Re:Dwarf Fortress: An actual look at graphical improvements
by kibwen on Thursday March 26, 2020 @01:49PM
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I don't fault you, but let's be charitable to Tarn here: the austere style is deliberately because he didn't want to spend any more time than necessary on the graphics, when what interested him most is the systems and the simulations (remember that DF has been a solo passion project for well over a decade now). His experience making the precursor to Dwarf Fortress (which is technically the second game in the series) is what led him to this conclusion, so it is not borne out of ignorance.
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Re:Dwarf Fortress: An actual look at graphical improvements
by grawprog on Thursday March 26, 2020 @08:42PM
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As far as I know, the 3d graphics in the first slaves to armok was a big reason why Tarn switched to focussing on dwarf fortress as it was. I vaguely recall reading sometime that it was too much work for just the two of them and they weren't really making great progress and preferred to focus on working on the simulation and game systems without needing to worry about a graphics engine. Even the switch to sdl was done with help from the community if I remember right.