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Matt Boyd interviews Tarn Adams of Dwarf Fortress

by James Murff Jul 24th 2008 @ 6:00PM

Matt Boyd, best known for working with Ian McConville on Three Panel Soul, has a bit of a Dwarf Fortress addiction. Naturally, since he loves the game so much, he has decided to interview Tarn Adams, the programmer behind the freeware simulation of dwarves and economy. The interview covers a wide range of topics, from what Tarn did before Dwarf Fortress and how he feels about the community. An excerpt:

Matt: Hmm. I suppose, what keeps you going, then? This is pretty much your life now, it seems like.

Tarn: Now that I'm writing games in an aware fashion, yeah, it's easier to see what's going on at an intellectual level, anyway. It's thrilling to get things to work out, and to set up all of the moving parts and watch them work together and produce unexpected stories and so on. That's satisfying.

For the full interview (it's in three parts), check out Kwanzoo.