I love the flavor of Dwarf Fortress, and the dwarves become characters all their own, but I've always been rather nonplussed with most of the graphics sets out there. I understand that 16x16 is a difficult canvas, but my personal tastes have always been more towards bold art and distinct characters.
Therefore, I decided to craft a graphics set for those with my tastes.
It's worth noting, first and foremost, that the dwarves in this set
do not follow the traditional color schemes due to the direction I went with this (adding more detail and making the dwarves varied).
HOWEVER, all is not lost, as the profession subtypes can be clearly noted by their beards, which are the same across type. All farmers have the same beard, all crafters have the same beard, and so on.
I realize this set isn't going to be for everyone as a result, and depending on whether or not I find the time and can get it to look up to my standards, I might create a version that incorporates the traditional colors in some manner. For this release, though, it is what it is.
The set itself:
The set in action (Phoebus' tileset used):
The Download, ver 1.0 (v0.31.01-03 compatible):A pre-packaged version with other graphics sets and tilesets might also be in the cards if there's a lot of demand for it. Since it's just dwarves for the time being, though, I didn't put one together.
As this is a newly made set, medics are in play, as well as new offices like Arsenal Dwarf and Chief Medical Dwarf.
Comments, criticisms, bugs, and suggestions are all welcome.
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Topic: Cyster's Distinct Dwarves - Dwarven Graphics Set (Read 14838 times)