r/gaming • u/Miserable_Phase_2519 PC • 10h ago

Dwarf Fortress' creator says the industry's in shambles over AI and layoff-happy CEOs: 'Everyone I know, their bosses are slowly getting psychosis'

https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/dwarf-fortress-creator-says-the-industrys-in-shambles-over-ai-and-layoff-happy-ceos-everyone-i-know-their-bosses-are-slowly-getting-psychosis/
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u/a404notfound 6h ago

I have one as well, framed above my monitor. "This is a masterwork crayon drawing of two dwarves. The dwarves are playing chess. The The art menaces with spikes of gems."

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u/GradeAPrimeFuckery 5h ago

Here's mine:

Now for your ASCII Art Reward by Threetoe:

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I went with a story instead of a pic and got ASCII art as a bonus. The story:

Beneath the temple, deep in the twisting catacombs, Sylstar dwelt in eternal darkness. The outside of his sarcophagus was covered in painted charms meant to keep evil at bay. It had been two hundred years since the wary peasants had put him here, casting him down at the moment of glory.

The citizens of Ramthar had always been suspicious of the old wizard. He lived in a stone building at the edge of town, the roof of which was invariably covered with carrion birds. Inside, Sylstar worked at his laboratory, but no earthly science could save him. A week ago he had made an offering to the goddess of time, and she had told him his life was coming to an end.

Papers, quills, and other glass objects cascaded off the desk as Sylstar thrashed his arms about in frustration. Breathing hard, he collapsed into his seat. If science could not help him achieve immortality, and the goddess turned her back on him, what was left for him? As if the night had heard his thoughts, a scratching came to his window. Sylstar threw open the shutters but all he could see was cold darkness.

“Come outside, Sylstar,” came a sinister voice, “and live undead forever in the night.”