I Let Ghosts Destroy my Fortress.

[@BlindiRL]

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[@snailtan4332]

Your thumbnail says HUNTED instead of HAUNTED. Is that on purpose? :D

[@BlindiRL]

Yeah it was. Ghosts are literally hunting the dwarves. I thought it would seem like predator. Might change it due to it confusing people though.

[@kyokyodisaster4842]

This is genuinely one of the most fascinating ideas for a fort if only because it REALLY is a stupid idea. It's like deliberately playing a game wrong to see how long you can last before the game kicks your teeth in...I appreciate it greatly Blind! Oh and happy new year!

[@roboticgamer8990]

agreed some potential other stupid ideas: - sober fortress (no alcohol) - vermin only for food - only one type of food and drink provided (ex. plump helmets) - no clothing allowed - no beds - making the map generate comically hot (ex above boiling point of water) (if memory serves underground is insulated from surface temperatures) - making the map generate comically cold

[@cloudnil]

It's also a way to catalogue the varieties of ghosts.

[@cloudnil]

@@roboticgamer8990 Would civilizations survive through mapgen in those extreme temperatures?

[@kyokyodisaster4842]

ALSO SPOOOKY

[@roboticgamer8990]

@@cloudnil depending on how you do the the mapgen there would be places with "normal" temperatures so yes. (ex. a map with both extreme cold and heat will logically have "normal" temperatures in a buffer zone somewhere between them)

[@cattatra]

I love how successful the fortress was despite your best efforts lol.

[@BuiltNotBoughtUK]

Thanks going through a really tough time right now and this helps Keep me going! Thank you so much. Keep it up, as you help us who can't spare the time to play. All the love. Alex, Alison, Bean and Pickle

[@BlindiRL]

Hang in there.

[@vonnegutfrey8714]

I love this trend of you making cool but unbelievably treacherous fortresses for adventure mode.

[@Th1nk1n6]

"How the hell did [Faintspeaker] get credited the kill [of Oilypaddles the giant porcupine]?" Not sure of the mechanics, but imagine Faintspeaker carried vengeful thoughts to the grave after being killed himself, then upon becoming a ghost, scared Oilypaddles to death sometime prior to scaring Havok the Miner to death through fear.

[@faintspeaker]

It was a pleasure to haunt this fortress, I loved watching these streams 😸

[@BlindiRL]

Ohshit.

[@KeeleTasume]

Faintspeaker made it out of the fortress! Run!

[@Michael-xd8bc]

a haunted youtube comment section, spooky

[@BlindiRL]

If comments start showing up dead.. the prophecy will be true...

[@2013Arcturus]

Dwarf Fortress is basically if Vault Tec existed in the Snow White universe.

[@100Jim]

Live and drink friend.

[@_qnt1672]

Live and drink friend.

[@Cascade7155]

Rock and stone miner!

[@UMCorian]

This was fascinating - the only thing I woulda tried to do different is try to get the Miserable dwarves to ++ when you had 96. That, I have never seen before. lol. Well done as always, love this format. spooky even.

[@BlindiRL]

The wild thing is there was still some happy ones.

[@gamercow517]

Twenty-five kills for a ghost is an astounding number. Also astounding was your ability to keep the fort going with over 90 max-angry dwarves. Spooky.

[@TheMultiForge]

"Spooky" I just discovered your channel a few days ago, and watched the great tale of Paddleboats, and now this one. You are a great storyteller, keep up the amazing work

[@BlindiRL]

Welcome! I've got a few more you could catch up on :D

[@MrPhantomPC]

I one day hope for an adventure scenario where you play as dwarves reclaiming the Mines of Moria/Khazad-dum from LOTR.

[@madhijz6846]

excellent, entertaining and informative! DF has grown many interesting simulated layers over it's long life and its cool to see one get highlighted as the core part of a fortress' story without it overshadowing all the other goings on. Very well done.

[@vonnegutfrey8714]

What if you made a fortress where you tried to push the breeding and taming mechanics to their limit, unleashing a varied and horrifying collection of creatures to the world.

[@EddieSpaghetti69]

Not many of the breedable critters are fighters, and those that are tend to be medium sized. If you do nab an Elephant they not only struggle to feed through grazing but they also *stomp the grass* which means less food. You can train them to *war elephants* but they end up always hungry, and the fact that animals experience *mortal terror* around bodies results in them cracking under pressure. Animals that you can train are really hard to do anything with. *Meanwhile,* if you make a natural block-on-a-pillar setup with cage traps *around* the outside you can smash *forgotten beasts* into cages if they get knocked out from the dust push mechanics. You won't be able to train them, but they're hostile to *everything* so you can utilize them to defeat armies.

[@robertbecker959]

I think you want to play the game Elf Retreat, not Dwarf Fortress.

[@BlindiRL]

yeah I'm not exactly sure what they mean by breeding mechanics. It just multiplies whatever critters you've got.

[@EmperorIron25]

Spooooky Rip Iron and his comrades.

[@BlindiRL]

rip indeed

[@ca7233]

10/10 very spooky! sad the dwarves were all so miserable but hopefully they understand it was for science and entertainment

[@BlindiRL]

They had a good time I'm sure.

[@john900445]

This was such a fun and spooky watch. Thanks!

[@ElfyBean]

Thank you for spooky video; made my morning! Now to re-watch it

[@BlindiRL]

I should do that too..

[@W0rldcarrier]

great video! it's something else watching you live and here getting the whole "narrative" of one fortress from rise to fall. spooky~

[@Skakhti]

This was an amazing, spooky even, watch. You sure can tell a story!

[@BlindiRL]

Thanks!

[@darthcolton9826]

Spooky, man. Keep it up. I only recently discovered this game and your content and I have been loving the long videos going over your worlds.

[@BlindiRL]

Yay! Glad you found us in the weird corner of gaming that we occupy!

[@keefry]

Absolutely loved this, and I feel I have underestimated the cumulative damage a bunch of ghosts can do. Thanks for all the time you put into this!! I'll be watching it again~

[@Spoenge]

I am a dwarf fortress novice, so I absolutely love to see the game's systems really stretch for a fortress like this one. Very spooky!

[@kashk42]

My favourite ghost-story from my game was my minter. I always run my fortresses with fairly strict work-assignments, and this dwarf was assigned to the forge that exclusively made coins, which is why I call him my minter. He committed a murder of a dwarf I particularly liked, so I decided that a fitting punishment would be to memorialize him, and then tossing the slab and his body into the river that served as our trash-disposal. I can get pretty petty... I was fairly new to the game, so I thought just *making* the slab was enough. His ghost killed the next dwarf I assigned as minter within days of the ghost rising, then killed his replacement as well, and ripped one arm and one leg off the minter after that. He never once hurt any dwarf I didn't assign to his old forge... Finally I made a new slab for him, which I interred into a chamber down in the caverns, filled with the ghastliest custom-designed statues and wall-carvings I could make depicting his crimes, before walling the chamber off for all eternity. Spooky. :)

[@NikaHarper]

I agree wholeheartedly with your assessment of the game's depth, I play Dwarf Fortress and The Sims 4 for similar reasons: the day to day can be pretty tame, then unleashes incomprehensible chaos. Embracing that surprise leads to some of the most fun and wild game moments I've experienced, and you share your tavern tales wonderfully. While I'm still learning the ropes of Dwarf Fortress (frantically googling why my hospital isn't working) these narrative moments still rear their head and I'm reminded why I spend 12 hours trying to make gems for trade. My tavern may thrive, my tombs may be many, but watching a legendary giant annihilate injured dwarves in their sick beds is what I'll remember most of all.

[@EddieSpaghetti69]

Hospitals need a few things, object-wise they need a bed, table and traction bench while you can use a stockpile for thread and cloth or the chest system as both are respected. The big thing is *items need to be available* and *a spot needs to be unclaimed* for healthcare to be attempted; and the bed-table-traction setup needs to be touching for the bed to consider the supporting object for use. The final, and most annoying aspect is this; *The healthcare job is considered mid-low* which means unless you *free up the doctor from the forge* they'll continue making arrows and not fixing your soldiers. If you want to prevent infections, the trick is to make a tiny ditch that is underground with 2/7 water to wash anyone that enters. Doctor will be clean for surgery, all thread and cloth will be cleaned, patients won't be dirty, people won't require baths as much due to the frequent water walking. I have never had any infections since. *TL:DR?* Make sure your hospital stuff is touching, items and objects are available, and free up the doctor because of job priorities.

[@BlindiRL]

I'm glad it makes sense to someone besides me.

[@rurak2727]

Love how the architecture and look of the fortress evolved, from a small hole to a large, rose-coloured complex covered in various fluids and spooky undead or demons of all kinds

[@BlindiRL]

Yee :D This one was a vibe by the end.

[@eyofin]

I have hundreds of hours in DF and knew nothing about the ghost personality types, beyond observing that there seemed to be a few. I really enjoyed this series, it's theme, and narrative presentation. I got to learn new things while you pieced together and guided all the fun parts of the emergent storytelling - the core reason so many of us love this game.

[@BlindiRL]

When I noticed them it surprised me, just one of the many reasons this game sings.

[@_qnt1672]

Great video! Really loving the new format, even if it takes a little longer between videos. Spooky

[@BlindiRL]

It is wild I've been making videos like this for six months already.

[@ih3517]

Spooky! This was another great watch! Thanks for putting it together! Your tutorials taught me how to play this game and there long videos have a way of re--igniting my desire to play again.

[@PotatoGodzilla]

Wow that's a lot of turkeys! 46:34

[@mrpeanut188]

Hey! Enjoying the long-play format with narration, it's also nice to hear the world stories.

[@Tutes_the_dorf]

Spooky Fort! Thanks for putting all the effort into the video. I only managed to watch a couple hours per stream of ghostcandy so it's good to see the highlights of the things I missed. Keep up the good work @BlindiRL 👍

[@Mezziah187]

Your ability to weave these narratives is spooky-good, this was fantastically entertaining and inspiring

[@Yuyumaccie]

Thank you so much for this video, keep the good work!

[@emdeo]

my little black cat is named Spooky! what a great tale, they truly became one with their ancestors. Live and drink!

[@BlindiRL]

Truly

[@JERKIMBALL1]

That is a spooky way of digging down, note taken, will be trying that one as it’s time to get deep- thanks for sharing your run

[@squeakyice-cream441]

Here I am struggling to even keep a normal fort together and here you are deliberately causing yourself problems and making it so far. Spooky

[@KaikuPen]

Doing a whole bunch a tedious password and account stuff right now, switching away from chrome is my first resolution and this vid has been perfect for keeping me entertained doing all this busy work!

[@gimpyo3354]

Spooky! Great premise for a fort and prodding the depths of a particular mechanic.

[@gfinleyg]

Spooky New Year! Great video, Halloween seems like a dangerous time to be in a dwarf fort 😅

[@drawacrab]

It's fun seeing the catastrophes caused by all the spooky ghosts, zombies, and more

[@UristMcDawn]

Great editing, great storytelling. Looking forward to more of that type of content.

[@BlindiRL]

I'm glad you like the editing. I think they get smoother with every video.

[@DwarfFeats]

I am simple. I see new blind video I click and enjoy the story that is told. Thanks for the effort you put into these. Still my favorite content creator I've found in 2024. Spooky Decembers are my favorite.

[@Blazz171]

Inspired to experiment with ghosts myself now and go to a ruined fortress full of spirits as a lone explorer on a Spooky adventure mode expedition.

[@malkavian6]

just wanted to say, love the concept for this fortress. But also - I really appreciate that you explained how to do the minecarts system. I have not really done that in my fortresses. I am a casual DF player and I have not gotten super far into the game myself. But I have not successfully done a mine cart system. I think i might give it another try :) Thanks

[@LordRavensong]

I love the spooky little jumpscares from the beginning of the video

[@adamguthrey6160]

I really appreciate this videos based on the vods!

[@NeoMatrix77777]

Another spooky masterwork of a fortress story, all craftdwarfship was truly of the highest quality

[@PotatoGodzilla]

Another banger got me *deadass* excited! Spooky 🔥

[@vincer7824]

Spooky. Would love to see a fort made entirely of towers connected by walkways and bridges.

[@FuzzyFantastico]

Excellent spooky time. Great Video!

[@BleachBasket108]

Great video, Blind! A good way to start off the new year

[@mr.typhon7997]

This was a spooky good time, Blind. Love your DF content. Happy New Year!

[@mrjacobpat]

That was a pretty fun video. Great editing :D

[@Kilroyan]

Happy new year Blind!

[@BlindiRL]

Same to you!

[@nodrogkram]

Lovely end message, Blind. A very well done, sir.

[@jayyisasleep]

This is what df is to me. Straight chaos and death. Stay spooky everyone. Happy New Year. 🥂

[@JohnnyDoom]

Excellent Dwarf Fortress video! I love how you cut your vids to make cool stories. I'm also trying to make the comment long and topical enough to please the algogods. All the best.

[@MoonwalkSA]

spooky... Surprised the fortress remained as stable as it did, all things considered. Obviously things were falling apart for a while with brawlings and random deaths, but it doesn't sound like it ever seemed to collapse into as much of a doom spiral as I'd anticipated. Or more that the spiral it was in was just a very slow one.

[@redllanterns7736]

much love blind!! i'm excited for another year of great df and other content! i loved ghostcandy and i'm so hyped for this video

[@shyPandemonium]

Man, I’m sorry you got stuck in that LoL ladder grind, I feel for you. I agree with what you said in response to that last statement too. I find that seeing parts of the game align in ways I never would’ve imagined is the best part of the game. I also get really invested in the lives and experiences of especially my starting dwarves. I have over 1200 hours into the game and there are still new things I’m finding every time I play. Very spooky video indeed.

[@BlindiRL]

I played the games my friends played. Took years to buck that and now I have no friends. But I like the games I play!

[@elzabethtatcher9570]

I have generated and scoured three worlds to find haunted or sinister biome with a resurrecting effect, but no luck. The worst I found is a place with a bile coming from the skies. If only there was a way to quickly find out the effect of a biome!

[@BlindiRL]

Use default settings with advanced world gen and you'll get them.

[@johnboe3073]

That was absolutely spooky, I fucking loved it. Will those ghosts presist as you go to other ventures? Could like the ghost inhabiting that location kill and slaughter a goblin horde that attempt to take over it?

[@BlindiRL]

So, fun fact. Ghosts die of old age for some reason. Simple response is yes for the next 80-200 years or so.

[@jasonvernish7366]

Spooky.....anyway I loved learning about the particulars of the ghost types...I can't get into the game...bad attention span and I suck at stratigizeing...but it's so in depth I love listening to your dramatized tales

[@anonforuz]

its spooky how some ghosts linger around particular work stations

[@joshualajoie9547]

"In the night, in a thousand years, stories will be told of this creature... at least I like to think so... By the way, do you like my giant collection of turkeys?!?" That has so much chaotic golden retriever energy, and I'm here for it. 😂 Very spooky.

[@BlindiRL]

Bork? I try and hit a tone between high speed nonsense and actually thoughtful story telling. Glad it lands lmao.

[@DesOkun]

Spooky! Another great vid. Thanks.

[@seven_sixtwo]

Spooky! Great video, blind!

[@Ibruk595]

A fortress becoming a darkened tomb filled with maddend ghosts. Spooky.

[@cloudnil]

I enjoy the hummed outro (or whatever you call those vocalizations).

[@glacialchill]

I love the little outro you do at the end of these. very spooky.

[@BlindiRL]

BUM BUM!

[@stickman17]

This was a really creative idea, and very well done. Very demure. Very spooky.

[@BlindiRL]

It is actually the second time I did this. First time was Halloween the 2023.

[@Thebob220]

I quite enjoy these videos. Spooky.

[@MaJetiGizzle]

Such a wonderfully spooky tale. Another excellent video, Blind!

[@BlindiRL]

Thanks mate!

[@Yaeza31]

Wow, this is truly the most chaotic evil fort I've seen from you.

[@unchowder]

It is terrifying.

[@Graknorke]

Not needing an office for a manager under 20 population is huge. I never even considered trying it. Spooky.

[@northbound5207]

Live And Drink!! What a delicious and Spooky treat this Fort has been

[@OvertBlue]

Excellent spooky fort!

[@JakeTalksGamesYT]

KZbin showed me the announcement but never pinged me about the actual full video. I'm here Blind. I didnt forget. So hyped for another video of yours.

[@BlindiRL]

Its okay. Video here and never go away. Will be here when you are ready.

[@BillBobDaveSteve]

A spooky derelict fortress full of pissed off ghost dwarfs and the hordes of hell, stained by a horrific past that makes an insane asylum seem stable. Sounds like a lovely place to visit.

[@hugoalvord2779]

Spooky type beat. Dwarf fortress has an appeal that some people just don’t get.

[@elzabethtatcher9570]

Amazing that after months of Blind's "Dark fortress" the population is still more happy than in mine. And the only thing I did was not setting alcohol up...

[@LisiiChesney]

It's spooky how much I enjoyed this video!

[@Sjowmalf]

Oooh I wanna see this fortress back in Adventure Mode Spooky.

[@DiathenEridani]

You should do a fortress with migration turned off. pop=zero. get those spooky dwarflings flowing.

[@Swordsmoogle]

Good way to start the new year. Cheers!

[@RecklessAbaddon]

Fort's haunted.

[@BigFriendlyNinja]

gosh darn ghosts.

[@NymPSeudo]

This was a delightful experiment, very spooky. All glory to Armok.

[@emilyhockers1086]

that could be the concept for an awesome book

[@Fresh442]

Id read it

[@albinoitj]

I'm curious on the "peak" of your fortress (around 1 hour with 90+ angry dwarfs).. What about the only 5 happy ones? Are they all new? Was there one that arrived years ago? If so, how was he able to remain happy in this hell? Luck? Or is he a super mutant happy dwarf? That becomes happier with all the chaos?

[@socratess1522]

Spookily well done ;)

[@VoidGirlfriend]

Is there a spooky sequel on the way? Great work as always!!

[@Edward-fh1xt]

Perhaps I ought to try starting a fort with the sole intent of destroying it... how spooky

[@zombiefolklore]

Spooky. Also happy new year.

[@aarthar]

Your raised mine cart track is inspiring. And spooky?

[@edwinmartin1891]

Spooky fort. You should try to visit it in adventure mode

[@Moncew]

Spooky! Thank you Blind

[@Clintbet]

spooky video! Love it!