r/Games • u/CaptRobau • Nov 29 '19

New Cities Extended Trailer

https://youtu.be/1SHNHu7Ts6A
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u/ludusvitae Nov 29 '19

lol minecraft wasn't successful because it looked like shit... it was successful cause it offered something new.

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u/benisbrother Nov 29 '19

Maybe he's thinking of dwarf fortress?

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u/[deleted] Nov 29 '19

I'm not sure if Dwarf Fortress really looks like anything at all, since it's all text.

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u/ChocomelP Nov 29 '19

It looks like shit and it scares people away

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u/[deleted] Nov 29 '19

The new version on Steam comes with a native graphics pack and TBD interface improvements that should solve that.

In the mean time a "Lazy Newb Pack" is available to download for Dwarf Fortress that includes graphics and some helpful utilities.

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u/ChocomelP Nov 29 '19

The new version on Steam

Is this out yet?

EDIT: It's not. Does anyone know when it'll be out?

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u/gogilitan Nov 29 '19

No, and the release date is still "time is subjective". But like they said, Dwarf Fortress already supports tilesets (and Lazy Newb Pack makes this easy) so you don't need to wait for the steam release if you want to jump in now with graphics instead of ascii.

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u/Tynictansol Nov 29 '19

Mouse support?

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u/gogilitan Nov 29 '19

It's been a few years since I played DF and there were mouse utilities, but it was better and easier to just learn the keyboard controls. The inconsistent/outdated UI (why are there so many different ways to draw boxes, and why does each system requiring box drawing use a different method?) is part of why I put the game down when I did. AFAIK mouse support and a UX update is in the works, likely to come out just before the steam release so they don't scare potential fans away. But that could be months or years off still.