Dwarf Fortress Creator Tarn Adams on the Game's Origins

/noclip · Interview · YouTube title: Dwarf Fortress Creator Explains its Complexity & Origins | Noclip Interview

Why it's here

HN points to it whenever Dwarf Fortress comes up, mainly for the alcohol-poisoned cats bug story and a developer's view of the game's depth.

What it covers

A /noclip interview with Tarn Adams of Bay 12 Games about Dwarf Fortress: where the ASCII simulation came from, how it works, and the plans for its Steam release. It includes his telling of the famous bug in which cats were poisoned by alcohol.