This game is pretty much the best game ever made.
It’s probably the longest development time, too
I mean, it’s just 1 dude and he’s simulating an entire fantasy world as granularly as he can.
I’ll be so happy for the bros if this game hits a million sales. They toiled away on it for years with nearly no profit whatsoever. It’s delightful to see them getting such a surge of recognition and support.
It’s interesting that DF has been around for just year and years and whenever I think it’s fully faded out some YouTuber makes a video about it and back it goes.
It’s like a cycle. People play dwarf fortress, people make a video on it. Then they forget. And then a new, young audience is around and another video comes out about Dwarf fortress and they watch it and get into it.
I never forget about Dwarf Fortress but I racked up two months of playtime in the first three months of its release and I needed to stop
I’ll go back for adventure mode, I’ve put probably thousands of hours in the non-steam version. I am so extremely happy that Steam sales are approaching a million. I remember that specific number was some imaginary unattainable number for the devs when they agreed to try a release on steam.
Tarn and Zach deserve all the best.
Tarn and Zach deserve all the best.
I know I don’t know them personally, but I believe they are wonderful people. Every time I see or read an interview of them, I’m endeared to then even more.
Kruggsmash has been one of my favorites for years now. I remember around 2010 getting into it because of those long threads on bay12 forums where people would pass around a save file.
The steam release was weirdly divisive in the community. I played countless hours on the original, messing around with Dwarf therapist and dfhacks (which I still use) and I love the increase of attention and funding that the steam release gave the game. I feel the game is in a better state than it has ever been. And I love that so many more people have gotten into it.
Awesome!
It’s a shame that Rimworld will release their dlc around the same time as the adventure update and steal the show.
