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submitted 11 months ago by fortniteplaya to c/[email protected]

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Hello everyone, I’ve seen a lot of my friends play these types of games (mainly rimworld) and saw the complexity of this game and decided to pick it up. While it is very interesting, it’s also very daunting to me.

My guess is that I’m more used to rpg and fps games with a set goal of some sort whereas this game is very open ended with what to do. I am overwhelmed by all of the options in the game and I am wondering if there are others that feel the same. If so, how have you overcome this feeling or learned to enjoy the game?

An idea I have is to just go with the in game tutorials and see what happens without worrying about the outcome, maybe I’m caught up with doing everything optimally when I should just enjoy the experience.

Any ideas are appreciated, thanks!

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I think the quickstart guide on the wiki is fully updated to Steam version: https://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Quickstart_guide

It's what I used, besides surfing Youtube tutorials.

You can also dip your toes in with the free ascii version, and use the quickstart guide for that version on the same wiki.