A version controlled dwarf fortress world.
This is an experiment that I'm undertaking for two reasons:
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I'm kind of perfectionist with this game and I hate losing a single dwarf, and I like having the ability to roll back time, or branch the entire world in order to try something out, so this is basically my overly complicated way to save scum.
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I'm curious to see if a version controlled dwarf fortress save game could result in interesting collaboration between multiple people modifying a single persistant world that can be synced between players using git. (PR's to the game world?)
History:
- Year 460: Dwarves settle in their new home
- Year 461: Economy self sufficient
- Year 462: Glass based crafting in full swing, defenses in progress
- Year 463: Mega project to create obsidian cast tower started.
Try it yourself:
First you must locate your Dwarf Fortress save folder. For safety, prior to messing around with anything inside you should probably copy the entire thing to another location to back it up just in case you mess something up.
To install this world into Dwarf Fortress simply clear the contents of the save folder, and then download the git repo into your save folder:
git clone git@github.com:nathanpeck/Dumatenseb.git;Then you can choose a point in time at which to play by checking out a specific commit, or branch. After checking out a world state in git you need to exit all the way to the main menu of Dwarf Fortress for it to pick up the changes.
If you want to add on to the repo remember to save the world to offload it to disk, then commit.