OMG, Dwarf fortress has like totaly sold out

[Oarfish]

It's gone 3D.

 

[Admiral Rimjob POOBUM]

And... what a 3D it is.
No, really, what the fuck is that? Looks like Escher.

 

[Sentenza]

I think the step from asciiart to 3d is just too much

why not a nicer 2d looks? Ascii is for text and early '70 terminals, for fuck sake

 

[Oarfish]

He's still keeping the ASCII for general viewing, but the world is now 3D to support proper liquid flows (among other things). That interface extension looks bloody scary though.

 

[dagorkan]

Well 3D is necessary (you are burrowing into a mountain) but does it necessarily have to be full 3D? Couldn't you an unlimited number of 2D levels?

 

[Nedrah]

Great, another screen that can be ignored.

Now, how about those 2d object tiles?
Creatures are already being done, it seems.

 

[Zomg]

I know I'd like a 3D view when I'm in a dwarf town in adventure mode. Brains are not designed to integrate a lot of horizontal slices of questionable order into a 3D image.

Also, fuck your god damn tiles. Stop shitting up the ASCII aesthetic. You've got a million fucking games already.

 

[Nicolai]

Gosh, what's the date, guys?

 

[Durwyn]

Really not fucking funny at all...

 

[Nedrah]

I know I'd like a 3D view when I'm in a dwarf town in adventure mode. Brains are not designed to integrate a lot of horizontal slices of questionable order into a 3D image.

Also, fuck your god damn tiles. Stop shitting up the ASCII aesthetic. You've got a million fucking games already.

There are lot of ASCII based games out there, too.
Unfortunately, I know of no other game, graphics or not, that is anything like DF.
Let's just keep the ASCII as an option but make tiles (or better - it's fake ASCII on opengl after all) an option for the impaired amongst us, right?

edit: Isn't the 1st over?

 

[Severian Silk]

I wouldn't mind the full game being 3D, like S.C.O.U.R.G.E..

 

[DarkUnderlord]

Hey, I might actually play it now because I won't be staring at various multi-coloured ASCII blips wondering what the fuck is going on.

 

[Cthulhugoat]

Hey, I might actually play it now because I won't be staring at various multi-coloured ASCII blips wondering what the fuck is going on.

 

[Castanova]

That's not an official build is it?

 

[Oarfish]

Its Toady's current development branch. Will be official in a month or so I guess - lots and lots of changes. Might take a few more releases for the gameplay to bed down again after that.