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Losing is fun!
Well it's finally here!

The release of Dwarf Fortress on Steam. Booya boi!


![image.png](https://images.hive.blog/DQmcu4tMWHtE1sZGAKL7amLGdCjBGYd7JvDM5iWkCwAUT3k/image.png)

It's about 50 bucks and the download is quite small for a rich game. Of course since I have not opened and played it I am still at the loading screen.

![image.png](https://images.hive.blog/DQmZ9gFKAY37whwPMYncANKTciRz773pFWNGZSFEkfDZHKB/image.png)

I had played this game when it was in ASCI style then unto the modded version.


![image.png](https://images.hive.blog/DQmTU4ok5gNkJ9BP1AMGhDYsSayuLRaM9g7Q3749bXxtGXk/image.png)

The first thing I notice is the loss of that cutscene.


![image.png](https://images.hive.blog/DQmYvxPcYmqYRP3BmKKTDyhE3UDuz63puzpGksEPSdoPXHa/image.png)

After making the world. It is a whole process and will form part of the over arching storyline each dwarven fortress you may end up playing with. I chose the biggest possible map since I think I will just have one continuous world loaded once.


![image.png](https://images.hive.blog/DQmQZ1tzJQGcftA3PiiFxY6XLnQ131kiyXoeAuNyB6BiFp4/image.png)

The initial look what the world looks like. I like it!

![image.png](https://images.hive.blog/DQmcmuFvEG1SozkWTrNubBoqXQozhz59fGZWKTZ3xrdox1k/image.png)

I mean after seeing this in [ASCI](https://www.dailydot.com/parsec/dwarf-fortress-update-2014/) you will just have to trust me if you have not played the old version. I think since this is the first release of the game on steam there will be some things that will not have the complete features of course. 

When entering the world you are greeted with a timer moving forward, I think this ticks the game world time forward as well?


![image.png](https://images.hive.blog/DQmYf73A1CZQe6dNd9N7SC82FgoFSGMix5wMna1B71uN7Wi/image.png)

That is just awesome. I think I may be a bit biased to anything so far I am encountering in the game LOL.

**Tutorials?**


![image.png](https://images.hive.blog/DQmPbwN1xPEy1JqUPsGo8oamJh4AnLUFbj6hqdu37wrTKaB/image.png)


Who needs them!


![image.png](https://images.hive.blog/DQmf5L3vN6yEkhYmk6JauKRQbU9qV16nazAqBKQuGtCWD9J/image.png)

After choosing a sight I am now going through the process of customising my dwarven colony. 

Meet one of them


![image.png](https://images.hive.blog/DQmQQDj5ZUdMtpBVSmc6NhhxUms68i3T94bw1emFZbPT8ze/image.png)

Oh man this is so awesome. My favorite thing about this game is the sheer wonder reading the descriptions and stories built into the dwarves themselves.  I spent quite a bit of time going through each individual dwarf in the embarkation members. Each one has 10 points to play with and the there are 4 kinds of skills or characteristics each one gets to have. From memory if your dwarf is not a novice in something it will take a long time for them to do things they are not even considered a novice at.

Then you have the selection of what to bring with them. I was left thinking of all the different kinds of possible things they will need in the coming years ahead of them. I clearly remember from my last time playing one of my dwarfs went on a rampage because there was no beer and no one who knew how to brew. So it was imperative of me to have a barrel and a brewer with us. Along with the tools to make them. Or I think I chose the equipment correctly.

I am not an expert when I played this game.

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@incublus · 
That's interesting. Losing is not really fun for me but maybe in that game it is. It looks complicated for me. Does it really?

Having a beer guy is a good decision. I know dwarves like beer hahaha. I watched LOTR last night.
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@akumagai · 
There is also truth in losing not being fun. The game has a ton of simulations running on each dwarf. It is a clunky game which makes it hard.

Pause is everyone's best friend.

Beer and deserves are a novel idea.
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@kaelci · 
I'm interested in this game but $50 seems a bit pricey at the moment! Might wait for a special. 😅 I didn't play the old ASCII version but I've heard a lot about it. It seems really interesting; the perfect simulation!!
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@akumagai ·
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HAHAH I wouldn't call it perfect simulation but it is very involved when it comes to the dwarves feelings and their interactions to the game world.

And yes 50 bucks is much but I would like to think of it as a perfect tool to avoid having to go out and spend money on alcohol and smokes. Then again I am writing this with a hangover and a smoke filled throat from a night of hard session at the local.
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