Dwarf Fortress News

Dwarf Fortress sales hit nearly 500,000 in December

It's been scarcely a month since it launched on Steam, and the Dwarf Fortress sales have been, in a word, good. According to the latest report from developer Bay 12 Games, the paid version of its intricate colony management game sold nearly half a million copies in December - a rather astonishing feat for a 20-year-old game that's still available (in its non-graphical form) for free.

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Dwarf Fortress faces mind-boggling reality of hiring second programmer

fter 20-some years of working as a solo programmer, Dwarf Fortress developer Tarn Adams will have a second pair of hands in there. Bay 12 Games and publisher Kitfox have announced that due to Dwarf Fortress' success a second programmer has been hired from the longstanding Dwarf Fortress modding community...
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For the first time in history, a non-Adams brother is now working on Dwarf Fortress code

Legendarily complicated (and just generally legendary) colony sim Dwarf Fortress launched on Steam a few weeks ago, bringing sprite graphics, more players and millions of dollars for developers Bay 12 games. Brothers Tarn and Zach Adams have spent the past 16 years relying on donations, so actually selling their game has now allowed to expand their team and hire someone from their community to help with the programming. They say "Putnam" will be the first non-Adam to ever see the code behind the curtain. Cue the Indiana Jones face-melting gif.

An update yesterday also added Steam trading cards, as well as giving you the option to flick between classic and premium graphics.

It's not often you get a patch that removes graphics from a game, but an option added in the latest Dwarf Fortress update does exactly that. The latest patch, which updates the Steam edition of the Ur-colony management game to 50.04, adds 'classic mode,' which removes the new colourful sprites and displays Dwarf Fortress in its original ASCII glory.

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Dwarf Fortress News

Dwarf Fortress sales hit nearly 500,000 in December

Dwarf Fortress sales hit nearly 500,000 in December

Dwarf Fortress faces mind-boggling reality of hiring second programmer

For the first time in history, a non-Adams brother is now working on Dwarf Fortress code

Dwarf Fortress update removes graphics