A game Dominion players(and modders) might enjoy

Omnirizon · #1 February 11th, 2008, 04:39 AM

Ah!!!

Tarn Adams made DF.
I used to play Liberal Crime Squad, also by Adams.

Dedas · #2 February 11th, 2008, 05:28 AM

He he, Dwarf Fortress is the most awesome game on the net in my opinion. Somehow it reaches out and touches the very core of my gaming soul in a way that not many games have done before. X-Com 1&2 and Civ1&2 comes to mind. So in my opinion it is truly "beyond quality".

The weird thing is that it is totally free and still only in early Alpha!

Agrajag · #3 February 11th, 2008, 05:47 AM

When I read the description in the first post I thought "I don't think he means DF, but DF sure fits this description.", and I was thinking about mentioning the awesome DF. But then I see everyone else thought similarly

So yeah, DF is awesome. Probably an important reason why I'm going to fail my next exam

Endoperez · #4 February 11th, 2008, 06:46 AM

Dwarf Fortress is awesome. By the way, I've been modding the language files to edit how the words are used. I couldn't do anything about verbs, which are still used in crazy ways, but I've changed the other words so that you're more likely to get "Yellowboat" or "Crystalaxes" than "Syrupsbluenesses" or "Authordiamond". Also, I limited most stupid words out; added adjective-like words to verbs such as flying, swimming, rising; limited nouns to just singular or plural when fitting (blueness instead of bluenesses), limited availability of words in names (no bluenessessyrups the bad grammar, no antwhite, etc; bluesyrup and whiteants can still happen).
I'm on page 115 of 192 and I think I'll add a bucketload of new words after that, but I can bump this thread when I finish it if anyone's interested.

LDiCesare · #5 February 11th, 2008, 09:04 AM

Dwarf Fortress takes getting into it too I suppose. I havent managed to in any case. I have lots of difficulty getting anyhting done in that game. Or, in fact, just getting started.

Dedas · #6 February 11th, 2008, 10:56 AM

Well the learning curve is quite high (in some ways higher than Dominion's). But once you get over it, you will thank yourself. Trust me.

sector24 · #7 February 11th, 2008, 01:39 PM

Have any of you guys played Laser Squad Nemesis? It's like the Dominions 3 of squad level combat and has a similar gameplay model (players take turns and they are resolved simultaneously). It's made by the same guy that designed X-COM: UFO Defense (Enemy Unknown). I think Dominions 3, X-COM, LSN are my top 3 favorite games.