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by masakreTech 1236 days ago
And? - Cherry games with Hollow Knight have made more money and it's just a team of three people.
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Hollow Knight is not even remotely close to the complexity and effort of dwarf fortress.
We can celebrate things separately. One good thing does not detract from another.
Jealous people don’t think that way though, unfortunately.
" Comparing accomplishments is a short-circuit pathway to tearing others down."

This is from a comment that I read on HN a few days ago that really stuck out to me, and applies here.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34581366

And Minecraft blows all of them out of the water. That's not the point here. The point is that Dwarf Fortress has been a labor of love for two decades and it's nice to see these guys get some solid financial security for all that hard work.