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King in the Mountain is like if Dwarf Fortress was a mini casual incremental
Time for you to check out King in the Mountain if you like casual incremental games, with a demo available that works great on Linux systems. Read the full article on GamingOnLinux .
Dwarf Fortress co-creator Tarn Adams was amazed other devs had heard of his game the first time he went to a convention: 'I didn't know that anyone knew what we were doing'
"I try to have good moral qualities, but I am apparently subject to all forms of flattery and vanity and such."
Dwarf Fortress co-creator says his life as a millionaire is 'basically like reattaining what my parents could do with regular jobs'
Tarn Adams lives in a house now. I bet that's nice.
After raising cannibal fish-mutants to conquer America, I'm hooked on Afterworld's nuclear blend of Dwarf Fortress and The Stand
Expect an "infinite soup" of dynamic societies and more, as we play Afterworld and interview game director Dan Lind
Dwarf Fortress creator says we can learn something from simply walling up dwarf nobles to maintain an equal society—but notes you have to abolish the dwarf cops, too: 'Another lesson to be had there'
Much to consider.
Dwarf Fortress creator says we have a natural lean towards human-made stories, but 'but we're all going to be very sorely tested in the coming years' by AI
Lie, robot.
Dwarf Fortress' creator says the industry's in shambles over AI and layoff-happy CEOs: 'Everyone I know, their bosses are slowly getting psychosis'
"They're trying to have a CEO press a button that makes a game."
Dwarf Fortress is getting the mother of all magic updates, extending to "the fundamental cosmological makeup of the universe"
Infamously simulation-heavy colony builder Dwarf Fortress is getting a Myth and Magic update that, at the possible risk of being maybe a touch hyperbolic, threatens to make all other fantasy game spellcraft look like a sleepy bout of Got Your Nose. It's summarised by Bay12 co-fou…
Holy crap, it's happening: Dwarf Fortress gets its first Myth and Magic update later this year, bringing each player's world its own procedural magic system
"Everything that makes fantasy what it is—with every piece tied into how that particular universe works, down to its bones."
Dwarf Fortress is getting a magic update later this year as the 20th birthday party continues
An update years in the making: magic is coming to Dwarf Fortress.
Dwarf Fortress is an astonishing 20 years old; a remarkable achievement for an all-time classic
It is 20 years since Dwarf Fortress first went public, and Bay 12 Games has been celebrating with friends!
The challenges of developing the colony sim, from Dungeon Keeper to Dwarf Fortress and beyond
PC Gamer interviews the genre's founding fathers.