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Plus a FAQ!

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Future of the Fortress - August 2023

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The Bay 12 Games Report, August 8th 2023

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Lordwall sits at the foot of a giant glacier in a high mountain valley. The small microclimate this location enjoys has proven to be stimulating to all dwarves spirituality. Lordwall has just established an organized religion, devoted to the worship of Rîsen, the Goddess of mountains and caverns. Thikut Blowgirder has assumed the role of Sacred Shadow, Rîsen's earthly prophet. While many of our dwarves worship this deity, not everybody subscribes to Thikut's teachings. Time will tell if Lordwall's inhabitants heed the prophecies being foretold, or if division will threaten our fledgling civilization.

[-] Lells@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago

Or "Just google it"

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Lells@kbin.social to c/DwarfFortress@kbin.social

Saw this link on our sibling magazine, thought I'd share it here for anybody that hadn't seen it. Originally posted by @plule

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Toady answers questions about the future of the game every month.

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The Bay 12 Games Report, July 1st 2023

[-] Lells@kbin.social 53 points 1 year ago

Hehe, the actual "old internet" resembles the fediverse of today, it's what we thought the internet was supposed to be back then. Once corporations found the internet, we got the bullshit we have today.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Lells@kbin.social to c/DwarfFortress@kbin.social

Release notes for 50.09 (June 28, 2023):

In this release, we're updating the engine from SDL to SDL2, and there are many optimizations to go along with it. Aside from the optimizations, SDL2 is also the stepping stone to ports. We have Linux compiling and playable; it just needs some testing.

Moreover, there is now a(n experimental) multithreading option in the game settings that makes the game even faster!

We also have some new individual tree graphics, and an update to grass ramps as well.

This has been mostly the hard work of Putnam! Meanwhile I've started up on adventure mode - the long work of updating menus and adding audio has begun! Hopefully we'll have some progress to show their soon, as we continue updating fortress mode as well.

New stuff

  • Updated to SDL2 and made many surrounding changes. Various performance gains!
  • Experimental multithreading is available from game settings.

Graphics additions/changes

  • Some more trees now have individual graphics (maple, willow, cedar, larch, kapok, papaya, macademia.)
  • Updated some ramp images.
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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Lells@kbin.social to c/DwarfFortress@kbin.social

This year the Dwarf Fortress Gladiator Tournament is being run over on the Bay 12 Forum. Come join and have fun reading about your poor gladiator and their struggles. Signups are open until July 5th, 15:00 GMT, but please sign up as soon as you can, since it can take a little while to get on the forum even if I'm monitoring it consistently.

[-] Lells@kbin.social 25 points 1 year ago

Reddit: You can't be private, people need to see the content, reopen or else!
TIHI: No.
Reddit: Fine, mods are gone and we've reopened the community. People who want to be mods speak up
Crickets: Cricket noises
Reddit: This sub is unmoderated, so it's now banned so nobody can see it

So... Reddit just reclosed the sub they said MUST be open.

Sound logic. Real class act.

[-] Lells@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago

Whenever people say "Somebody should do something!" they very rarely ever add "and the somebody is me"

[-] Lells@kbin.social 15 points 1 year ago

"Far Right" and "Extremist" are not Christian. Christian is John 13:34

"A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another."

That's what being woke is. Loving one another, regardless of how we may or may not have sinned.

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I use these in all my forts, makes for amazing organization

[-] Lells@kbin.social 22 points 1 year ago

Democracies work when the voting populace is educated and informed. Unfortunately, humanity willfully avoids being either in favor of opinion and bias.

[-] Lells@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

@v13 Here's what I wrote to him, in case you're interested.

Dear /u/Spez,

I am tired of the value I provide as a contributor and user of Reddit not being fairly compensated while Reddit makes money. I'm gone until I start getting more money than you do for my content. It's not fair that you should be making money for something I freely provide.

Yeah, that's YOUR argument, funny how it doesn't go both ways, isn't it? You're such a hypocrite, and your ego has killed any desire for me to interact with Reddit anymore. You provide infrastructure, and you provide a name brand, and that's all you provide you arrogant little man. Your users provide all the value to Reddit, and they don't get paid either. Stop acting like you provide any fucking value, because you don't. You are pathetic.

[-] Lells@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago

I actually sent spez a private message on my way out, calling out what an arrogant hypocrite he is. He probably won't ever read it, but man it felt good writing it.

[-] Lells@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago

/r/ModCoord is polling subs, a lot of support still for indefinite blackout

[-] Lells@kbin.social 25 points 1 year ago

Despite what advertising executives believe, the majority of us would gladly pay if it meant not having to deal with ads. I hate ads so much.

[-] Lells@kbin.social 15 points 1 year ago

Aren't these the same people who claim that an unborn baby has every right to live, even if they're only like 4 cells and still dividing? Does like... that right to life just end once they're birthed? I really don't get how these people justify their stupidity.

[-] Lells@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago

Back in Reddit, I might have also have seen this in "TalesFromTheFrontDesk", which is another one I'm missing over here right now. It's one of those great "ticks the boxes of both" stories.

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