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[thvaz]

http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/08/09/dwarf-fortress-feature-how-seven-drunks-opened-a-portal-to-hell/

There is an interview with Toady also:

http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/08/09/dwarf-fortress-developer-interview/

[Berserkenstein]

One of the tags to the article is "Graphically murdering the staff"  What the heck?

[Gatleos]

One of the tags to the article is "Graphically murdering the staff"  What the heck?

The Dwarves were named after PC Gamer staff members. It ends how you would expect.

[KaelGotDwarves]

Toady's been on a media blitz lately.

[Stargrasper]

Guess he's finally ready to dedicate time to getting known.  Though at this rate, he might have to accelerate any plans on making the game more generally accessible.

[Sutremaine]

People who are aware of the deeper dangers probably don’t feel enticed to dig deeper, but the promise of finding something exotic down there probably entices newer players to try it out. There’s a geology rewrite upcoming which might shake this up a bit, but we’ll see.

Another geology rewrite? Sounds interesting. Right now, once you go beyond the surface layers, it's all the same until you hit magma.

[Sunday]

People who are aware of the deeper dangers probably don’t feel enticed to dig deeper, but the promise of finding something exotic down there probably entices newer players to try it out. There’s a geology rewrite upcoming which might shake this up a bit, but we’ll see.

Another geology rewrite? Sounds interesting. Right now, once you go beyond the surface layers, it's all the same until you hit magma.

Yeah, IIRC he's going to turn it into 3D veins and clusters, rather than the 2D ones currently.

[Lectorog]

People who are aware of the deeper dangers probably don’t feel enticed to dig deeper, but the promise of finding something exotic down there probably entices newer players to try it out. There’s a geology rewrite upcoming which might shake this up a bit, but we’ll see.

Another geology rewrite? Sounds interesting. Right now, once you go beyond the surface layers, it's all the same until you hit magma.

Yeah, IIRC he's going to turn it into 3D veins and clusters, rather than the 2D ones currently.

"Soon" can be anywhere from 3 weeks to 3 years, so don't get your hopes too high up. All the same, should be a very interesting change. A bit annoying, though, since if you want more you have to dig down; switching z-levels just to mine is going to get old quickly.

[Knight Otu]

Well, no one is talking about "soon" in this thread, but it is scheduled for the content release after the upcoming content release (and associated bugfix releases).

[Endiqua]

Even after years of playing DF, the stories just don't get old.  (Of course, it helps when they're as well-written and amusing as this one.)

[Anathema]

"Soon" can be anywhere from 3 weeks to 3 years, so don't get your hopes too high up. All the same, should be a very interesting change. A bit annoying, though, since if you want more you have to dig down; switching z-levels just to mine is going to get old quickly.

I once read that he plans to do some kind of "mine out entire vein" command eventually. Hopefully that would go in at the same time as 3d veins, whenever that may be.

[Sutremaine]

Yeah, IIRC he's going to turn it into 3D veins and clusters, rather than the 2D ones currently.

I've heard of that one. That'll just change the shape of the metal resources, not their general distribution.