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coder-3 on Nov 22, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Dwarf Fortress – randomly generated, persistent fa...

Time is what's been preventing me from getting into DF. Do I need to spend a significant amount of time on this game to get a good experience? Could I get away with, say, one hour once in a while? I'd probably need to invest time upfront to learn the basics though.

mlatu on Nov 23, 2022 [–]

and before that, take your time to generate your world :D

in my experience, the hints at the bottom row are pretty good reminders of how to navigate the menus.

i advise you to use a keyboard with numpad, otherwise it is a mess iirc

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