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With 800,000 copies of Dwarf Fortress sold, the newly minted millionaire creators' most high-roller purchase has been a Honda Civic




Dwarf Fortress has existed as a free game for near-enough two decades, but its 2022 premium version—now with graphics—has gone from strength to strength. It turned Tarn and Zach Adams (Dwarf Fortress' original creators) into millionaires, and had sold over half a million copies as of March last year...
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Dragon's Dogma's goblin fights have nothing on Dwarf Fortress

Dragon's Dogma 2 may be about getting your literal heart ripped out by a giant dragon, but that's kid stuff compared to the body horror involved in the next big update for Dwarf Fortress. While the visuals are still decidedly lo-fi, Dwarf Fortress's forthcoming Adventure Mode update includes goblin fights that are packed with grisly details.


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Adventure Mode Combat part 2, Music and Art Update ⛏ Dwarf Fortress Dev News

Hey Urists,

It’s Alexandra from Kitfox here with a community update as well as some more Adventure Mode footage. Only a few more weeks till the Adventure Mode beta launches on April 17th! We know it's been a long wait, but we can't wait for everyone to start testing it out for yourself.

Tarn made a bonus video showing the conclusion to the fight that was in the previous update. If you missed it, you can watch Part 1 here

In these videos you can see the combat and conversation systems in action. Will the goblins prevail? Where did the wombatman go? Watch to find out!

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[h2]Art Update[/h2]

Artist Thea has been working on new art for the Adventure Mode beta screen! We don’t want to reveal it quite yet, but can you guess what’s depicted?



Carolyn has also been creating every kind of clothing ever for the procedural portraits. Here is another series of masks, veils and head coverings.



[h2]Adventure Mode Soundtrack Single[/h2]

We are going to be releasing a single off the brand new Adventure Mode soundtrack by Simon & Dabu. The music is going to be a bit different from the Fortress Mode soundtrack because it will capture the feeling of what’s it will be like to explore your vast, generated world. You can look forward to that in the next update.

[h2]EU Merch[/h2]

Exciting news for European Urists! The folks at FanGamer EU have updated the store with apparel. It's always good to have extra shirts and coats for when yours decay.



We are going to be posting a few more updates before beta launch, so you’ll be hearing from us again soon!

-Alexandra + Bay 12

'Big Wait's dead': Dwarf Fortress creators are going to stop disappearing for months to get updates done in a post-Kitfox world




The arc of Dwarf Fortress is long, but it bends towards, well, not having arcs. In a chat with PC Gamer at GDC, Dwarf Fortress creators Tarn and Zach Adams spoke a little about their approach to the game's meatiest patches in a post-premium edition world. Long story short? More bite-sized updates at a faster tempo. The Big Wait is dead...
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Dwarf Fortress creator blasts execs behind brutal industry layoffs: 'I think they're horrible… greedy, greedy people'




You don't have to worry about Tarn Adams' millionaire status turning him corporate any time soon. At this year's GDC, the Dwarf Fortress maker came out swinging against a brutal climate of layoffs, cancellations, and general downsizing across the games industry, declaring that the executives responsible can "all eat shit." Just in case you needed a reason to like Dwarf Fortress even more...
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