast. There you can join the list of people who'd like to have a named dwarf.
2.- I'll be using the lastest version of Dwarf Fortress to date (34.11.XX).
3.- I'll be editing out the [Aquifiers[ (because they are a real pain in the ass to deal with).
4.- I'll be using dfHack because it contains several scripts that fix many bugs in the game.
5.- I'll be playing till the fortress is dead or deemed unviable by community vote.
6.- I'll try to make at least 2 entries a week, each entry covering a full year.
7.- On the way to WIN I'll try to make as many giant projects as possible, because of FUN.
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With nothing more to say, let's start.
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