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Dwarf Fortress with Tarn Adams

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“The official motto that we have in our help manual is ‘Losing is fun!’ ”

Dwarf Fortress is a construction and management simulation computer game set in a procedurally generated fantasy world in which the player indirectly controls a group of dwarves, and attempts to construct a successful underground fortress.

Tarn Adams works on Dwarf Fortress with his brother Zach.

Questions

  • What is the objective of Dwarf Fortress?
  • Does the way you’ve designed the gameplay reflect any philosophy about life that you have?
  • What language is Dwarf Fortress written in?
  • Do people build constructs in Dwarf Fortress that you would never have expected?
  • Did your studying complex math at Stanford affect how you’ve developed Dwarf Fortress?
  • What advice would you give to developers listening that want to create their own game?

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tarn-adams

“The official motto that we have in our help manual is ‘Losing is fun!’ ”

Dwarf Fortress is a construction and management simulation computer game set in a procedurally generated fantasy world in which the player indirectly controls a group of dwarves, and attempts to construct a successful underground fortress.

Tarn Adams works on Dwarf Fortress with his brother Zach.

Questions

  • What is the objective of Dwarf Fortress?
  • Does the way you’ve designed the gameplay reflect any philosophy about life that you have?
  • What language is Dwarf Fortress written in?
  • Do people build constructs in Dwarf Fortress that you would never have expected?
  • Did your studying complex math at Stanford affect how you’ve developed Dwarf Fortress?
  • What advice would you give to developers listening that want to create their own game?

Links

Sponsors

Hired.com is the job marketplace for software engineers. Go to hired.com/softwareengineeringdaily to get a $600 bonus upon landing a job through Hired.

Digital Ocean is the simplest cloud hosting provider. Use promo code SEDAILY for $10 in free credit.

The post Dwarf Fortress with Tarn Adams appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

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