Agent Karyo@lemmy.world to Citybuilders@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 6 days agoAfter 15 years of busted marksdwarves, Dwarf Fortress creator Tarn Adams says archers will finally refill their ammo 'instead of leaping over walls and clubbing people with their crossbows'www.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square18linkfedilinkarrow-up1126arrow-down11
arrow-up1125arrow-down1external-linkAfter 15 years of busted marksdwarves, Dwarf Fortress creator Tarn Adams says archers will finally refill their ammo 'instead of leaping over walls and clubbing people with their crossbows'www.pcgamer.comAgent Karyo@lemmy.world to Citybuilders@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square18linkfedilink
minus-squarealekwithak@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·6 days agoThis has no bearing on my life whatsoever but a developer releasing a QoL update after 15 years is pretty cool and great marketing.
minus-squareAva@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up44arrow-down1·6 days agoThis doesn’t invalidate your point, but DF is still under active development. The game has been worked on consistently since the early aughts.
minus-squareAwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·6 days agoAdding more info, it just got released on Steam a year back, as a paid version with actual graphics. You can get the free ASCII version from the website still, AFAIK.
minus-squareryathal@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 days agoFor anyone curious, the learning curve is obscene even with graphics instead of ASCII.
minus-squareFATALRPG@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·6 days agoCheck out Nethack. Been worked on since the 80’s.
minus-squareAwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 days agoNethack is open source and maintained by the community though, unlike DF which is still under Tarn the original dev.
minus-squareFarceOfWill@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·6 days agoI dunno, I kinda wish he’d fixed it at some point ten years ago
This has no bearing on my life whatsoever but a developer releasing a QoL update after 15 years is pretty cool and great marketing.
This doesn’t invalidate your point, but DF is still under active development. The game has been worked on consistently since the early aughts.
Adding more info, it just got released on Steam a year back, as a paid version with actual graphics. You can get the free ASCII version from the website still, AFAIK.
For anyone curious, the learning curve is obscene even with graphics instead of ASCII.
It’s really not that bad
Check out Nethack. Been worked on since the 80’s.
Nethack is open source and maintained by the community though, unlike DF which is still under Tarn the original dev.
I dunno, I kinda wish he’d fixed it at some point ten years ago