Dwarf Fortress Creator Explains its Complexity & Origins | Noclip Interview

The obligatory greatest bug report ever. Dwarf Fortress developer gets in depth about it. So great. The complexity of this game is mind boggling. [VIDEO]

This interview with Tarn Adams (one of the creators of dwarf fortress) is amazing and gives a good idea of the depth and pace of development. It’s pretty bonkers TBH, I’d love to understand the abstractions and data models involved with software engineering this ambitious. [VIDEO]

When talking about complexity I was fascinated with this interview of one of the dwarf fortress developers explaining how the cats kept dying from alcohol poisoning due to emergent behavior caused by a bug [VIDEO]

You may find this NoClip interview interesting, though it doesn't delve too much into technical things and is more high level/ game design focused. [VIDEO]

I'd also recommend watching this interview NOCLIP recently did with Tarn where he talks specifically about the Steam release... [VIDEO]

One of the creators (Tarn, specifically) does interviews fairly often, talking about the game and progress. Here's a video telling a very famous story about tracking down a bug that involved alcoholic cats [VIDEO] There was also a recent article about Dwarf Fortress published to the Stack Overflow blog [LINK] Edit: There's really a decent amount of stuff out there, they've been making the game for almost 20 years now. So here is a talk that tries to explain DF to an audience, and does talk a little about the simulation. [LINK] I adore DF and am one of those folks who enjoys playing, not just watching videos on youtube. If you do want to give it a go, make sure you find an "Intro to DF" type video and follow it. It's a big learning curve but I love the game so much, and knowing the story of it's creation over time makes me love it even more. It is truly a labor of love by two brothers who have chosen to make it their life's work.

The bug was a numerical error that would cause cats to drink something like the equivalent of a pint of beer for every lick, and therefore die prematurely. He talks about it in this video: [VIDEO]