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Having played a healthy amount of DF and recently of Banished, I can tell you it is in the same genre, but it is NOT some cash-in rip off of DF.

The game stands on its own two legs, and while it has some tropes similar to DF (Things spiraling out of your control) it does its own thing.

I'm surprised this community isn't more supportive of the game. After all, it was made by ONE guy with an assist from his brother. Does that sound a little familiar? Luke (the game's creator) has been very humble about the experience, even after the commercial success of his game. 

Does it have DF's complexity? No, doesn't even hold a candle to it. But it is fun on its own terms, has a great UI and very good graphics (for a game made by one guy). It is worth the $20 purchase price.

In fact, it could be a boost to the DF community. Some people over at /r/banished say they've essentially 'solved' the game and want something more complex. I send them here

Can a dog situated behind a glass window still detect sneaking enemies? What about glass floors for enemies one Z level below them?

Has to do with air speed velocity calculation of a laden vs Un-laden swallow. It does not factor what the bird is laden with, it is merely a binary identifier.

How come mosquito brain is a 'meat' product availabe at embark and satisfies like a full meal when eaten, yet cannot be harvested from vermin mosquitos on your fort?

Picks are your best weapons, yes. They are exceedingly choppy, bloody and hilarious.

also bronze picks ? Try *iron pick*s and then masterwork steel picks. I'm pretty sure you can maim anything with a steel pick.

The only reason I used bronze in the above screen shot was because on embark, bronze making ore is DIRT cheap and very fuel efficient, and this fight happened very early on in the fort's life. Once I get established I start upgrading to iron/steel as soon as possible. The point being, even with a non-top-tier material in the hands of under trained miners, mining picks are disgustingly effective.

OMG WHY ARE THERE SO MANY LLAMA TEETH?! ARE THEY JUST RECREATIONALLY KICKING EACH OTHER IN THE FACE?

LOL

I just started having this happen in my fort but with Ewe teeth. Pretty funny to watch actually. I wonder if I can make a "tooth' craft for everyone of those that flies out.

The display pedestal would be a furniture item and could be made out of wood, stone, metal or glass. It would be treated like a statue in terms of both movement blocking, and room valuation considerations.

Once constructed, you could assign a single specific item to it in a manner similar to assigning an animal to a cage.
A hauler would then bring that item and place it on the pedestal. The pedestal's room value would then become its base value + the value of the item stored on top.

Further... you could order the display pedestal to be engraved. This would not only further enhance the value of the item...the engraving would specifically be about the item.

Thieves would be especially attracted to pedestals and if they are able to approach them, they would be able to remove the item. Tantruming dwarves would be prone to knocking items off of pedestals too. A building destroyer could destroy a pedestal and cause the stored item to fall to the ground. If 4/7 water or magma touched the pedestal, the item would be swept into the water or magma with the flow. You could also instruct your dwarves to remove items from the pedestal. Only one item could be stored at a time.


The pedestal could also be used as a sort of pressure plate. When fed a mechanism and linked to other items, it would act as a lever...sending a signal when an item was placed onto it, and sending another one when an item is removed from it...allowing for some indiana jones style traps.

Lastly, it would finally let you make use of those previously useless artifact crafts by letting them lend their value to a room by way of the pedestal. That said, anything that is not an animal or a container could be put on display. Items with titles would display their titles on the stand. Weapons with kills would display the kill list. The Pedestal would also display who made the item (if manufactured in the fort) or who was slain to win the item (If obtained from a foe).

The pedestal would count the item it contains for the purposes of checking for material preferences and generating happy thoughts.

Skilled wood cutters bring axes, skilled hunters bring crossbows, skilled miners bring picks.

The actual item they bring is random. More than once I've been graced with a steel battle axe and steel picks from my first wave or two.

If you un-assign their labor, they'll drop their related tool, freeing it up to be used by your budding military if it is of a high quality metal.