Dwarf Fortress just announced its ‘cutest update ever’ and baby, it’s babies-
Break out the swaddling blankets, fashion the tiny pickaxes, and roll back the child labour laws: Dwarf Fortress’ next update has been announced and it’s going to make everyone baby. The prosaically titled “Baby Update” doesn’t have a firm release date just yet, but it’ll give “every living thing” a distinct baby (and child, if applicable) sprite, from aardvarks to gorlaks. You can see a couple of the new sprites from the official Baby Update Preview (BUP) below.
Aside from being adorable, the new art should make it a bit easier to tell your various workers apart. Currently, dwarf children are depicted as adults in red shirts, making it difficult to know at a glance whether a room is filled with stout, idle workers or babbling infants. I suppose you’ll also be able to tell whether the adders and alligators in the room with them are cuddly, harmless babies or cuddly, harmless adults.
The update will affect “dwarves, animals, plants and monsters”—which, okay—and will be out sometime in the near future. There are a whole lot of different creatures in Dwarf Fortress, and “There’s still a few more sprites to do,” so neither Kitfox nor Bay 12 can put a sp…
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