Talk:Slaves to Armok II: Dwarf Fortress

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Rewrote the history section. I might take a stab at editing and expanding the gameplay section, and describing the general goals of the project, such as a planned development section, might be warrented. --65.185.222.223 00:26, 11 October 2006 (UTC) AC2012

In addition to a development section, it might be worthwhile to add a section on the interesting parts of DF that don't involve either fortress or adventure mode, such as world generation, legends, the languages created for the game, ect. 65.185.222.223 14:39, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Adventure Mode Stuff

Expanded the Adventure Mode section. We need to expand this a lot (without stuffing it full of things anyone can find on the main DF Wiki) so that it justifies having an entry. If anyone can think of anything else that should be done to the Adventure mode section, let me know. --Elaragirl 20:39, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Userbox

Please don't hit me, but....


{{subst:Userbox | border-c = #996 | border-s = 1 | id-c = black | id-s = 14 | id-fc = black | info-c = #EEE | info-s = 10 | info-fc = black | id = [[Image:Dorfs.JPG|Dwarf Fortress]] | info = '''[[Dwarf_Fortress|In Ur Base, Killing Ur Dorfs]]''' | float = left }}


E This user is in ur fortress,
killin ur dorfs.
Surely you mean
{{subst:Userbox|id-c=black|id-fc=gray|id-s=24|id=<tt>E</tt>|info=This user is in ur [[Dwarf Fortress|fortress]],<br>killin ur [[dwarf|dorfs]].|float=right}}
--Quuxplusone is so sorry 02:36, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] So someone finally created it

I added this article to Millionth topic pool more than a year ago! :)  Grue  18:57, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

For reference purposes, this is only an "alpha" because of the quite, quite ambitious plans of the authors. Players are already treating these early versions as a full-fledged game. --Kizor 22:31, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Include links to various forum threads?

Since the game owes much of its popularity to various forum threads such as the ones at Penny Arcade or Something Aweful, wouldn't it be a good idea to mention that in the article, and to dig up the links to the most prominent ones and include them at the end? James Lednik 06:08, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

No. Sources such as those are likely to be evaluated as both questionable and unverifiable, not to mention prone to undue bias, and do not represent profitable means by which to improve this article. See Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Examples and Wikipedia:Verifiability and Wikipedia:Reliable sources for discussion of same. D. Brodale 06:37, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
I wasn't proposing it as a means to acquire sources or even new information, but as a resource to the reader. James Lednik (talk) 04:35, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
I believe the existing link to the official Bay 12 Games site is sufficient, as it isn't terribly difficult to find one's way to the forums from there. It's probably overkill to link to specific threads on those or other forums, as it seems reasonable people landing here will know how to use a search engine if so inclined and selection of "the most prominent [threads]" strikes me as problematic. Is it really notable to mention that the game is the subject of forum postings? Is that notable for any game in the Internet era? Would it convey anything meaningful beyond "people talk about game ________?" D. Brodale (talk) 05:04, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
The Dwarf Fortress Wiki links to those threads on their main page. The threads change quite frequently, and that Wiki will do a better job of keeping the URLs up-to-date.--Father Goose (talk) 05:08, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
I concur with this rationale, as well. D. Brodale (talk) 05:20, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 3D

Perhaps it is mentionable that the game recently changed from 2 to 3 dimensions? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 164.116.224.11 (talk) 21:09, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

I've been pondering that. The change itself isn't all that significant except to those who are playing the game, but the fact that it's (now) a roguelike with completely three-dimensional maps is fairly unusual. I might do a bit of a rewrite to reflect that.--Father Goose (talk) 21:21, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
It's not primarily roguelike in nature, but that's neither here nor there. At this point, it would seem that the most that could be said is that the game models three dimensions. D. Brodale (talk) 22:37, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:DwarfFortressBuilding.png

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BetacommandBot (talk) 20:34, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

False alarm. We appreciate the effort, though. Don't know what we'd do without you.--Father Goose (talk) 02:08, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
I take it you don't realize how many good images are deleted because of this petty rule "thanks" to B-Bot?  Grue  12:23, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
Re-read my comment with the sarcasm filter turned on.--Father Goose (talk) 20:31, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Another source

There's a GeekNights interview with Tarn here which is rich with possible development history references. Marasmusine (talk) 11:49, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Also see Gamasutra's interview with Tarn [1] - 123.176.41.38 (talk) 05:18, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Not to mention The Escapist, which features the game and the creator's views prominently. Someoneanother 10:01, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] PC Gamer UK review

Was it really a review and not just an article? I'm living in the wrong house to check the mag right now but it's the sort of thing I'd think I'd remember. Mallocks (talk) 17:27, 4 June 2008 (UTC)