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[-] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

I've tried playing with the default tileset and it hurt my brain.

Does it get better?

[-] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

It does. I don't see the ASCII code anymore. Just dwarf beards in blond and brunette, there is a dog, here a plump helmet.

Joke aside, it really does get better. Usually when I start smoothing rock pathways, things really come together.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

And when you start building gold roads

With microcline flooring in the rooms

[-] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Uhh, decadent. I like it!

[-] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

I need to squirrel myself away for a weekend and get stuck in. I know I'll love it because it's the kind of game I enjoy - the entry point feels a bit higher than I'd expected though!

[-] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Rock and stone! It got way easier for me, when I started to just rely on plump helmets. Dwarfs would eat them raw and drink them brewed. That got me over the first winters.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I personally couldn't get into the game until the steam release. I just watched other runesmiths carve runes into a computer and make dwarves happen.

Even the better tile sets pale in comparison to the steam release. I just wish the steam release hadn't happened under such dire pretenses

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Out of curiosity, what do you mean by "dire pretenses"? I remember the steam release, but wasn't heavily into DF before that, so maybe I wasn't aware of things going on in the community? Or is that more about the state of the game on initial release?

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I assume the health concerns from Zach and Tarn that prompted the Steam release is the dire pretense?

[-] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Play the steam version, then you’ll be able to easily pick up the ascii version

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