Bay 12 Games Forum

Reading the comments makes me wonder:

Why do so many people think it'd be possible to port DF to the Nintendo DS?   Are they just not thinking?

New year's bump.

Wow, they did a really bad job if they didn't even get the website right  

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Originally posted by Aquillion:
<STRONG>Hmm.  We could edit the data files to create a version of Dwarf Fortress where your dwarves get killed by Something Awful Forum Goons instead of Elephants...</STRONG>

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Goons are not a warlike people, though!  In fact, they are like dwarves in that they are usually opposed to going outside or being sober.  Not to mention the immigrant rushes.

It's not like he's gonna change anyone's mind by attacking people.   If anything, he's pretty much being a hilarious representation of why people who refuse to play the game without tiles are not the sort of people we want to cater to.

People enjoying ASCII doesn't harm you at all.
Even if everyone wanted DF to have tilesets, the game isn't ready for them yet.

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Originally posted by LurkerFromTheDeep:
<STRONG>I think all roguelikes should go graphicial just to piss off that elitist cult fanbase.</STRONG>

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Uh oh, other people like different things!  Quick, call them elitist in an attempt to make them seem like jerks!

Here is what Toady said in the FAQ you have read:

"# When are you adding tile-based or 3D graphics?

We might add some kind of graphics support later. However, game objects have a tendency to become obsolete quickly at this alpha stage of the project and adding graphics support now would slow the addition of required features. We understand that it is difficult for some people to adapt to the text display, but for now we're not committing to anything."