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I think it should be put on Steam as soon as you got the fort mode done. It's the main draw of the game (heck, it's in the game title). Adventure mode and the Linux/OSX ports can wait (DF runs quite okay in Wine/Proton anyway). There are plenty of great roguelikes you can pass the time with until Adventure mode is added back (I personally recommend Unreal World), while DF fort mode is really one of the kind, other DF-like games, even 3d ones like Gnomoria, Stonehearth, etc. simply can't compare.

//edit: There's no need for Workshop/achievement support on release either, that kind of thing can be added later on.

...view.
Instead an ability to go into legends viewer should be in both Fortress and Adventure modes, similar to how you access the help screen or the announcements/reports.

Please integrate Dwarf Therapist functionality. I know that Toady doesn't like spreadsheets and all, but honestly it is the best way to assign labors, check on skills and so on, otherwise DF-likes like Rimworld or Gnomoria wouldn't ape DT.

Cool set. I think it's a good replacement for Meph's.
//edit: Though I would like if it came with a launcher so I know which exe to run.

Could anyone put up an unofficial download with the newest DF, DFHack and other utils? I know Meph is too busy to do it, but maybe someone else can?

The point here is for big projects. I mean, the Great Pyramid wasn't built in a day.

While some people may already engage in what I'm about to explain, I do believe that more people will once Steam version with proper graphics rolls around do so.
In short words: Fashion fortress.
Now there's little to no reason to use materials other than what's "on site" because the only graphics (unless someone is using a tileset) are ASCII and all the stuff is obscured by it.
While some people already make some dwarves wear stuff for fashion reasons more than any practical ones, I do believe more people will engage with this sort of gameplay when they're actually able to see how certain stuff looks on their dwarves (unless it's something that can't be really represented in a 32x32 tile, such as a ring).
Another thing is actually building the fortress. Currently players mostly use materials found on-site in the embark, because wall is a wall and slight variation in the color of the █ character can be satisfied by any number of materials. But, when graphics are in, with every type of stone represented in its own graphic, I can see players importing materials by caravan trading in order to beautify their fortress (currently any beauty of the fortress is reserved for intricate passages rather than materials used).

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