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[Erlend]

This is the most addictive game i think i have ever played, looked into it a couple of years a ago and tried to play it but the learning curve was off the roof, i though but then TinyPirate made my day in 1 single day i could play it and god do i not regret getting into it It's amazing how such an small game can be as fun and addictive as this! If i had money i would donate and i've never donated before. Wonder how this game will be in a year. Do anyone know when it's officially done?

[Raz]

Never.

[kefkakrazy]

Current theory is that Toady will be done once the game renders an accurate representation of reality down to the quantum level.

This of course means that "dwarven atom smasher" will no longer refer to drawbridges-it will instead refer to dwarven nukes.

[woose1]

Tiny pirate?
This?
http://tinypirate.com/

What the hell are you talking about, boy?

[Jim Groovester]

Tiny pirate?
This?
http://tinypirate.com/

What the hell are you talking about, boy?

After Action Reporter's Dwarf Fortress tutorial, by Tiny Pirate, with the thread in Gameplay Questions.

Dwarf Fortress' addiction wears off like most other games, but when you have it, it is quite potent.

[David Holmes]

While the addiction wears off in the short term (usually when I set it down after the utter collapse of some fort), I find it usually comes back within a couple months.  In fact, I think the lasting replay value of DF is possibly the greatest of any game I've ever played.  I've only been playing for a year or so, but I've already logged more DF hours than any other game I can think of.

[Lord Dullard]

Yeah, DF is definitely up there in terms of replay value. Getting into some of the rogue variants can also be very addicting. Particularly TOME and IVAN. I haven't gotten too far in Nethack, but that's also quite good.

[Maltay]

This is the most addictive game i think i have ever played, looked into it a couple of years a ago and tried to play it but the learning curve was off the roof, i though but then TinyPirate made my day in 1 single day i could play it and god do i not regret getting into it It's amazing how such an small game can be as fun and addictive as this! If i had money i would donate and i've never donated before. Wonder how this game will be in a year. Do anyone know when it's officially done?

The only video games I have played as much as Dwarf Fortress are Counter-Strike, Natural Selection, and World of Warcraft.  However, Dwarf Fortress is the only one I have come back to after growing bored.

[Heron TSG]

I played DF for a few weeks, got bored, started playing again, and haven't slowed down.

[martinuzz]

I played DF for a year non-stop when I found it (2d version)
Now I have on and off periods of playing, but I do find myself drawn back to the game over and over again.
It's a bit like LEGO, really, replayability only ends with your own imagination.

[Tormy]

This is the most addictive game i think i have ever played

I agree. I've played hundreds of hours with this game, [..and don't forget...the latest version is still alpha!] so I guess that is the best proof, that how addictive this game is already. Now I cannot even imagine about the epicness & complexity of v1.0 

[Aldaris]

This is the most addictive game i think i have ever played

I agree. I've played hundreds of hours with this game, [..and don't forget...the latest version is still alpha!] so I guess that is the best proof, that how addictive this game is already. Now I cannot even imagine about the epicness & complexity of v1.0 

...And then there's the potential of Armok 3.
I got into it a month or so ago. I have already sunk multiple weekends into it. And I've still yet to do any real megaprojects.

[Hydra]

Totally agree, but it also can be very very frustrating. The thing DF lacks the most IMHO is decent save/autosave functionality. Just again lost about an hours worth of work because of a crash.

[Puck]

Totally agree, but it also can be very very frustrating. The thing DF lacks the most IMHO is decent save/autosave functionality. Just again lost about an hours worth of work because of a crash.

data/init/init.txt:

Use these to control the automatic saving behavior in the dwarf fortress mode of game.  AUTOSAVE can be set to NONE, SEASONAL or YEARLY.  This updates your save at these intervals, so that some of your progress will be saved in case of system instability.  You can set AUTOBACKUP to YES if you want the updated save to be copied to another folder so that you'll have several copies of your world at different times.  Set AUTOSAVE_PAUSE to YES if you want the game to pause every time it autosaves.

[AUTOSAVE:NONE]
[AUTOBACKUP:NO]
[AUTOSAVE_PAUSE:NO]

Here you go. oh wait, you probably know that, crash more often and would like to manual save other than save/exit/manual copy... yeah, that can be cumbersome (but otherwise it would kind of ruin the permadeath thing). but cmon, seasonal should do it, no?

And if you're crashing every other hour, maybe it's possible to troubleshoot that? Because that doesnt seem normal. Or are you that guy that tries to run DF under wine in linux which is installed on a tivo?   

[wigwam]

Yeah, DF is definitely up there in terms of replay value. Getting into some of the rogue variants can also be very addicting. Particularly TOME and IVAN. I haven't gotten too far in Nethack, but that's also quite good.

I also recommend ADOM, but that's a bit off topic.