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Dwarf Fortress adopts version control for development
Original: Dwarf Fortress uses version control now https://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/11/dwarf-fortress/ # Gaming # OpenSource # AI
Simon Willison notes that Dwarf Fortress, the long-running colony simulation game by Bay 12 Games, has started using version control in its development. The game spent nearly two decades as the work of two brothers with idiosyncratic tooling, so the shift is being discussed as a notable moment for the famously unorthodox project.
Why now: A well-known developer blogged about a famously idiosyncratic game finally adopting standard engineering practices.
Dwarf FortressSimon WillisonBay 12 Games
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