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Hello, dwellers of the "Other Games" subforum. I'm here to spread the word of a certain very hardcore space flight sim. Think of it as Orbiter turned into a proper game, or DCS in space. Superb sound design, great ambiance and realism. Done by just one guy at the time of this post. Oh, and I'm not affiliated to the project in any way, but I am publicizing it to you because I think you should throw all your money in its general direction.

Mandatory Scott Manley video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vziIgAtD66s

Here are some tutorials showing how meaty it is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGFlrRfVeNA&list=PLLY_KGBSBGjUj43qYF1wMQiHsPEZbaaJn

And the site for the game itself:
http://imagespaceinc.com/rogsys/

Here's an hour long livestream with an impromptu developer interview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebHu8FbkvuY

Contributed.

((Let me try this))

From the studio...
What? There is not a studio? How is this possible?
Two guys? TWO PEOPLE made this game?
I call bullshit!

Comes a game that is better than any other game you will ever play.
Except for graphics, interface and accessibility.
You can't have everything, I guess...

Prepare for a game that will require you at least four hours of research and youtube videos, before you can understand anything that is happening; and add at least two more hours if you don't download a texture pack and 3 external programs.
But don't worry; even experienced players can't understand what's happening half of the time.

Meet the dwarves: a group of randomly generated sadistic alcoholist freaks.
Their goal: build a majestic settlement somewhere in the randomly generated world;
Their enemies: EVERYTHING.

Cower in fear, or laugh maniacally, as you watch them:
-get killed by badgers
-throw themselves off a cliff to avoid a rabbit
-run outside during a battle to pick up socks
-walk on fire, then in the alcohol room, causing massive explosions
-and be generally bad at everything.
But damn, they are badass.
Some of them.

Experience the most complex health system that has ever existed, with a program that simulates every single part of any creature's body:
including: bones, tissues, one hit random crippling blows, and the strangest wrestling simulation ever.
Come on, he is grabbing his head and his feet with the SAME ARM?! How is that possible?!

But you are not alone:
join a community of smart, friendly players, that will help you with anything you need,
while they plan more ways to kill cats, flood the world with lava, and create spectacular projects based on the violent murder of marine creatures only to gather precious bones.
Nobody will judge you, don't worry. That is just a normal day in this community.

So if you don't know what to do for the next 10 years of your life,
experience the most complex game that ever existed,
despite the fact that this isn't even half done yet.
And it's totally free.
Once again, I call bullshit! Nothing can be that awesome!

STARRING:
-Dwarves (Alcoholists)
-Goblins (Green assholes)
-Elves (Tree-hugging hippies)
-And,
The most dangerous. Carps. EVER.
"What the fuck?! A fucking carp? How the fuck is that possible?!"

DWARF FORTRESS.

What? That's not the right name? What's the name, then?

(Screenshot with the name)

Fuck it, let's just call it DF. Everyone does anyway.



((If I made mistakes or if you want to add anything, feel free to make corrections or add new parts))

In my head that was narrated by the honest trailers deep voice guy. Couldn't stop laughing.

Quote from: origamiscienceguy on January 14, 2015, 09:06:27 am

In your major hallwys, put a ditch with 3/7 water in it. The dwarves will path through it just fine, and they will get cleaned as they do it.

If possible, have it so it can be drained.
Even better, have a typically retracted bridge over it - when it's time to purge, make the bridge appear again, purge with magma, then refill with water, then retract again.
Typically, I let dwarves stay dirty. Helps with intimidating traders, migrants, and invaders.

Last time I tried to make a drainable bath I lost half of the babies in the fort through the grates...

Alright, new question. Has the manager been renamed? I've been trying to appoint one, but I didn't see it.

They have been replaced by the daimyo's representative.
The new positions, from the raws themselves (cropped here of course):

[POSITION:MONARCH]
[NAME_MALE:shogun:shoguns]
[NAME_FEMALE:shogun:shoguns]
[SPOUSE_MALE:shogun consort:shoguns consort]
[SPOUSE_FEMALE:shogun consort:shoguns consort]
[POSITION:GENERAL]
[NAME:daimyo:daimyo]
[POSITION:MILITIA_COMMANDER]
[NAME:samurai:samurai]
[POSITION:EXPEDITION_LEADER]
[NAME:daimyo:daimyo]
[SQUAD:7:daimyo's samurai:daimyo's samurai]
[POSITION:MANAGER]
[NAME:daimyo delegate:daimyo delegates]
[POSITION:CHIEF_MEDICAL_DWARF]
[NAME:court doctor:court doctors]
[POSITION:BROKER]
[NAME:broker:brokers]
[POSITION:BOOKKEEPER]
[NAME:scribe:scribes]
[POSITION:TRADE_REPRESENTATIVE]
[NAME:trade representative:trade representatives]


I'll see if I can rewrite some (most?) code this weekend before moving forward from a cleaner state.

This story is made of pure win. It menaces with spikes of awesome.

Perhaps in this newly found land you can finally have some above-ground peace and quiet? Build some kind of airlock at the border of the map and have a "safe zone" aboveground.
Or perhaps mine under the plateau something a bit more architecturally orderly fitting of the designation of "mountainhome".

EDIT: You can build an airlock for the caravans, and have a forward guard posted outside that, while relatively safe, can die protecting the fortress without really endangering (this new zone can be cleansed by fire anytime shit hits the fan).