5/8/2023 0 Comments Benefits dwarf fortress ascii![]() ![]() ![]() Secondly, it should be demographic – which is to say, each nation can have a set of preferred hairstyles, likely skintones, other signifiers (like turbans, tattoos, jewelry, etc), and these should be distinct in each nation. Solo developer Mark Johnson lays out his goals with the system in the post:įirstly, it should be massively varied, and even if you spend a decent length of time just looking at the ordinary people in the street, it should take some time and under you see any two people who are identical. The faces are another part of that, designed to reflect the culture of the different factions as you travel and meet their NPCs. For now, it's swathes of procedurally generated worldbuilding you can walk around. URR will eventually be a semi-roguelike with a world to explore, competing civilizations, permadeath and inspiration from everything from Umberto Eco to Europa Universalis. This week's blogged about addition is particularly fine: procedural ANSI faces, as pictured above. Much like its inspiration Dwarf Fortress, I enjoy URR because of its grand ambition, its commitment to procedural generation, and its carefully detailed development blog. Ultima Ratio Regum can be downloaded and played right now, but its appeal for me isn't in the 4X roguelike's unfinished alpha release. ![]()
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