Old Nate’s Basement of Curiosity may be temporarily closed for renovation, however life and demise by no means cease in Dwarf Fortress. The everlasting architects of halfling distress have determined that, regardless of the rampant bloodbaths, illness, revolt and hunger, there merely weren’t sufficient shady dealings occurring down the mines. It’s crime time, child – “villainous networks and investigations” are heading to the eternally obtuse administration sim
What’s life with no little stroll on the wild facet, eh? Dwarf Fortress would possibly already not be the most secure place to relocate to, however there are not any plans to make it any safer. The newest deliberate replace for the unending dwarven-management sim includes felony networks and ne’er-do-well nobles, as creator Tarn Adams recently explained.
The plan is to let crooks in excessive locations, plainly hid as your native priest or noble, acquire entry to networks of informants and intermediaries. Should they want one other Dwarf be… eliminated, they’ll search out these middle-managers and contract out all method of darkish dealings. Assassinations, kidnappings, sabotage, or good quaint housebreaking. It’s all on the desk.
This additionally implies that, in a best-case situation, there’ll be a path of breadcrumbs and rumour main from the scene of the crime for inquisitive eyes to observe. These illicit networks work each methods, too. Criminal masterminds could finally blackmail public figures who haven’t paid their dues. Gangs and syndicates will compete and soak up one another, and might now lengthen their sphere of affect into different cities.
Right now, the builders are aiming to get gangs working in historical past technology and the only character / party-based journey mode, earlier than letting it free within the sandbox Fortress mode. There is presently no deliberate launch date, however as soon as villains and investigations is full, publishers Kitfox will start the work of bringing a neat new Dwarf Fortress package deal to Steam.
