Dwarf Fortress
A deeply simulated colony management game.
Where Dwarf Fortress comes up1 episode or test
- 1Dwarves drink wineDrinking splashes wine around
- 2Wine lands on catsDwarves splash it onto them
- 3Cats clean themselvesThey drink the wine while cleaning
- 4Cats dieAlcohol poisoning
From Dwarf Fortress, as quoted in the source
What was said about Dwarf Fortress
Dwarf Fortress shows how far interconnected simulation can go, down to cats dying from wine. In Dwarf Fortress, dwarves splash wine onto cats while drinking. The cats then drink it while cleaning themselves and die of alcohol poisoning.
Simulation games have long used interconnectivity to mimic real systems, and immersive sims like Thief and Deus Ex bring that design into a first-person game with a single controlled character. Builders who want deeply interconnected systems can study this lineage. The source quotes: "cats wind up dying - because dwarves splash wine onto them while drinking".
The Rise of the Systemic Game
Dwarves splash wine on cats, the cats drink it while cleaning themselves, and they die of alcohol poisoning. It shows how far interconnected simulation can go.
Dwarf Fortress shows how far interconnected simulation can go, down to cats dying from wine. In Dwarf Fortress, dwarves splash wine onto cats while drinking. The cats then drink it while cleaning themselves and die of alcohol poisoning.
Simulation games have long used interconnectivity to mimic real systems, and immersive sims like Thief and Deus Ex bring that design into a first-person game with a single controlled character. Builders who want deeply interconnected systems can study this lineage. The source quotes: "cats wind up dying - because dwarves splash wine onto them while drinking".
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