[jonchurch_]

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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAhHkJQ3KgY

There was also a recent article about Dwarf Fortress published to the Stack Overflow blog https://stackoverflow.blog/2021/12/31/700000-lines-of-code-2...

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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykLm2o_cX9w

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.

[professoretc]

I read the SO blog post and thought it was a pretty cool coincidence that Adams was talking about SplitMix64 when I had just recently given a talk about it. Then I scrolled down and saw the video of my talk.

[nonethewiser]

that's amazing. congrats

[ilyt]

> If you do want to give it a go, make sure you find an "Intro to DF" type video and follow it.

Honestly if someone don't mind spending few bucks waiting for Steam release and incoming slew of tutorials might be a better option.

And if you do mind, well,free ascii version will eventually get the new UI too