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minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoI always just point to Dwarf Fortress. Extremely complex mechanics that all work together (sometimes in unexpected ways; see cats dying of alcohol poisoning), all with ASCII graphics or simple 2D tilesets.
minus-squareSplashJackson@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 days agoExcept for the thousand keyboard binds you need to remember
minus-squareAstralPath@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 days agoI don’t really know any of the binds and I’m having a good time.
minus-squaretaladar@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoMost things work via menus, the key bindings just speed things up.
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoUp until the Steam version of the game, the menus were solely controlled by the keyboard.
minus-squareSplashJackson@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoI last played before the Steam release
minus-squaretaladar@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoYes, but you don’t have to memorize the keys.
I always just point to Dwarf Fortress. Extremely complex mechanics that all work together (sometimes in unexpected ways; see cats dying of alcohol poisoning), all with ASCII graphics or simple 2D tilesets.
Except for the thousand keyboard binds you need to remember
I don’t really know any of the binds and I’m having a good time.
Most things work via menus, the key bindings just speed things up.
Up until the Steam version of the game, the menus were solely controlled by the keyboard.
I last played before the Steam release
Yes, but you don’t have to memorize the keys.