Dwarf Fortress News

Dwarf Fortress creators get their first Steam cheque, and it's big

It's a bountiful harvest season in Dwarf Fortress land, and this time, the crop isn't plump helmets - it's cold, hard cash. Brothers Tarn and Zach Adams have posted their monthly earnings report for their legendary colony management game, and January's earnings - the first to include sales of the new Steam edition of Dwarf Fortress - totaled more than $7 million USD.

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Dwarf Fortress releases sales figures since Steam release showing 46,000% increase in earnings

Dwarf Fortress just can't stop winning. After blasting through its two-month sales estimate and hitting almost half a million copies sold in under a month, co-creator Tarn Adams came out yesterday and told players precisely how much money the game has earned since its December Steam release: $7,230,123, and 58 cents...
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The most vital Dwarf Fortress mod has arrived for Steam, complete with 3D visuals

The one true mod for Dwarf Fortress has finally released not just one, but two iterations of an alpha for the Steam version of the game, also known as v50. DFHack is a vital piece of equipment for Dwarf Fortress enthusiasts for two reasons: First, it's a full suite of console commands to fix problems and improve performance. Second, it incorporates a popular visualization tool called Stonesense that lets you see an isometric view of your fortress...
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This 3D Dwarf Fortress visualizer now works with Steam

It's possible to build some stupendous structures in Dwarf Fortress, but even with the graphically enhanced Steam version of the influential colony management game, you're limited to looking at a single horizontal slice at a time. Well, those days are over, because a powerful Dwarf Fortress mod has been updated to support the Steam edition, and it includes a 3D visualisation tool.

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The best Dwarf Fortress mod is nearly ready for the Steam version

Praise Armok, a beloved mod for Dwarf Fortress is advancing to the Steam release as Dwarf Therapist has released a pre-release version that works with Dwarf Fortress' biggest update ever. Dwarf Therapist is well known among the community as one of the cornerstone mods for surfacing information from within the game's formerly labyrinthine, now simply mazelike, user interface...
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