Tarn Adams on Doing What You Love

[@jasonfenton8250]

"And there's gonna be any number of horrible things that'll happen to you in your life, so just get used to it." "It was inevitable."

[@danielchequer5842]

Now I know how they feel

[@kosnk]

Life is fun.

[@gossamera4665]

That is probably some of the best advice you can give someone, rather than watching movies where everything just wraps up neatly. As long as you don't take everything lying down, there are some burdens we ought to cast off rather than accept, but they are all things others try to force upon you.

[@airsoftkid112]

I still come back to this when I’m doubting myself. Such great words.

[@OnDoubt]

I doubt myself all day every day. Good to know others are out there.

[@zenshade2000]

Yep. Here I am again, over a year and a half from when I first saw this snippet, letting Tarn put me back on track with the proper perspective. The truth is always so simple and direct.

[@donaldpetersen2382]

The brutal life of Dwarf Fortress has certainly helped me through my challenging times. My sense of humor really grew from the bad personal experiences. Without DF my life would of seemed much bleaker than it actually was. Thank you Zach and Tarn, your work enriches many other parts of my life.

[@shayneoneill1506]

Why would that be a Joke. Dwarf Fortress is an absolutely brutal game, but that also the pleasure of it. Climbing that mountain, and trying to beat it. But as they say about Dwarf Fortress "Losing is fun" because when you do fail, and you innevitably do, the game is completely hilarious in a black humor sort of way. Plus, its good to be able to learn to fail gracefully. We are taught we should always succeed, but we're never taught how to fail and not be crushed by that that failure. Dwarf Fortress, as it turns out, is a wise teacher. With all that said, someone once asked me "If you had to die, how would you chose"?. Well that to me is a no brainer. If I die, I want my death to be funny. Like getting run over by an ambulance or falling off a cliff and getting impaled on a sign that reads "Cheer up".

[@Muskrat123]

As weird as it sounds, Tarn Adams' dedication to Dwarf Fortress is amazingly similar to the Hindu philosophy of dharma, or selfless duty or service. It seems like he has absolutely no ego attachment to his work whatsoever, it is just something he feels he has to do, and feels fortunate that he has the responsibility of doing it. He maintains himself as a means to an end, doesn't rejoice in worldly pleasures. He doesn't want to be rich or famous, and is perfectly content with getting just enough money to get by, whatever is enough to keep working on the game. I wish more game developers, and indeed more creative people, were like that.

[@TheHawkeyede]

I could not express it better!

[@sumofat4994]

Yes more poor game making slaves for your please my master.

[@VLF7200]

@@sumofat4994 chop chop slave

[@ciscornBIG]

@@sumofat4994 go learn something, child. You should not have commented. You're a failure.

[@sumofat4994]

@@ciscornBIG Nice comment really shows how classy of a person you are.

[@zenshade2000]

The best advice in this clip is "Start working on it right now." The follow-up is kind of implied, but let me make it explicit: DON'T QUIT NO MATTER WHAT. If you've decided something is your life's vocation, there is no such thing as "failure", only continuous learning, until the day you die. One addendum I'll add is: "Make some progress EVERY SINGLE DAY", even if it's as simple as writing down a few ideas, a few lines of code, a few rapid sketches, etc. The consistency is critical.

[@kurtferrier7837]

This video is lit

[@caveman8951]

He is my idol now simply because he doubt and second the idea of telling people to trust their gut at the same time with an excellent reason made of his personal experience.

[@kosnk]

I guess, one has to love the project they're doing for 20 years. Jimmy Wales been working on Wikipedia for 20 years. James Murray been working on OED for some 35 years. And there are many such examples in pretty much every field.

[@bobcostas6272]

dwarf fortress is s feat of engineering compared to wikipedia.

[@aarorissanen930]

@@bobcostas6272 Let's not compare incomparable masterpieces of dedication. They've both ascended.

[@333f_ran]

Thanks Toady.

[@shancre]

nice

[@SpookyTimestamps]

I can't play dwarf fortress. It's just a bit too unusable for me. However, I love watching videos of other players stories in DF, I still think it's an incredible and honest game and has such an awesome influence on games as a whole, and I love watching interviews with the creators who just have a lot of fascinating things to say about their life's work. Dwarf Fortress isn't the game for me but I still love most everything about it.

[@xDMrGarrison]

Since your comment is a year old, I'm just wondering, do you still watch DF videos and interviews? Have you started playing the game yet?

[@SpookyTimestamps]

@@xDMrGarrison I still watch them and enjoy them. Still even like seeing what new things get added or edited to the game. I tried playing but yeah it just doesn't click for me. But still have a very strong fondness for it as a work of art.

[@xDMrGarrison]

​@@SpookyTimestamps When I started, I did it through Kruggsmash's tutorial, it's really good. And I won't say it makes the game suddenly easy, but it does give you a decent starting point and when I did it, I felt like the game wasn't actually complicated to get started with. But cool to know that you're still a fan :D This game is extremely cool.

[@groovegnome]

@@SpookyTimestamps try it now with the steam release!

[@bobcostas6272]

Imagine if tarn adams, linus torvald, and terry davis teamed up.

[@blackheartpress]

"Games or.. nothing"

[@OnDoubt]

+Black Heart Press so much love and dedication. And even some sort of humble expectation somehow. This day with Zach and Tarn was magical.

[@Skryabin204]

He was born a gamer

[@bobcostas6272]

Im proud to say i donated 100$ to DF long before the idea of patreon or subscription culture existed. He was a pioneer in this area.

[@michazacharz3766]

[@TommyLikeTom]

What do you do when you have multiple passions? I love making video games, music, art, animations, magic, rapping, etc. For me it's really about what people are willing to pay me for, because if I work on what I want to work on without considering what other people want I would starve to death.

[@J29-u8u]

Jack of all trades, master of none -- it's only the masters who make their mark on the world, & the real money's in mastery as well. You may make enough to scrape by doing magic one weekend, music the next, coding during the week, etc., but until you choose what you love to do most & focus all your spare time & energy & resources it on it -- & say goodbye to everything else -- you don't stand a chance.

[@OnDoubt]

I was hoping for this channel to show that mastery can happen in endless ways, and exactly NOT by pursuing just one path.

[@nowayjosedaniel]

@@J29-u8u If you do something that requires all those skills, you will both fulfill your passion, do what others cant, and innovate - which if successful will generate interest from those who didnt realize theyd be interested.

[@brigandpatrolworllvideos9]

Tarn, you should grow a dwarvenly beard

[@sugarshow4941]

I bet he lost some hair only cause he thinks too much when work.