One day, not too long ago Suika Ibuki decided to run along to Reimu?s shrine to go hang out with Reimu as she use to do. She ran in her silly drunken manner as she had always done until she arrived at the shrine.
?Reimu~ I?m heeeeeeere!?
But there was no responds?.
?Huh where are you Reimu??
She looks up and spot a piece of paper sitting by the front of the shrine?
?Gone out with Marisa to talk with a fellow hermit, be back later.
PS Don?t take anything from the donation box!?
-Hakurei Reimu
?Awwww?. This is no fun? she?s always so busy now.?
Suika beings to pout and she sits down by steps of shrine and beings to drink here Sake when suddenly a gap opens and familiar face walks though?
?Good day to you Suika.?
?Yukrari what are you doing here??
?Perhaps I should ask the same from you. You do realize that with all the new individuals that have come to Gensokyo these day that our shrine maiden has been very busy. It not quite how it use to be in the past. ?
?Yeah, but I want to be able to just hang out with her??
Yukari ponders for a moment and then she comes up with an idea.
?Suika, how about we attempt ?The challenge? again??
?Wha do ya mean??
?You know, the one where I test your survivability!?
?Wait you mean the one where I have to go build something in your little werid world you made again??
?Yes, and this time it?ll be far different from last time too. The challenges will be far greater and even more dangerous compared to before hand. In fact, I would find it very FUN to see if you could even attempt to live and survive in a fort for 20
years and get a well established system running including having a thirving populations, and a functioning military.?
?How much different is now??
?Let?s say you?ll encounter things you never seen before Suika. And many of them may even shock you! But knowing you, you wouldn?t back down from such a challenge would you??
?Of course not! We oni know how to handle ourselves no matter what the challenge is!?
?Let?s see if you have what it takes to survive then?. Suika, take out a few pieces of your hair please.?
Suika once again removes a few small pieces of her hair and creates tiny replicas of herself and Yukari takes out a small replica of a world and Suika places the tiny Suikas upon the world.
Yukari ends up taking out of gap what appears to be tiny replica of various things, including yukkuri, humans, kappa, some various Touhou character and various other things...
?What?s this Yukari??
?I told you this time it would be a lot different?.I wonder if your kind can survive in this new dangerous world? Are you really up for the challenge??
?Definetely!? Suika said with extreme confidence as she took a big drink from her gourd.
?Then let us get this world running!?
And so with that Suika has once again taken on Yukari?s challenge to once again face off in?
THE SUIKA FORTRESS YEARLY CHALLENGE!
Greetings everyone, I?m Totaku, modder and host of the Suika Fortress mod!
It is once again that time of the year where we will once again embark on another crazy journey into the world of Suika Fortress the Touhou themed DF mod. We now begin the third year of the challenge and this I will be doing an all time first experiment!
A Cross-forum project!By this I mean what I?m going to do is get
2 forums involved in playing this game.
MotK, the place where Suika Fortress originally did it?s yearly challneges. And
Bay12 games, the forum that?s dedicated to Dwarf Fortress!
Before we being, let me cover the basics:
So you may be wonder what is this Suika Fortress all about?
Well if your familiar with a game called Dwarf Fortress then it?s basically that except it?s been modified with have Suikas instead of Dwarves.
What's Suika Fortress?The best way to answer this is to first answer what Dwarf Fortress is. Imagine what would happen if you?re cross together Dungeon Crawler with the Sims that?s kind of a rough summary of what Dwarf Fortress is. Then throw a really really steep learning curve for good measure. Basically your trying to help your dwarves make a living by building a fortress and help them be able to survive against just about anything. Wether it be Elephants, Unicorns, Goblins, you name it. And at the same time, make sure they can survive, get food and water and be comfortable and happy as possible.
In Suika Fortress, we do pretty much the same thing, except it?s with Suikas, and most of our livestock and predators are yukkuri, sukusuku hakutakus, and other weird things, though there are some animals out there too?
It?s also important to note that every Suika has their own personality and quarks too so be alert with how they behave too.
What does it look like?Imagine a world full a Suikas mining caves, managing yukkuri, and all sort of other things just to making a living and survive. The game flows in real time and you will spend your time managing the activities and actions the Suikas do. You can pause it however if you need to plan things out. Before letting the game continue. It should look something like this,
All these nice graphics while they attempt to build a fortress. It should be fun to see how this develops? and yes I created the suika graphic tile sprites for this(there are some animals though from another creator, but hey, it adds flavor).
The interface mainly consist of the following:
On the left is the activity screen where you can watch the mini suikas as they run around doing what they do best. Get drunk and work.
The middle is the menu, you will be pressing the keys to that cordinate with what every option you want to select, this is vital for especially because you will need to tell the mini suikas what to do.
And on your right is the map or your region. Here you'll see that suikas are marked in red while other creatures are in read. While it may look simple it's important to know that the map consist of many levels and to alternate between the levels you'll have to press the < or > keys to work with them.
I'll be covering some more as I play the game...
Where can I get the game? What version do I need?
As of today I?m using Dwarf Fortress 0.34.11 and have modded it with my mod I?ve worked on and off for 3 years now.
You can download Suika Fortress 0.7.5 at:
The Dwarf Fortress File Depot (PC Version)
http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=1601Media Fire (PC Version)
http://www.mediafire.com/?ba2466qa3taco60Media Fire (Mac Version)
http://www.mediafire.com/?dj5h9h58k8193v9If you still have complications please let me know...
This game seems hard, it there an easier way to understand it?Well, it is somewhat hard at the start, even the tutorial only gives you enough info just to start and learn the simple basics. But if you feel you want to learn more things without as much struggle then to the Dwarf Fortress Wiki here.
http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Main_PageHere you?ll find pretty much all the ins and out about how everything works in the game. It?s rather useful so I highly recommend looking through it when you having trouble. Pretty much everything from this wiki will apply to Suika Fortress as well. Just remember though, while it's important to understand the game it's also important to now cheat either and spoil yourself from the real adventure of Dwarf Fortress cause after all one thing they always say is..."
Losing is Fun!
So how?s the process going to work?What?s going to happen is I?m will currently allow you a few days to a week to sign up. Players need to register in order to participate in the community game project I?m conducting. While I allow sign up, I will be explain you the theme and asking you a few series of questions that will be important in terms of Fortress and where we will embark. I require that we get some answers so I can set it up in advance. (it will take several days to put it together, I?m certain of it.)
From there, I will probably have a few locations picked and we will determine form there what we will do. Don?t be surprised though, I?m going to leave some thing a surprise, because some times the best kind of challenges are the ones that are blindly.
We will determine where to embark based on the questions, pick our location, and from there work together to determine supplies and skills before we embark on location.
Depending on the number of people who sign up to play I will allow them to get first dibs on having a Suika named after them.
Also I will allow a spectator section for those who just want to watch the game and see how everything unfold. They will get a Suika named after them too, but only after the actual players?
When we embark, I will randomize who will go first in terms of the players who signed up. So I?m going to suggest that you prepare to possibly get the first turn.
When we begin the game, I will be sending posts that you guys make to Bay 12 and messages from them back to you all so that you can get a full idea what everyone is saying at the time.
As for you guys you can watch the bay 12 forum Suika Fortress thread from:
http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=113299.0Gameplay rulesWe shall play Suika Fortress as a succession game. When the game begins, you will have one year to do whatever you got to do to help your Suikas develop their fortress. Get materials, build things, fight creatures, whatever. During the run you should take pictures of some of the events that unfold during your year. Try to update periodically as I know a year takes a while go through. Because speed can vary based on one?s computer, I will give the player one week (7 days) in real time to complete the task, and if an extension is needed, he or she must provide an update with pictures on where he or she is at so I know where they stand. And if progress that is made shows some promise of progress I will allow another 2 days of extension.
The players turn will come to an end when the Lily White comes along and announces that ...
or rather ?Spring has arrived!? which will appear at the bottom of the game window.
From there you must pause and save your game. To do that press escape, and then go down the menu and select "Save game and press enter. And then take the save file which is located in data -> saves -> Reigon folder. Take the region folder that contains the Suika Fortress data and then zip it (or rar it) and upload it to Mediafire, Dwarf Fortress Depot and so forth and please link it in the thread. I want to make sure I can see the file and look through it.
The next person will then take the Region folder and place it in save folder and start off the game and continue from there till the next spring.
Because the game lasts for a long time we will end the game under two conditions:
1.We create an epic Suika fortress
2.The Suika Fortress dies in an epic death (ala boatmurdered or something along the line)
My only exception to this is that I would like to see if we can make the fort run for a long period of time. Say? about 20 year maybe?
If for some reason the Suika Fortress dies way before the 15-20 years has passed. Then that players turn will end and the next player will use the last save and continue from there until the next Spring.
Finally if the person is unable to complete the run in time, his run will be nulled as we will return to the last save?
Also it is important to know that you can resign yourself up for another round though you will be placed on the bottom of the waiting list and I will contact you when your turn is up.
The themeThis year in Suika Fortress I wanted to incorporate a new theme to make things more? interesting for our Fortress fun. The game is already challenging as is, but I think I want to make it even more challenge this year so this year theme is?.
EVILThat?s right, this means we?re going to aim to embark into an evil location. But only based on the difficulty level we select. What this means, is we?re going to set off into the dangerous undead zone, but we don?t have to stay in it entirely. Unless your crazy and suicidal enough to. So what I?m going to do is base the location on a % rate. Meaning some land can be corrupted by evil and others don?t have to be. The higher the difficulty the more likely we will face an on slaughter of undead at more dangerous magnitudes.
So here are the settings:
Easy Mode: For the lazy oni who only care about drinking and now about the challenge. They can be such casuals.... 10%-30% evil (haunt ? sinster undead , Tower is optional)
Normal Mode: For the standard oni who want to look for something to test thier skills. They at least know how to stand up on thier two feet 30 -50% evil (haunted ? Terrifying undead Tower is optional)
Hard Mode: For the oni who feel that are really tough and looking to face a very serious challnege head on. They will attempt to plow through anything given the chance! 50 ? 75% evil (sinister ? Terrifying Undead, Tower in range)
Lunatic mode: For the deranged oni who are willing to take on suicidal challenges. You will not survive! 75% - 100% evil (Terrifying Undead, Tower in range)
Please pick your difficulty setting and sign up so I can begin generating the world!
And don?t forget? Have
FUN!
Also I'm signing up but being the creator, I will not choose the difficulty level, that's for you guys to decide.
Edit: Even though we have already selected our land you are all welcome to continue to sign up as a player or spectator, the more Suikas, the more FUN can be had. XD
