Subject: And the second year!
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Posted on: 2010-11-01 03:43:00 UTC
http://fortarmorstabbed.blogspot.com/2010/10/year-second.html
The game has been passed on to Artell, who will be taking it from here.
Subject: And the second year!
Author:
Posted on: 2010-11-01 03:43:00 UTC
http://fortarmorstabbed.blogspot.com/2010/10/year-second.html
The game has been passed on to Artell, who will be taking it from here.
That's right, the PPC is playing a succession game of Dwarf Fortress! Arranged on the IRC, this is still very much in the planning stage, but it's already underway with ObscurumAeterna playing the first year! We have high hopes for this fortress and we know it will stand the test of time and-
The fortress is named Armorstabbed.
Several people have already expressed interest on the IRC. They'll get the first turns, of course. But if you want to play, put your name down and we'll chalk you up on the list!
Here's the rules: Everyone plays one year. You have a week real-time. When you see "Spring has Arrived!", save the file and pass it on. Remember to take pictures and make comments on them as time goes by in the year. If you completely ruin the fortress, we'll move back to the last save and pass it on to the next person.
(Note: Many of the people involved so far have little prior experience of Dwarf Fortress. This is undoubtably more Fun.)
Here's the list of people who have expressed interest in playing so far, not necessarily in this order:
ObscurumAeterna
July
Dann
Nakkel
Tranum
Artell
If you did express interest on the IRC and are not on this list, come by and we'll see what we can do.
What is Dwarf Fortress?
Dwarf Fortress is a game where, as the name suggests, you control a fortress of dwarves, keeping them fed, happy, and safe from a lot of things that want your dwarves dead. It lends itself to a lot of insanity, which the infamous LP Boatmurdered can explain better than I can.
*NSFW* The Legend of Boatmurdered *NSFW*
Let's all have lots of Fun.
http://fortarmorstabbed.blogspot.com/2010/10/year-second.html
The game has been passed on to Artell, who will be taking it from here.
I'd always be in for some Fun.
Having started tonight, my turn is already up. I leave my successor with a few z-levels of ore to mine and potentially a food shortage to fix, but it's all for the sake of Fun, right?
Follow our progress at this blog.
Could we potentially get you to forward the savegame to someone so the game can continue?
If you're up for it, then I'll send it your way.
What you sent me was just a clean install of DF - no savegame to be found. Inside your main DF directory, there should be a "save" folder inside the "data" folder - does that have anything in it other than "current"?
Just found a zipped folder named Armorstabbed - if I remember correctly, this is a copy of the region save. I'll try sending this to you via Rapidshare, so get back to me ASAP.
Armorstabbed year two, away!
Few tips for you.
1) The mine being worked now was the first place I found any minerals, so I'd advise going a z-level or two deeper rather than expanding those shafts. Just don't go past the tenth level down, or you risk stumbling upon a cavern and any HFS that might be lurking inside.
2) Read up on farming techniques; you might have a food shortage on your hands. The farm plot is a small room in the southeast corner of the fort's first level.
3) Have Fun. :D
...I realise what a terrible job I actually did. *Sob*
Well, you've done a better job of recovering than I ever could. Nicely done.
My E-mail address is Techno.Dann@gmail.com
You have to transport both the fort save and the region at once, I believe. I think you need to use rapidshare or another site like that.
Will you be naming Dorfs after Boarders?
Also, Armorstabbed is an awesome name for a fortress.