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After 20 years the Dwarf Fortress devs have to get used to being millionaires

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Re: After 20 years the Dwarf Fortress devs have to get used to being millionaires

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Post by moritonal »

felipemnoa wrote: post #86
jjwiseman wrote: post #49

Please don't pull a notch, please don't pull a notch...

What do you mean? I don't get the reference.

Because no one explained. Notch made Minecraft and at one point was making £300k a minute in sales. After a few years of very intense life changing profits he eventually sold Minecraft for £4B and turned into a bit of a weirdo largely blamed on his sudden rise in wealth.

If you read his blog you'd understand there was a lot of subtlety and complex relationships and emotions, but the gist is that.

Re: After 20 years the Dwarf Fortress devs have to get used to being millionaires

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Post by DeetrixDotter »

Minor49er wrote: post #31
ilyt wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It looks more like it showed that he's an asshole to entirety of the world. Ruining he did of his own

I heard he gave millions of dollars to his dev team. What did he do wrong?

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Post by DeetrixDotter »

jedberg wrote: post #38
Minor49er wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I heard he gave millions of dollars to his dev team. What did he do wrong?

He said some pretty awful stuff about race and gender on Twitter.

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Re: After 20 years the Dwarf Fortress devs have to get used to being millionaires

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Post by lyu07282 »

stock_toaster wrote: post #74
ericd wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It’s on a million wishlists, and this game is evergreen, it’s going to get there.

Once macos and linux support drip, I imagine there will be a new wave of sales too.

It already works flawlessly in linux with proton, literally two clicks to enable compatability mode

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Post by darkteflon »

I’ve often marvelled at these guys and their approach: making one game into your life’s work. Rimworld is perhaps another example of continuously added depth/complexity (although perhaps too soon to call that Tynan’s “life’s work”). Perhaps it’s something peculiar to this genre - so-called management sims.

It seems to me a phenomenon that - while perhaps not unique in art - is both rare and very well suited to this medium.

Re: After 20 years the Dwarf Fortress devs have to get used to being millionaires

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Post by maxbond »

kelnos wrote: post #11
ElijahLynn wrote: post #5

Worth noting that in the Steam store it says Windows only right now. (no Penguin/Linux yet)

Looks like it runs just fine under Proton, at least: https://www.protondb.com/app/975370

Woebetide same who takes protondb at face value, I use it as a source of debugging tips because I have no idea how Wine/Windows work, but you've gotta dig into the reports is my experience.

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Post by serverholic »

satvikpendem wrote: post #67

I'm happy for their success. However, I'm dismayed that it was their inability to pay for healthcare that landed them in this (albeit good) situation. It's not a situation that should be forced on citizens in a modern country, for which this particular example is a feel-good ending, but there are many more (orders of magnitude more) feel-bad endings, so to speak.

Healthcare and basic income are crucial for moving towards the next stage of civilizaiton. Like you said, I'm really glad it worked out for them but so, so many people don't get so lucky or are willing to take such a big risk.

How many more dwarf fortresses could we have if we gave people the safety net to follow their dreams? Instead of worrying about basic necessities like food, shelter, and healthcare.

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Post by bombcar »

satvikpendem wrote: post #67

I'm happy for their success. However, I'm dismayed that it was their inability to pay for healthcare that landed them in this (albeit good) situation. It's not a situation that should be forced on citizens in a modern country, for which this particular example is a feel-good ending, but there are many more (orders of magnitude more) feel-bad endings, so to speak.

I believe they now have enough cash to emigrate to Canada if they wished to do so.

Re: After 20 years the Dwarf Fortress devs have to get used to being millionaires

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Post by fire »

dabeeeenster wrote: post #76

So this happened to a guy that worked for me. Loved video games, super talented front end dev. Made a horror game in Unity at evenings and weekends with his best friend. Launched it on Steam. Very low sales. But he learnt a huge amount about marketing and game design based on player feedback. Designed a second game, put all the marketing learnings into it, 48 hours after launch the biggest streamer on twitch was stre…

If you are still in contact with the guy, could you ask him what the marketing learning actually were? Everyone has their own take on marketing and it's honestly really difficult to get the concept with most posts about it being so fluffy.

I'd honestly love some cliff notes or a bulleted list from someone who has actually succeeded, especially if they ( like me ) had no marketing experience beforehand.

Re: After 20 years the Dwarf Fortress devs have to get used to being millionaires

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Post by NaturalPhallacy »

TrevorJ wrote: post #2

They are definitely in 'set for life if we make wise choices' territory. In another month I'm betting they will be in 'set for life even if we make foolish choices' territory. I'm really happy for them. They really stayed true to their passion and I'm happy to see them rewarded for this.

I hope they read this thread:

"So, what the hell DO you do if you are unlucky enough to win the lottery?" https://old.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/24vo34/whats_the...

It's got some dark news, but real advice that seems legit.

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