Zach and Tarn Adams - Dwarf Fortress Design Inspirations

This talk is from the 2016 Roguelike Celebration: roguelike.club/event.html, re-uploaded 2021.
The creators of Dwarf Fortress discuss the influence of several roguelikes on the foundation and continued development of the project.
Tarn and Zach Adams are the co-founders of Bay 12 Games. Their main project is Dwarf Fortress, a fantasy simulation game which is distributed free of charge and has developed a strong niche following. While centered around a dwarven colony mode, the game's adventure mode is a traditional roguelike roleplaying game.

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Two kings sit on thrones inside the elaborated castle maded of experimental games. Their thrones menacing with spikes of wisdom and inteligent.

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This talk is a classic

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Get well Zach!

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Wow five years ago Tarn looked presentable.

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he's a wizard now, good on him

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brutal

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And we're still waiting for the creation myths...