It’s been less than a month since its release on Steam, and sales for Dwarf Fortress have been, in a word, good. According to the latest report from developer Bay 12 Games, nearly half a million copies of the paid version of this complex colony management game were sold in December, an incredible feat for a 20-year-old game that’s still out there (in its original version). ). non-graphical version). form) for free.
“The launch went very well,” writes Tarn Adams in the latest edition of The Bay 12 Games Report, a monthly forum post that reports on the company’s donations. “We won’t have all the hard numbers until mid-February when it’s all worked out through Valve and Kitfox, but the game sold almost half a million copies in December, which is incredible.”
The success allowed Bay 12, which for most of its existence consisted only of the two Adams brothers, to hire a new programmer to help fix bugs and improve the quality of life at Dwarf Fortress. This person is due to start in January, and Tarn Adams writes that this will free him up to spend more time working on new features.
He says that the next big addition to Dwarf Fortress will be an arena mode, and once that’s ready, he’ll start working on an adventure mode that will allow players to turn Dwarf Fortress into a roguelike game where they’ll explore the ruins of their cursed fortresses. .
However, despite the huge success of Dwarf Fortress on Steam, the brothers still have a month to reap the financial rewards. This means that fan input is always important.
“Support us directly and you can make a world of difference,” writes Zach Adams. “We need money from the coffee to spend the last month. That’s it! We won… and it’s your fault!”
The traditional Dwarf Fortress catchphrase could use an update, like “Losing is fun, but winning is fun too.”
Source : PC Gamesn
