Dwarf Fortress is getting the mother of all magic updates

monospacegames 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

It's been a while since I last played DF and I'm surprised to see that both this article and the video are a bit light on details, IIRC they used to showcase upcoming updates a lot more.

Digging a bit more it looks like the magic system will be built around deities, spheres of influence [1], and workshops/professions centered around magic leading to procedurally generated spells. I'm really excited to see how it'll turn out.

[1] https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Sphere

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Mobius01 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

I wish nothing but success to Tarn and Zach, it’s great that releasing on Steam and adding a friendlier UI helped the game reach new audiences. It’s the proverbial time black hole.

	▲	frollogaston 2 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Weirdly the ASCII art was what drew me in the most. Once accustomed to it, feels like The Matrix where they're reading the world.
	▲	UltraSane a day ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		In a documentary about them putting Dwarf Fortress on Steam Tarn talked about how he had to split the $7 million first payment from Steam with his brother and it turned out the easiest way was to just use the bank app.