And we're off! Time to watch the world generate. #dwarffortress https://tootplanet.space/media/auVIWTEpJ-GYuir2khI
@InspectorCaracal is dwarf fortress fun?
@Wsteria This is... a very difficult question, actually. It's fun if you happen to like things that are like Dwarf Fortress? 🤔
So, imagine playing the Sims, except:
a) they're dwarves
b) instead of starting in a nice suburban neighborhood, you're dropping them in the middle of a brand new Minecraft map
c) they have to do ALL the construction etc. because there is no Hand of God ability
d) it's all ascii art unless you download a very low-res sprite pack mod.
@Wsteria It's also one of those kinds of games where you can play the surface game of telling dwarves what to do in order to build a dwarf colony, or you can start digging down into infinite layers of detail.
Two examples of details:
1) you actually generate a world history when you generate a new world, with events and historical figures and stuff and dwarves will make carvings representing those events sometimes, or other stuff they remember.
2) see attached image https://tootplanet.space/media/YYF143hi5DNCvmUuvww
Half of my starting team is susceptible to disease... 😓 I hope that doesn't come back to bite me. #dwarffortress
Here's the map of the world I got - Osmlo Ospaz, "The Dimension of Wind" https://tootplanet.space/media/5bZjHMPFEZTlnifIcmU