Dwarf Fortress (previously titled Slaves to Armok: God of Blood Chapter II: Dwarf Fortress) is a construction and management simulation and roguelike indie video game created by Bay 12 Games. Available as freeware and in development since 2002, its first alpha version was released in 2006 and received attention for being a two-member project surviving solely on donations. A paid edition with graphical tiles and a new soundtrack was published by Kitfox Games and released to Steam and Itch.io in 2022. Wikipedia
Research exclusive to this game
Adams, Tarn. “Emergent narrative in dwarf fortress.” In Procedural storytelling in game design, pp. 149-158. AK Peters/CRC Press, 2019.
Adams, Tarn. “Secret Identities in Dwarf Fortress” In Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment, 13(2), 22-25, 2017.
Cartlidge, James. “Interpreting Dwarf Fortress: Finitude, Absurdity, and Narrative.” Games and Culture 19, no. 2 (2024): 218-236.
Fordyce, Robbie. “Dwarf fortress: Laboratory and homestead.” Games and Culture 13, no. 1 (2018): 3-19.
Martinez-Garza, Mario M. “Examining epistemic practices of the community of players of Dwarf Fortress: “For!! SCIENCE!!”.” International Journal of Gaming and Computer-Mediated Simulations 7, no. 2 (2015): 46-67.
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