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Dwarf Fortress is getting the mother of all magic updates, extending to "the fundamental cosmological makeup of the universe"

Infamously simulation-heavy colony builder Dwarf Fortress is getting a Myth and Magic update that, at the possible risk of being maybe a touch hyperbolic, threatens to make all other fantasy game spellcraft look like a sleepy bout of Got Your Nose. It's summarised by Bay12 co-founder Tarn Adams as a set of procedural s...

Infamously simulation-heavy colony builder Dwarf Fortress is getting a Myth and Magic update that, at the possible risk of being maybe a touch hyperbolic, threatens to make all other fantasy game spellcraft look like a sleepy bout of Got Your Nose. It's summarised by Bay12 co-founder Tarn Adams as a set of procedural systems "that go beyond combining spell effects... straight to the fundamental cosmological makeup of the universe", allowing for "magical situations that you cannot get any other way."

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