Smarter people then me can correct me on this, but accessing everything the game has to offer is simply not possible from outside the game. Think adventure mode in 3d (with more bugs then all of fortress and adventurer mode combined)Īlso, I think it's near impossible at the moment do do a decent UI. That's assuming that you have the latest experimental of both the game and the tileset else vehicles look like balls and there's a ton of sprites missing. Maybe I've been playing the game for too long, though.Īt first I couldn't make heads or tales out of the ASCII but after learning the game through tilesets I started appreciating the aesthetic value of the ASCII, things fit together nicely whereas tilesets always have that one or two weird tiles that stand out and don't fit.Īlso, if you want a DF that's horribly broken but in 3d, you can always try to find the original Armok God of Blood. Ye olde saying 'If you won't praise yourself, no one will' never loses its significance. Honestly? I find the ASCII to look quite decent.
So, I ask you fellow redditors and DF players, jave you encountered a mod that provides clean graphics in an isometric view (hell, even top down view) that works seamlessly with the game and has a better GUI (more intuitive, less tiring)? I want to play the FUCK out of this game, but without visual stimulus, the things I will build will just not feel that good. While you cannot control Dwarf Fortress through Stonesense, it does offer a unique way to view your fortress and is a perfect companion to the game when loaded on a second monitor.
I really do long for a rimworld style GUI. Created by jonask and now maintained by Japa, this clever tool links to Dwarf Fortress and displays an isometric, pixel art-style view of your fortress. Then there's the case of the GUI being difficult to use and not so intuitive.
I am not one to really care about graphics, but I do draw a line somewhere.
You can also find collection of free 2D game assets. It contains more than 100 game assets, from platformer & top down tileset, side scrolling & top down character sprite sheets, game GUI packs, space shooter assets, game backgrounds, and many more. I know that stonesense exists and provides an isometric view in the game, but the graphics there are even worse than tilesets everything just seems so.ugly. is a one stop 2D game assets store to buy various royalty free 2D game art assets. The thing is, the graphics make my eyes bleed, not just the ascii ones, even the tilesets like spacefox are tiring to the eye. Let me start by saying that I LOVE the idea behind this game. I know that this has been asked before, but this post is part question, part rant.