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Title: Dwarfs!?
Post by: PwndJa on March 05, 2011, 11:03:45 pm
Dwarfs is a single-player casual game in which you guide your Dwarfs to mine the caves around your home base, find the gold, minerals and treasure - and try and keep them out of trouble! Dwarfs just tend to keep digging, following only their lust for more gold. So they will dig into water and lava, threatening your home. If that wasn't enough, they keep finding all sorts of nasty little monsters that have to be dealt with too. The player can build walls, dynamite holes in the floor, or turn earth to stone in an effort to prevent disaster. But in the end, success or failure will depend on the player's skill at directing his ever-growing army of dwarfs! And if the basic modes aren't enough, there is a complete sandbox, where you can create your own challenges - and a "Defend the Town Hall" mode where clearing out waves of enemies becomes the biggest challenge.

http://www.dwarfs-game.com/

It seems as if Dwarf Fortress has inspired an Xbox arcade developer to create something quite similar, albeit much more casual and suited to people that like arcade style games.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqU6-nlDOFY

The similarities are striking.
Title: Re: Dwarfs!?
Post by: Fanofgaming on March 05, 2011, 11:13:27 pm
TBH, that looks kind of horrendously boring and annoying -- seems like the player is more of a babysitter for the dwarfs instead of a commander.
Title: Re: Dwarfs!?
Post by: ductape on March 05, 2011, 11:57:45 pm
oh god not THIS again...NO
Title: Re: Dwarfs!?
Post by: Bluerobin on March 05, 2011, 11:58:21 pm
Yeah it's been argued over before: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=64007 . I do appreciate your summary of it though, it sums up the game pretty well.

I think the overall consensus is that it's fun for a bit but was mostly a high score hunt at the time. I haven't tried the other modes though, just the stuff that was in the demo when that first thread came through.
Title: Re: Dwarfs!?
Post by: Carcanken on March 06, 2011, 12:27:16 am
Its looks nice, worth a try. Is it free to play?
Title: Re: Dwarfs!?
Post by: Megaman on March 06, 2011, 01:01:04 am
As far as I now, it will become P2P but for now is free. Of course, unless I'm wrong.
Title: Re: Dwarfs!?
Post by: Carcanken on March 06, 2011, 01:01:50 am
Quote from: Megaman on March 06, 2011, 01:01:04 am
As far as I now, it will become P2P but for now is free. Of course, unless I'm wrong.

If its free, where can I find the download? I cant find it.
Title: Re: Dwarfs!?
Post by: breadbocks on March 06, 2011, 01:11:27 am
I like it, and for once am glad to see a game sorta kinda like DF, but not enough to be obtrusive, or something as stupid as Khazahd.
Title: Re: Dwarfs!?
Post by: jester on March 06, 2011, 01:13:58 am
download is on the demo page, there is a button to download the beta.

edit: or not, they seem to be working on a steam demo instead
Title: Re: Dwarfs!?
Post by: Carcanken on March 06, 2011, 01:23:05 am
So there isnt a download for the game I can play? Darn
Title: Re: Dwarfs!?
Post by: Derekristow on March 06, 2011, 01:43:17 am
The only real relation to DF it has is that there are dwarves that dig.  I had a lot of fun playing this on the show floor at PAX, and while it certainly isn't the most complicated game ever, it was a pretty fun time waster.
Title: Re: Dwarfs!?
Post by: hemmingjay on May 04, 2011, 09:28:39 am
game goes live today on steam.
Title: Re: Dwarfs!?
Post by: Levi on May 04, 2011, 10:27:48 am
I'll probably get it just to waste the next 5 days till Brink comes out.  :D
Title: Re: Dwarfs!?
Post by: hemmingjay on May 04, 2011, 10:41:06 am
Quote from: Levi on May 04, 2011, 10:27:48 am
I'll probably get it just to waste the next 5 days till Brink comes out.  :D

W.O.R.D.
Title: Re: Dwarfs!?
Post by: Ivefan on May 04, 2011, 10:52:14 am
From looking at the video, It gives me the feeling of a flashgame you play because you dont have anything else to do.
Title: Re: Dwarfs!?
Post by: hemmingjay on May 04, 2011, 10:54:18 am
i think it's a time waster like Atom Zombie Smasher.
Title: Re: Dwarfs!?
Post by: gumball135 on May 04, 2011, 11:16:55 am
It looks fun and, aside from DF, also similar to Dungeon Keeper.

EDIT: In the video, that guy's fortr-I mean, tunnel design was just asking for trouble :P

EDIT2: Looking at the website, I came across this comic...
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
Interadesting...
Title: Re: Dwarfs!?
Post by: Bluerobin on May 04, 2011, 12:22:03 pm
Haha nice comic. The last time I played a demo the dwarves just kind of dig tunnels semi-randomly. You could guide them if I remember, but the "tunnel design" tends to be an obstacle to overcome rather than a means to overcoming other obstacles.
Title: Re: Dwarfs!?
Post by: nenjin on May 04, 2011, 12:25:48 pm
Just wanted to add that Tripwire Interactive (Killing Floor, Red Orchestra, RO2, publishers of "The Ball") are publishing this game, so you can feel pretty decent about where you're money is going. They're one of my favorite "mainstream" indie dev houses/publishers.
Title: Re: Dwarfs!?
Post by: RF on May 04, 2011, 01:38:33 pm
"The Steam servers are currently too busy to handle your request. Please try again in a few minutes."

It's been this way for the past hour and a half.

Fucking great.
Title: Re: Dwarfs!?
Post by: hemmingjay on May 04, 2011, 02:00:09 pm
weird. I dl'ed with no problem. Finally some good luck for me!
Title: Re: Dwarfs!?
Post by: RF on May 04, 2011, 02:30:08 pm
Hmm... I'm going to change my region and see if that helps.
Title: Re: Dwarfs!?
Post by: Levi on May 04, 2011, 02:35:05 pm
Ah, entertainment and I haven't even bought it yet.  :)

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1872011
Title: Re: Dwarfs!?
Post by: nenjin on May 04, 2011, 02:41:57 pm
And Toady One weeps.
Title: Re: Dwarfs!?
Post by: breadbocks on May 04, 2011, 03:47:02 pm
Is this any good?
Title: Re: Dwarfs!?
Post by: TheCze on May 04, 2011, 05:14:32 pm
Well I just played the demo it was quite alright.
While the gameplay has nearly nothing to do with Dwarf Fortress, I would be surprised if the Game Designer wasn't inspired by DF.
The gameplay is quite interesting for a few rounds but then it got boring.


Quote from: Ivefan on May 04, 2011, 10:52:14 am
From looking at the video, It gives me the feeling of a flashgame you play because you dont have anything else to do.
I think this pretty much sums it up.



But hey, the demo is free to play so go check it out for yourself, you might like it more than me.
Title: Re: Dwarfs!?
Post by: alexandertnt on May 04, 2011, 08:38:45 pm
Part of the description from the steam page:

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Dwarfs!? offers an addictive, fast paced arcade-like experience, with plenty of difficulty levels and game modes to play, in the tradition of great games such as "Lemmings" and "Dwarf Fortress."

So it does mention it was inspired from Dwarf Fortress.

Does the game have a Z-axis, or is it purely flat? It might be worth a look either way.
Title: Re: Dwarfs!?
Post by: Levi on May 04, 2011, 08:44:29 pm
Quote from: alexandertnt on May 04, 2011, 08:38:45 pm
Does the game have a Z-axis, or is it purely flat? It might be worth a look either way.

Its all flat.  Its not really like DF at all other than it has dwarfs and magma.  So far it seems fun, but I've only played through the tutorial.
Title: Re: Dwarfs!?
Post by: Mickey Blue on May 04, 2011, 09:40:20 pm
I cannot personally get into it but from the little of the demo I played I can say it is nothing like Dwarf Fortress and honestly aside from having a sorta similar look it doesn't even share that much in common (aside from features that aren't Toady's like dwarfs and lava, etc).

Its no doubt partially inspired by it, but it plays radically differently.

As for me the OCD side of me just wont' let me like how your miners keep digging up everything until it looks chaotic, if you could keep them from doing that I think I'd like it a lot more, but as it is I cannot say its for me.. That said my issues are personal preference, its hardly a 'bad' game.

-MB
Title: Re: Dwarfs!?
Post by: jester on May 05, 2011, 12:38:20 am
Anybody actually played the full game?
Title: Re: Dwarfs!?
Post by: Dutchling on May 05, 2011, 05:40:08 am
I played it, it is fun. But don't expect it to be a DF like game because it isn't. The Yogscast has made a video about it. Pretty fun, you can see Simon playing part of the tutorial (after getting flooded 3 times or so :P)
link (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXAoJbCYVqs) (There is no diggy-hole achievement though)
Title: Re: Dwarfs!?
Post by: Vherid on May 05, 2011, 10:38:43 am
It's pretty fun, and they do mention dwarf fortress in the description on steam.

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Dwarfs!? offers an addictive, fast paced arcade-like experience, with plenty of difficulty levels and game modes to play, in the tradition of great games such as "Lemmings" and "Dwarf Fortress."

I'm not sure I fully like the movement yet, and it's pretty simply so far. But it is pretty fun, nice little coffeebreak game.