Dwarf Fortress! Losing is !!FUN!!

[Spitfire]

Dwarf Fortress is a game made by Tarn Addams, IE: Toady One. It is top down, 2d flat cut out of a map. Imagine if you will layers of graph paper stacked on top of each other. The point of the game is none, there is no way to "win" DF, but there are a million ways to lose. In DF, you have no direct control over anything, but instead make orders, like stronghold or dungeon keeper 2. Every Dwarf has his or her own personality, likes and dislikes, looks, gods, any numerous other things about them. DF simulates things to a level unheard of in most other games, right down to the temperture of each tile, creature's body part, and piece of anything. Not to mention the combat of DF, it is incredibly detailed. Every body part of a creature is simulated, and every weapon can be used in a different way, let's just say it's one of the best combat systems in any game. The main "goals" of DF, even though there are none, is to have your fort survive. you'll need to set up food production, booze production (dwarves need booze), and soon after carve a home into the hillside.
The main reason why I bring it up, is there is an amazing mod someone (Nidoking over there I think) that adds replaces the main game stuff with things from equestria. Ponies, with Pegusi, Unicorns, and earth ponies? yep. Zebras? yep. Buffalo? yep. Griffons? yep. evil ponies? yep. it adds a lot.

this might be better suited to those who know the game though, for, it's not for the faint of heart. (learning curve? HA! it's a learning cliff, that loops.)

I think I'll do some sort of story game (where I just post what's going on, and let people claim ponies as their own). So far, just mention if you want to be a pony. WARNING! DF is violent, and your pony might die at some point. bad things happen in DF.
The world will be my own mix of the mod's earlier version, with a normal DF game. in a world where the elves, humans, goblins, and dwarves, live alongside Ponies. There are 7 ponies at start, I can not garentee a certain mix, but if say, someone wants to be a unicorn, but there are none at first, we'll get some in the first migrant wave, so claim whatever.
Oh yeah, there are royal ponies, very rare. If you want one of those, you'll have to skip getting a regular pony and when one comes I'll hold a drawing. (oh, and since they are so big, they are great in the army )

[Spitfire]

Just like in the new version, I'm a necromancer!
I'm starting this up and actually playing soonish, some pony examples, this one is what could be seen in game, if DF was MLP for the episode "lesson zero":
The bear claws Fluttershy!
Fluttershy dodges!
Fluttershy charges at the bear!
Fluttershy kicks the bear in the upper body!
The bear is surprised by the ferocity of the attack!
The bear is knocked over!
Fluttershy grabs the bear by the neck!
Fluttershy snaps the joint!
Bear is no longer enraged.
Fluttershy has left the martial trance
Twilight Sparkle cancels talk to Fluttershy: went insane!
Twilight Sparkle has gone stark raving mad!
Twilight Sparkle withdraws from society...
Twilight Sparkle has created 'Smartypants' an artifact rope reed cloth doll!
[This is a sheep wool cloth doll. All craftponyship is of the highest quality. It is encrusted with buttons of cobaltite and bauxite. It is decorated with midnight bulb dyed pig tail cloth, peafowl feather, and papyrus ream. The object is adorned with hanging hair of sheep wool yarn. On the item is an image of unicorn and stars.The unicorn is surrounded by stars. The artwork relates to the apprenticeship of Twilight Sparkle the unicorn to Celestia, the royal pony leader of the Lands of Equestria.]

Some random images to be found in the thread over on the DF fourms:
(note, none of these are game based, just random images.)

Spoiler:

And some songs people made over there too:

Cupcakes:

another cupcakes song:

this sums what will happen up nicely:

[Spitfire]

File by file, putting it together
Pony Fort, editing the codes raw by raw
Making sure the game holds up nicely
Always got to keep in mind the spacing
Making sure the brackets correctly facing
We're modding Pony Fortress

[Guest]

Too lazy to read all of this but it sounds fun

[Princess Celestia]

Dwarf Fortress is best game!

I have a very nice fortress with an adamantine plated Hall with Raritys cutie mark imprinted on the floor with gold, a long twisting corridor of death (10 drawbridges) for sieges, mines that go deep deep deep to all the adamantine (no FUN yet though...), an awesome adamantine-clad squad of killers, and way too many dwarves for this to keep going well...

Also tilesets are for pussies. If you can't read the ascii you are not worthy of Armok!

[RandomBlank]

Nah. I pussied out and switched to tileset after a dyplomatic misunderstanding with elves due to misread tile...

I flooded their caravan with lava - they were just departing, when I panically pulled the lava dump lockdown switch after spotting a big herd of [g]azelles approaching the gates.

[Princess Celestia]

Well I think there is a real beauty to ascii.
But these sorts of misunderstandings might happen, yes :D But who cares, those were just elves! You don't need them (except if you're in a biome with no wood of course)

[Littlepip]

.....You said we could be different ponies, right?
...
Could I be one? :3

[Spitfire]

People are interested in this?!

...
I should set this up..

[O. Hinds]

Ah, nice! Will this be a succession game (if it is, I'm afraid that I wouldn't be much good as overseer, as I've still not bothered upgrading from 40d)?

If there's ever an opening, though, could I get a unicorn or earth pony mechanic/architect?

By the way, has anyone ever told you that those marching hammers are kind of mesmerizing?

[Littlepip]

People are interested in this?!

...
I should set this up..

Seems like it.
Can I have a unicorn named Littlepip, then? :3

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