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Iconic ASCII sim 'Dwarf Fortress' will hit Steam and Itch on December 6th with major upgrades
The new version of the 16-year-old game has pixel art, a new sound track, a tutorial for new players and a revamped UI.
Legendary ASCII game 'Dwarf Fortress' is coming to Steam
The 17-year-old classic Dwarf Fortress is considered a pioneer in gaming through its massive, highly interactive world, but it's a tough sell to modern gamers with its ASCII graphics and its absence on modern game stores. That won't be an issue for much longer: Bay 12 and publisher Kitfox Games have announced that Dwarf Fortress is not only coming to Steam and Itch.io, but will launch with honest-to-goodness artwork. While it won't ease the learning curve for the game, you at least won't have to squint at your screen quite so intensely as before.
Square Enix Collective finalist Moon Hunters aiming for 2015 release
Kitfox Games will launch its multiplayer roguelike action-RPG Moon Hunters for the PlayStation 4, PS Vita, and PC platforms next year, the developer revealed today. Moon Hunters is a one-to-three hour game in which players establish a heroic reputation as they search for a planet's missing moon. Key game elements are randomly generated throughout each session, and defeated heroes are immortalized as constellations that appear in future playthroughs. Though its quest is short, Moon Hunters boasts multiple character classes and biome types, upping replay incentive. Today's announcement arrives as the studio enters the final hours of its Kickstarter campaign, which was approved and promoted by Square Enix's curation-focused Collective platform earlier this year. Moon Hunters will debut in "late 2015." [Image: Kitfox Games]
Square Enix opens its curation and funding program to all indie devs
Square Enix opened the doors for all developers to submit game ideas to its Collective platform today, which curates ideas and pushes them forward to the crowdfunding space. The publisher previously tested the waters with three games, two of which received a thumbs-up from the voting community: World War Machine and Moon Hunters. Crackdown 2 developer Ruffian Games received 60 percent "No" votes for its project, Game of Glens. New submissions going forward will be published every Monday. The Square Enix Collective allows indie developers to submit their projects to the community for a Steam Greenlight-esque voting process, which takes place over the course of 28 days. Once a project gains approval by the community, Square Enix assists the developers in crowdfunding the game via a partnership with Indiegogo. Of the three test-phase projects, only Tuque Games' World War Machine (which received a 90 percent positive vote from the community) will move forward to the funding part of the program at the moment, and is scheduled to do so near the end of the month. Square Enix announced the Collective program in October, at which point it revealed plans to open up older IPs from Eidos' backlog for prospective designers to toy with. The publisher is still hammering out the details of this option, so it is only accepting original IPs from developers for now, but will start with the Gex, Fear Effect and Anachronox properties when the time comes. Developers interested in joining the program should check Square Enix's terms and conditions. [Image: Square Enix]
