Dwarf Fortress Remote

Für die, die sich überlegen diese App zu kaufen sollten gewarnt sein, dass die Serversoftware nur DF Version 0.44.12 und 0.43.05 unterstützt. Sollte unbedingt in der Beschreibung der App stehen... Die letzte Änderung an der Software wurde vor etwa zwei Jahren vorgenommen. Seit dem wurde die Software nicht mehr angefasst! Scheint als wäre der Entwickler nicht mehr an der Weiterführung dieses Projekts interessiert...

Der eigene Server ist sehr schnell und einfach mittels QR-Code aufgesetzt und dann via App Verbunden. Die App selbst läuft bei mir einwandfrei ist aber nur auf Englisch wie das Spiel auch. Die Steuerung im Spiel mittels der App ist sehr einfach und übersichtlich gestaltet, teilweise sogar besser wie auf dem PC. Bevor man sich in ein Szenario wagt sollte man dann doch am Pc eventuell ein Startgebiet sowie sein „Loadout“ nach persönlichen Wünschen generieren, da man in der App kein „Prepare Carefully“ machen kann, und nur mittels Suche eines Gebiet zugewiesenen bekommt. Ergo ist es fast unmöglich an einem Vulkan oder ähnliches zu landen. Was Mods wie LNP oder Masterwork betrifft habe ich es noch nicht probiert über DFHack eine Verbindung herzustellen.

Great when it works.

Pay for the game. Then monthly payments.

Not what I expected, 4 dollars and a service fee to play. Refund please.

Server is permanently locked out in error. I see in the reviews other people have been having this issue over time and it doesn’t seem to have been fixed. A shame really, I didn’t even get to finish creating a world. It went into error half way through.

I’ve been trying to play this on my iPhone the last few days and it’s not really playable. The UI is the biggest problem, it’s clunky but there are a lot of options that are missing. To give a few examples; you can’t create bedroom zones, when you create a storage yard there is no “select all” so you have to select everything manually every time, and you have to manually check your status and announcements.

I had to uninstall and reinstall the client to get rid of the tileset issue. I really enjoyed the iPad interface before, and while I love the Steam release (especially Steam Deck support), I like the iPad experience a lot. Thanks, Mifki!

If you’re familiar with DF, you know it’s a great game and not only how rich and deep it is, but also how influential it has been on gaming, essentially spawning multiple genres of computer games. This app allows you to access that rich, deep gaming experience on your freaking *phone*, which is another level of amazing. The app is actively supported and updated and the developer was very responsive to me reaching out to report issues. He was very patient and helpful in resolving an issue with the server subscription, which he fixed in a couple of days after reporting it. Overall, while this is not the steam premium version on your iOS device, it is a very, very good UI for touch screens and is the only way to get access to DF on your ios device directly (ie not screen sharing). A lot of thought and effort has clearly gone into how to access game features from a remote client UI and I’m loving it!

I just learned the dev could be releasing an update sometime in the near future according to Twitter. That’s very exciting, as this really is a functional way to play DF on Mobile, and it is clearly a labor of love. My 5 star review is predicated on the fact that this will undergo continued support, as I was under the impression this had sort of become abandonware. It does have a few oddities, but with such a huge game, and it being essentially free if you have a computer, any small gripes are not worth mentioning. This app has single-handedly allowed me to ply more DF than ever before. And that is worth some kudos in my book. Excellent work! Excited for updates!