Topic: Freeware Games?

Dwarfs!? is a good alternative to Dwarf Fortress. Not free though

Thank you Pandalicious for introducing me to Don't Look Back.

I absolutely love playing Dwarf Fortress. It kicks my backside, but it's so satisfying. It's a gaming marvel the amount of detail goes into each generated world (and every single named inhabitant).

I trust you downloaded the "Lazy Newb Pack"? It makes Dwarf Fortress so much easier.

Firstly, it simplifies graphic pack installation allowing you to play with several different tile sets (or the original ascii if you want to avoid graphic conflicts or if you're a masochist) at the click of a button.

Secondly, it comes with a utility that greatly simplifies dwarf management so you don't have to spend so much time clicking through menus just to change your milker dwarf into a carpenter.

Even then, it's still difficult to get a foothold in a fortress, but I still enjoy it, and would recommend it to anyone (as part of the "Lazy Newb Pack", mind you). The comic factor alone of having a giant ogre bellow his name at you, and 5 seconds later, you read that he's now unconcious on the ground as a dwarf slowly chokes the life out of him with a pair of trousers is extremely potent.

It's supposed to be tough (but at least those utilities I mentioned makes it easier to handle)

The only problem is that it's very CPU intensive - and I belive, it is optimised for a single core machine. No-one owns a computer that can run a 'Dwarf Fortress' fortress for more than 5 years, or a generated world for about 1900 years. There's plenty of optimisation to be done.

I may have to check out this Dwarf Fortress.

I gave 42 cents for the Humble Indie Bundle.

Well that's not freeware then...

Barkley's Shut Up And Jam: Gaiden

Lately, I've really been enjoying a game called Spelunky. It's hard to describe, but if you give it a try, I'm sure you'll love it