This is an artifact animation. All frames are of the highest quality. This object menaces with spikes of sadness and is adorned with hanging rings of beauty. On it is an image of a human and a computer. The human is crying. This relates to the viewing of A tale from Dwarf Fortress by the human peasant MrWillsauce in 2013. Thanks for this.
Utterly gorgeous. Isn't it incredible what stories can spring up from a few lines of text and some moving ASCII characters? The animation style - both the drawing and the rendering - and the sound, including the voice-acting, the simple but compact direction and the lo-fi sound, work incredibly well, too. I'd love to see some more!
Sorry for late reply, somehow lost ability to reply on comments...Thank you for watching and commenting! I'm making another animation for Dwarf Fortress, but progress is a bit slow due rl stuff.
Dead dwarf with missing body happens multiple times per game. Don't really see the purpose of putting so much effort into animating it, but the animation still doesn't lack in quality.
I'm happy you like the style. I use very old animation program, since i get the Dwarf Fortress "feeling" from it. Especially colouring adds the flavour i was after. Tho someone mentioned it looks like done with calculator...
After seeing this video on your feed, you will soon enter a strange mood, lock yourself into a nearest workshop where the darkness eventually claims you, and you will indeed notice that this was not a blessing, but a curse.
So sad...df game is so deep in detail there's always a new story with each gameplay. Now I feel really obliged to ensure that every dead will be given a proper burial, not just a simple tombstone.
Thanks for watching! Just a small warning,i'm currently doing another DF animation (slow progress since my work takes so many hours away -.-),it wont be story of a single dwarf this time...it will be 10 minute story of colony, which became a great dwarf kingdom. Vampire dwarves included :)
Thank you for the comment mate. This was actually pretty emotional case in DF as i witnessed what lil' dwarves were doing after his death. Such a brilliant game!
This is why I love dwarf fortress, this actually happened in the game, stuff like this happens all the time. Whether it be a forlorn ghost that finally was put to rest, a giant fire breathing leach is unearthed and attacks your fortress, or you capture a dinosaur, dwarf fortress is just awesome.
Ross FigurepaintingCoUK thanks for kind words man. I have planned to make third animation from DF for a long time, but lacking time after work so it is paused atm. Drawing animation from frame to frame is slow work, and harsh to see so slow progress- you lose interest in your own work soon.
jaro88 thanks for a comment, i'm happy that with simple toons i could bring the same feeling to others what i got from this game..As i was watching what dwarves were doing, and when i saw that carving they had made in memory of another dwarf!
@@RiqCrow yeah but seriously, dwarves comming back from the dead as Ghost happens all the time but your style is incredible, makes it feel as if yogsothot the great old one himself is calling on me to finish something with the major creepy vibes
I still keep getting views on 10y old animation, which I started with wrong height x width dimensions, and which I found oddly appropriate for DF style, which I badly edited with sound effects because I was impatient soul with fey mood. thank you for watching and commenting, I appreciate it.
@@RiqCrow one of the best things recommended to me by youtube by far. I started playing DF around the time these animations were made, but had never seen them (and I watch everything I can get my hands on related to DF). To learn it was made in a calculator was incredible, and it really is totally appropriate (I think I left another comment to that effect). My favorite part is that it has a VERY distinctive character, style, and form. I'm absolutely in love with it. It's 10y but still so fresh, and I had never seen nothing quite like it. Also, the use of title cards like in old silent movies is a genious move. Thanks for those!
This sort of thing is why I want Dwarf Fortress... However, my computer can't download it for some odd reason. So, I'll just live off of Aavak's "Cattenvir" and some animations.
A.K.A. The story of that dead miner from the First Imperial Guard Quest from Morrowind . . . . Seriously though, good work and a nice nonviolent story from DF.
Hey @RiqCrow, I want you to know I think of these animations on a regular basis since seeing them years ago and really love the atmosphere you created in them. I wish there were more than the handful you made! They are masterworks, of the highest quality.
came here expecting some dumb LOL2CAT movie, but this is actually pretty good. Art style reminds me of those still bits of art you'd find on reaaaally old PC text adventures
In game , this is a but a simple thing.
But this, it is a powerful movie.
I do like the style a lot. It fits the game perfectly.
This is an artifact animation. All frames are of the highest quality. This object menaces with spikes of sadness and is adorned with hanging rings of beauty. On it is an image of a human and a computer. The human is crying. This relates to the viewing of A tale from Dwarf Fortress by the human peasant MrWillsauce in 2013.
Thanks for this.
Still beautiful after all these years.
Fuaaa seguis respondiendo?
And now imagine that every dwarf in a fortress has a story similar to this. Trully an epic game
Someone should make a soundsense pack that gives the game this sort of somber atmosphere.
ghostbusterz Yes!
We'll see with steam mods :)
done
Utterly gorgeous. Isn't it incredible what stories can spring up from a few lines of text and some moving ASCII characters? The animation style - both the drawing and the rendering - and the sound, including the voice-acting, the simple but compact direction and the lo-fi sound, work incredibly well, too. I'd love to see some more!
Sorry for late reply, somehow lost ability to reply on comments...Thank you for watching and commenting! I'm making another animation for Dwarf Fortress, but progress is a bit slow due rl stuff.
Dead dwarf with missing body happens multiple times per game.
Don't really see the purpose of putting so much effort into animating it, but the animation still doesn't lack in quality.
@@PhrozenFox Hardly the point. Even the most mundane things in this game, have a story, if you bother to look for it.
I'm happy you like the style. I use very old animation program, since i get the Dwarf Fortress "feeling" from it. Especially colouring adds the flavour i was after. Tho someone mentioned it looks like done with calculator...
Make more dude
yes Bro, Make more!
tbh, DF looks like it was programmed with a calculator XD
It looks like it was made in Flipnote Studio
My brother in Armok, this new Migrant notes that this Engraving is of of the highest Craftdwarfship.
Wow this legendary video finally appeared in my feed, I guess I’ve officially watched enough DF content to be worthy of this blessing.
After seeing this video on your feed, you will soon enter a strange mood, lock yourself into a nearest workshop where the darkness eventually claims you, and you will indeed notice that this was not a blessing, but a curse.
This is genius
thank you.
The game portrays this as a very simple thing, but all of our imaginations saw this. I love dwarfortress.
So sad...df game is so deep in detail there's always a new story with each gameplay. Now I feel really obliged to ensure that every dead will be given a proper burial, not just a simple tombstone.
The voice audio comes from Samurai Jack S1 E10
as stated in description :)
It all matters as much as you let it matter. It could have just been a detail but you made it a story.
My friend please I beg of you, the world needs more of this, more DF tales animated in such manner!
The style reminded me of Samurai Jack here and there... especially the FREE message at the end ^^
Nice work!
thank you for making this
Good lord, something unearthed, long forgotten.
I wish you would make more of these in a newer steam dwarf fortress version
I really love this, i hope more people make things like this once the steam release is out
I appreciate the Minecraft splash sound
Can you imagine a full-length dvd of just dwarf fortress short stories done in this style?
Greatest DF related video I've ever seen.
Thanks for watching! Just a small warning,i'm currently doing another DF animation (slow progress since my work takes so many hours away -.-),it wont be story of a single dwarf this time...it will be 10 minute story of colony, which became a great dwarf kingdom. Vampire dwarves included :)
Really nice animation. What program did you use to make it?
OH I REMEMBER THIS. Damn 11 years!
9 years old. Very cool to see!
Thank you for the comment mate. This was actually pretty emotional case in DF as i witnessed what lil' dwarves were doing after his death. Such a brilliant game!
This is why I love dwarf fortress, this actually happened in the game, stuff like this happens all the time. Whether it be a forlorn ghost that finally was put to rest, a giant fire breathing leach is unearthed and attacks your fortress, or you capture a dinosaur, dwarf fortress is just awesome.
Very moving. Great to squeeze so much in to only a few minutes. Looking forward to the 2 hour movie now :)
Ross FigurepaintingCoUK thanks for kind words man. I have planned to make third animation from DF for a long time, but lacking time after work so it is paused atm. Drawing animation from frame to frame is slow work, and harsh to see so slow progress- you lose interest in your own work soon.
What you did was great. I hope you read this someday and think of the precious minutes you offer us.
I was really moved by this. I love all of your DF animations so much.
jaro88 thanks for a comment, i'm happy that with simple toons i could bring the same feeling to others what i got from this game..As i was watching what dwarves were doing, and when i saw that carving they had made in memory of another dwarf!
This is awesome!
How am I just seeing this now?
someone mentioned this curse appears only for those who watch inhuman amount of Dwarf Fortress content in youtube O v O)
@@RiqCrow Yeah that checks out. xD I'm a Dwarf Fortress addict. lol
Beautiful and moving. the simple animations play up the story in a way that more complicated ones would be distracting from it.
I still watch these every time I remember them. We should get you a patreon for animations of this style.
All of them Samurai Jack references, got em.
I just wanted to come back an watch it again, its so well done and so easy to relate to any DF player.
this was great, loved how it really brought to *life* this miners death.
The videos you create are very beautiful. Wish you could make them longer with many episodes.
I love the old timey animation
More of this, please!
Nice animation, unremarkable story
thank you for watching, tho why people still happen to watch my 6y old animations is beyond me :)
@@RiqCrow yeah but seriously, dwarves comming back from the dead as Ghost happens all the time but your style is incredible, makes it feel as if yogsothot the great old one himself is calling on me to finish something with the major creepy vibes
Nice work and editing
RiqCrow,exhausted artist,has been put to rest. Thanks for the kind words man!
Good work of visual story telling that is what it is.
This is marvelous
I wish there was a LOVE button.
Seriously, this is art!
Very powerful.
Holy shit it's Terry, Lord of the Tutorial. Heard you're kinda a big deal and you got a lot of fans.
Redbird dude... I don’t know what to say. “it’s our future you’re messing with... I’m sorry but we can’t let you do this”
Pun recongized but unintended.
This was haunting. I love it.
Just incredible
I still keep getting views on 10y old animation, which I started with wrong height x width dimensions, and which I found oddly appropriate for DF style, which I badly edited with sound effects because I was impatient soul with fey mood. thank you for watching and commenting, I appreciate it.
@@RiqCrow one of the best things recommended to me by youtube by far. I started playing DF around the time these animations were made, but had never seen them (and I watch everything I can get my hands on related to DF). To learn it was made in a calculator was incredible, and it really is totally appropriate (I think I left another comment to that effect). My favorite part is that it has a VERY distinctive character, style, and form. I'm absolutely in love with it. It's 10y but still so fresh, and I had never seen nothing quite like it. Also, the use of title cards like in old silent movies is a genious move. Thanks for those!
this gave me the feels
Nice work of animation and art design.
This just so good.. and dipresing at the same time for some reason(
this is amazing man, please do more!!!!!
This is beautiful. What did you draw it in? The black and white style translates really well from Dwarf Fortress.
EasyToons, chose low pixels to fit DF's graphics :D
Top notch work
Well, I have a few good stories, but I'm sure you'd rather use one with some personal feelings attached. Can't wait for the next video!
continue this show! i love it
I loved it! Make more of these please.
That was fantastic! I have never seen an animation from DF that was so emotional. Bravo man!
Aaaa this is amazing! More please!!
samurai jack dialogue, nice!
This sort of thing is why I want Dwarf Fortress...
However, my computer can't download it for some odd reason. So, I'll just live off of Aavak's "Cattenvir" and some animations.
Amazing, this gave me goosebumps :P Such a myth around dwarves.
Keep up the awesome work!
Please, do more of this! :D
Masterwork
A.K.A. The story of that dead miner from the First Imperial Guard Quest from Morrowind . . . .
Seriously though, good work and a nice nonviolent story from DF.
Dunno about Morrowind, this happened in DF..Also I would classify a story with just one death as "nonviolent" by DF standards, true enough! XD
How did you animate/draw this?? I love this style
Thank you for the kind words.
This is amazing.
That was awesome, kind of reminds me of Grickle's animations.
This will be made if only one version
F in chat for Dodok.
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Fantastic!
Meow 🐱
@@Wood_969 Meow meow.
Dwarf Fortress always has the best stories. This video was beautiful. Bravo, good man. I hope you'll have another story someday?
Love the style!
That was beautiful.
This is really beautiful, mate. Well done.
Very good animation!
Hey @RiqCrow, I want you to know I think of these animations on a regular basis since seeing them years ago and really love the atmosphere you created in them. I wish there were more than the handful you made! They are masterworks, of the highest quality.
Awesome!
Why did Dodok Kelbekar leave in the first place?
He ventured out to clear the ice (that blocked the gateway) from the canal and was never seen again.
beautiful
loved it.
Thank you!
Ow, very nice. Very moving.
This is so good...
came here expecting some dumb LOL2CAT movie, but this is actually pretty good. Art style reminds me of those still bits of art you'd find on reaaaally old PC text adventures
that final part where the ghost on the stone talks really happen?
ah, that was just my way of drawing that line "the ghost has been put to rest" ^^; call it artist's liberty
read the description, this was STRONGLY influenced by Samurai Jack, not just "maybe". Gave me the spark to do this animation.
That is great to hear, i cant wait to see it.
this is awesome!
Very creative.
UNDERRATED AS HELL
If it about dwarf queen who slew two thousand elves alone, yes. Very epic DF story. Would be a boon to get permission to do a animation from it.
I seriously thought the glowy light was hell......
Amazing work!
It was a good thing he didn't batter anybody.
Beautyful
Why did he venture out into the wild?
awesome.
Wow, just wow
I love this, crow have you ever read about Tholtig Cryptbrain the Waining Diamonds?