https://tube.loping.net/videos/watch/acae76aa-7c54-489e-8f04-4148274ea2e0 In the second video in our series on Dwarf Fortress we expore the ASCII era of the game and how Tarn and Zach kept the lights on while updating a free game for almost two decades. Dwarf Fortress Links/Creators: Boatmurdered: https://lparchive.org/Dwarf-Fortress-Boatmurdered/Introduction/ Kruggsmash - https://www.youtube.com/user/kruggsmash Blind: https://www.youtube.com/@UCcqk8pdIsCFU32ofbjJkzOg Dwarf Fortress Roundtable https://dfroundtable.com/ A Strange Mood: https://astrangemoodpodcast.com/ Support us on Patreon (get perks!) ► https://www.patreon.com/noclip or Join Noclip on YouTube (similar perks!) ► https://bit.ly/3nH3FUf SUBSCRIBE for More Free Game Docs ► http://bit.ly/noclipsubscribe 00:00 - Intro 01:19 - Explaining Dwarf Fortress 5:19 - Updates 13:12 - The Community 19:23 - Bugs 22:54 - Adding Things 25:26 - Difficult Times 32:17 - Outro 33:08 - CREDITS Noclip's work is 100% crowdfunded. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/noclip Website: https://www.noclip.video Store: https://store.noclip.video Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/noclipvideo/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/noclipvideo Twitch: https://twitch.tv/noclip Podcast: https://noclippodcast.libsyn.com/ Podcast Channel: http://youtube.com/noclippodcast Sat, 11 Jul 2026 08:18:01 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://tube.loping.net https://tube.loping.net/lazy-static/avatars/8a56e488-2120-4649-a417-badf5893657b.png https://tube.loping.net/videos/watch/acae76aa-7c54-489e-8f04-4148274ea2e0 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://tube.loping.net/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.