I have a few hours of this game, and they might be many but for the pace of the game, are still few (1.034.00h) because the logic of playing this game is not about completing X type of objective or anything of the sorts to get an achievement or a feeling of completion. Its about enjoying it, having fun.
Dwarf Fortress is not about developing skills, I found this the hard way. Dwarf Fortress is about finding stories, funny living beings and getting interested on what will they develop.
If you can manage to like ASCII graphics, the earlier versions are still available on Bay12 but buying the game will not be about "getting a copy", buying is endorsing Tarn and Zach passion project.
The game is a pure sandbox, you get your 7 dwarves at the start and then everything else is up to you. A failure is never a fail state like in many other games and there is no incentive to continue playing if you are not having fun.
In such case you can just save, go back to the main menu and generate a new world. If you want to play on the same world, retire the fortress and start a new one on the same world.

Its a forever game were you play without pressure, were you can savour it, enjoy it. There are no mechanics like DF-inspired games that force you to end your gameplay (Rimworld spaceship, archotech vaults and so on), you can play this game forever.
And this is how I got 1.034.00 hours of this game, just playing nice and slow. Spending lots of hours reading Legends, characters personalities and beliefs, Giant Sponges and Kakapos personalities and their views on commerce, morality and so on.

It's fun, its a game that takes you out of the current system were games are MADE to be enjoyed for X ammount of time.
Thanks Tarn, Zach and Putnam for currently making this game more acessible and developing a game that make us take a step back and just enjoy things.

I have a few hours of this game, and they might be many but for the pace of the game, are still few (1.034.00h) because the logic of playing this game is not about completing X type of objective or anything of the sorts to get an achievement or a feeling of completion. Its about enjoying it, having fun. Dwarf Fortress is not about developing skills, I found this the hard way. Dwarf Fortress is about finding stories, funny living beings and getting interested on what will they develop. If you can manage to like ASCII graphics, the earlier versions are still available on Bay12 but buying the game will not be about "getting a copy", buying is endorsing Tarn and Zach passion project. The game is a pure sandbox, you get your 7 dwarves at the start and then everything else is up to you. A failure is never a fail state like in many other games and there is no incentive to continue playing if you are not having fun. In such case you can just save, go back to the main menu and generate a new world. If you want to play on the same world, retire the fortress and start a new one on the same world. Its a forever game were you play without pressure, were you can savour it, enjoy it. There are no mechanics like DF-inspired games that force you to end your gameplay (Rimworld spaceship, archotech vaults and so on), you can play this game forever. And this is how I got 1.034.00 hours of this game, just playing nice and slow. Spending lots of hours reading Legends, characters personalities and beliefs, Giant Sponges and Kakapos personalities and their views on commerce, morality and so on. It's fun, its a game that takes you out of the current system were games are MADE to be enjoyed for X ammount of time. Thanks Tarn, Zach and Putnam for currently making this game more acessible and developing a game that make us take a step back and just enjoy things.