On: Polygon sat down with one of the creators of Dwarf...

[_ofdw]

Yep. Dwarf Fortress players seem to revel in the abhorrent UI. It's not even just the abysmal graphics, it's the arcane controls, too.

A sane interface with even the most primitive 2D tile-based GUI would make Dwarf Fortress better by orders of magnitude.

[Lockyy → _ofdw]

It really does suck how the game has no way to make the tiles easily understandable: http://i.imgur.com/KqHkn4z.png

The UI may be bad and need improvement (personally I find it no more complicated than any other CLI, even if it is a little inconsistent), but you can't complain about the default tile-set being ugly and unreadable and how "even the most primitive 2D tile-based GUI would make Dwarf Fortress better by orders of magnitude" when there is a rich and dedicated group of fans who pour a lot of time into making the game look, in a lot of cases, very nice.

And as your sibling poster said, if you really cannot stand the 2d, there is Stonesense for rudimentary 3d graphics.

[_ofdw → Lockyy]

That's a mod, is it not?

[Lockyy → _ofdw]

Yes. One bundled with every beginner's pack linked anywhere you'd learn how to play.

[im3w1l → Lockyy]

Because people are complaining, not everyone seems to be understanding that they ought to download the beginners pack.

[_ofdw → Lockyy]

Cool. Nice to see some fans are working to fix the game's awful interface.