How Dwarf Fortress Evolved over 16 Years of Development - (Series Episode Two)

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Published on March 27, 2025 5:43:13 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiNeDarPzeI

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Dwarf Fortress (2006)

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In the second video in our series on Dwarf Fortress we expore the ASCII era of the game and how Tarn and Zach kept the lights on while updating a free game for almost two decades.

Dwarf Fortress Links/Creators:
Boatmurdered: https://lparchive.org/Dwarf-Fortress-Boatmurdered/Introduction/
Kruggsmash -
Blind:    / @blindirl  
Dwarf Fortress Roundtable https://dfroundtable.com/
A Strange Mood: https://astrangemoodpodcast.com/

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00:00 - Intro
01:19 - Explaining Dwarf Fortress
5:19 - Updates
13:12 - The Community
19:23 - Bugs
22:54 - Adding Things
25:26 - Difficult Times
32:17 - Outro
33:08 - CREDITS

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