New Version of Dwarf Fortress Released

Patrick Lum on Saturday, April 3, 2010 4:00PM

Indie game studio Bay 12 Games chose the cover of the worst day on the Internet, April Fools Day, to release the newest version of insane world simulator Dwarf Fortress.

The sprawling, overly-ambitious Dwarf Fortress update introduces Dwarven Healthcare (which is a “big ****ing deal”, apparently), massive underground cave systems, reworked military management, creature profiles and materials systems, as well as all-around general tweaks and changes.

In order to completely understand the madness of its creators and the associated madness of the community, it may be necessary to take a peak at the changelogs, which contain such gems as “Creatures inherit appearances from their parents. This includes dominant/recessive genes,” and “It is now possible to ‘flay’ a creature. Have fun.”

At present, this release is still a little buggy; notable bugs include the fact that corpses don’t appear to rot yet, severely underpowered blunt force weapons and booze infinitely locked in kitchens. Not that the dwarves are complaining.

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Tags: Bay 12, dwarf, dwarf fortress, Dwarven Healthcare, dwarves, indie games, insane games, roguelikes

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