Team Bay 12 Games launched a beta-version of the adventure mode for Dwarf Fortress in Steam. All owners of the game can create a character and send him on a trip.
The release of the adventurer regime with pixel graphics is an event that all fans were waiting for Dwarf Fortress Since the release of the game in the store Valve. Unlike the "fortress", here the player controls the small detachment of the protagonist, and not the whole people of the diggers.
You can start your adventure in http://casinoclassiconline.co.uk/ one of the worlds that were generated for the "fortress" mode or create the surrounding space from scratch. The main character can be a person, dwarf, elf, goblin or semirid. The latter – an extensive category of humanoid variations of all kinds of living creatures. Here you can find a crab man, a man-man, a mudfire and not only. In total, there are over 150 options for semiids in beta versions, each has a unique portrait.
The adventurer mode uses the same depth as the original Dwarf Fortress, Therefore, in a battle, here you can attack in a variety of ways, grab enemies for certain teeth and not only. Within the framework of history, the hero must perform tasks, develop, look for more powerful equipment and explore the world where everything is stimulated and generated procedurally.
Also, for the adventure regime, the studio released a separate soundtrack. More developers have finalized the generation of portraits of characters for all races except semiids. If a wide nose or scar on the eye appears in the generated description, then the appearance of the dwarf will change the text. Also soon developers will add display of equipment elements in portraits.
To start the "Adventure" mode, you need to turn on the beta version Dwarf Fortress In the properties of the game in Steam. The developers warn that there may still be bugs in the game, but they are ready to promptly release patches to eliminate them.
The next step development of the pixel Dwarf Fortress will become systems of magic and villains.