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My current adventurer, Kogsak Soldiercudgel the Hermitic Balls of Broiling.

Yes, he really is that hardcore.

I think the game would have to be scaled down to fit on a DS (no pun intended).

- maximum 100 dwarves.
- 3x3 playing area.
- stactic "small" overworld.
- simplified clothing and armour. Only one layer for each part: head, torso, arms and legs.
- simplified temperature system. Frozen, cold, normal, hot, boiling.
- simplified weather system.

All that, running on an optimized platform, should work more or less fine on something like a DS.

Ha, are you kidding?  Check this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_DS#Technical_specifications

One 67 MHz processor for 3D, one 33 MHz for 2D, 4 MB of RAM.

It is never, ever going to happen.  A handheld console is probably the worst platform possible for a game like DF.

what so these lakes which, by the way, must have existed for years, suddenly dry up when I get near? am I really that ugly?

I think it's because the game does temperature calculations more carefully in fortress mode.  They'll refill from rain in the next version, though.

http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=57

This is a very stripped-down version of Dwarf Companion that just turns on combat announcements.

Maybe you've got one of the "guzzler" creatures in your fortress?

Also, I've never even come close to cutting down 53 trees in one year.  What are you people doing with all that wood?

Not everyone has magma.

Even if the new skill passes the old skill?

Yeah.  I've got a bunch of "Elite Wrestlers" who first became wrestling grand masters but later became legendary swordsdwarves.

000331 □ [dwarf mode][military]   once dwarves reach elite status they don't become champions or change type if they learn another weapon skill