So, what're you playing?

[Rasix]

Looks ugly and I hate gnomes. 

[bhodi]

It's got a lot less depth and a few annoying quirks, but it's got build menus and graphics. It's got about as much "content" as dwarf fortress did before they introduced Z level. So, basic military with gear you can craft, about 5 types of ore, 3 types of wood, and the wood, stone, wool, food, drink, stockpiles, item quality, and navigation are all familiar to people who have played DF.

It's updated every two weeks. About three weeks ago, a new system got introduced that introduced 'parts' and partial items, which I am not a huge fan of. Having to craft Hilt + blade as sword ingredients. Last patch, they made it automatically queue the parts, but it's somewhat buggy and isn't real good about knowing what parts are slated for something else. You can turn off the autoqueue, but it added a decent amount of annoying tedium.

Just think of them as dwarves without beards.

[Sjofn]

Gnomoria took over my life for the past week.

See, that's why I haven't started playing it yet. 

[Sky]

Luckily it's not tv friendly. Tiny fonts.

Phew.

However, you bastards (and bastardette, you know who you are) got me back into minecraft again. I really just want to finish Sleeping Dogs so I can put it down. But it's fun and quite long for casual play (and adhd, most days I play I never actually do what I intended to when logging in).

[Soulflame]

Looks ugly and I hate gnomes.  Maybe it's because I've worked for it so long I no longer see the code.  There's a cat.  There's a dwarf.  That's a legendary item...

Dwarf Fortress is the matrix?

[Yegolev]

If the matrix was coded by a misanthrope, yes.

[Rishathra]

If the matrix was coded by a misanthrope, yes.

[Sky]

We just need Neo to show up and give us a proper GUI for DF?

No wonder everyone was so excited about that dude.

[Paelos]

I'm not graphics whore, but I will fully admit the reason I don't play DF, even though the idea appeals to me a lot, is the lack of a remotely user-friendly GUI.

[Ingmar]

Yeah, it isn't about the graphics - I happily play Nethack to this day - it is about the accessibility.

[Ratman_tf]

Gnomoria took over my life for the past week.

What's the state of the game roughly? I tried it a while ago and liked what I saw, but there wasn't much to it at that point.

[Rasix]

Yeah, it isn't about the graphics - I happily play Nethack to this day - it is about the accessibility.

Half of the fun of picking up DF again is trying to remember the nonsensical key mapping.  It's like getting accustomed to SWTOR camera control after a long time away.

Being sick makes me not want to play anything.  Bleh. When the world ends, it will be because a three year old gave the super avian death flu to everyone.

edit: Well, I haven't exactly been playing nothing, but iphone games don't count.  This Puzzles and Dragons thing is slightly addictive.

[Phred]

Gnomoria took over my life for the past week.

I urge you not to play it. Don't! I mean just look at my fortress:

And my great hall to attract more gnomads

Are those statues? Damn I need to update my client.

[bhodi]

What's the state of the game roughly? I tried it a while ago and liked what I saw, but there wasn't much to it at that point.

Um, It's probably got more now. The gameplay is about pre-noble DF. You get attacked every night based on your kingdom worth, plus attacks from mants if you have too much food/drink starting one year later. There's one constructed food (sandwich) made from meat and grain (sausage and bread) that you create. Three drinks, two of which you want. You can do things to floors and walls, make trade goods and statues. There are SOME mechanisms now. You've got levers and pumps and mechanical doors. Two kinds of traps (piercing, slashing). The mechanism system is fairly crude right now. You have crossbows and blunderbuses. There is no 'happiness' yet, only tired, hungry, and thirsty. You've got 5 major metal grades, copper->tin->bronze->lead/iron->steel. Cloth is way more important than DF, so you have an additional chain to bring up. Merchants come once a season to trade for your goods.

I don't totally like the weird isometric selection, but I've gotten used to it. It's a fun little game to play to where it starts to get boring and you've unlocked everything and have a steady fort, probably 7-8 hours of gameplay. That's extended by dying over and over though until you get the hang of it, of course. I think it'll be a much deeper game a year from now.

If you do play, make sure to bind a key to mine (m) cancel selection (n) stairs up (j) stairs down (k) and build item (t) mostly for torches. It makes the game a lot more usable. And, monsters will spawn in unlit areas anything in -8 or below, so light your mines up. Yep, those are statues.

I tried to go back to DF, but I gave up because I forgot the key mappings.

[Lantyssa]

Yeah, it isn't about the graphics - I happily play Nethack to this day - it is about the accessibility.

Dwarf Fortress = vi rewritten by a drunk
Gnomeria = emacs

I'm a vi gal.

[Ironwood]

You can get a cream that will help with that.

[Lantyssa]

I'm pretty sure it's a birth defect.

[Soulflame]

vi is awesome.  True story.

[Rasix]

So, any requests for something they'd like to see me fail at in Dwarf Fortress? 

I'm thinking maybe a full evil territory or something like extreme heat or cold. Or just another swamp.  I always end up in swamps.

[ezrast]

Surface dwarves.

[Sky]

So, any requests for something they'd like to see me fail at in Dwarf Fortress? 

Coding a GUI?

[Ingmar]

So, any requests for something they'd like to see me fail at in Dwarf Fortress? 

I'm thinking maybe a full evil territory or something like extreme heat or cold. Or just another swamp.  I always end up in swamps.

I don't think I've ever seen someone do an extreme heat one. Full evil is pretty funny, too, with the slime rain and dwarf vomit everywhere.

[Malakili]

We just need Neo to show up and give us a proper GUI for DF?

No wonder everyone was so excited about that dude.

Well, I just came across this today: http://store.steampowered.com/app/224500/

[Trippy]

We just need Neo to show up and give us a proper GUI for DF?

No wonder everyone was so excited about that dude.

Well, I just came across this today: http://store.steampowered.com/app/224500/

http://forums.f13.net/index.php?topic=4795.msg1169449#msg1169449

[Rasix]

We just need Neo to show up and give us a proper GUI for DF?

No wonder everyone was so excited about that dude.

Well, I just came across this today: http://store.steampowered.com/app/224500/

That's not a record bloodworth, but that's a damn strong showing.

[Sjofn]

We just need Neo to show up and give us a proper GUI for DF?

No wonder everyone was so excited about that dude.

Well, I just came across this today: http://store.steampowered.com/app/224500/

That's not a record bloodworth, but that's a damn strong showing.

Especially given http://forums.f13.net/index.php?topic=4795.msg1169173#msg1169173   Bloodworthed TWICE.

[Lucas]

Tropico 4 is fantastic, that is all.

[Yegolev]

I'm being sold on it ever so slowly.  I remember enjoying the first one.  If I get it and it makes my neckbeard bristle in anger, I'm blaming most of you.

Dark Souls.  Upgrading a cestus to accept the Iron Golem core.  Already upgraded the Giants Armor set to +5 and it's so far the best general-purpose armor I have.  Black Iron is a very close second, so if you don't have enough encumbrance you can just stop there.  Also Greatshield of Artorias is great.  Unless you like dodging things.

[PalmTrees]

I've been playing Tropico 4 lately as well. Fun, but a bit easy. Ran up against x-box limits on a recent sandbox run. Once population gets near 600, stop getting immigrants and births since it can't handle that many agents.

Also been playing Swotor. Finished jedi knight. Bounty hunter is next and then I'll have finished all the class stories.

[Lantyssa]

I'm being sold on it ever so slowly.  I remember enjoying the first one.  If I get it and it makes my neckbeard bristle in anger, I'm blaming most of you.

It'll make your neckbeard bristle in delight.

[Sky]

Dark Souls just went on steam sale for $20.

[Rasix]

So, any requests for something they'd like to see me fail at in Dwarf Fortress? 

I'm thinking maybe a full evil territory or something like extreme heat or cold. Or just another swamp.  I always end up in swamps.

I don't think I've ever seen someone do an extreme heat one. Full evil is pretty funny, too, with the slime rain and dwarf vomit everywhere.

So, tried some high temp evil.   That went well..

Evil gloom: how bad could it be? 

[ezrast]

Dark Souls just went on steam sale for $20.

What was the final verdict on that game anyway? As good as Demon's? I've been playing it but the Bell Gargoyle fight is starting to make me feel silly. Are the classes balanced? I expect I just still suck.

[Ingmar]

The people who like it REALLY like it, for whatever that's worth. I haven't tried it.

[jakonovski]

Playing Dead Space 3 courtesy of Simcity fuckup. I know it gets worse, but having just gotten to the spaceship graveyard, the game is pretty awesome. The tone and atmosphere is what Mass Effect 3 should've been.