Tarn Adams

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Zach Adams (L) and his brother Tarn Adams, cofounders of Bay 12 Games and cocreators of the single-player simulation game "Dwarf Fortress," pose for a photo at their home office in Poulsbo, Washington, west of Seattle, on December 9, 2022. - A cult favorite among indie game fans, "Dwarf Fortress" has been available for purchase on the Steam online store since December 6, a first for this title that has been distributed for free since its debut in 2006. The real-time management game, set in a medieval-fantasy world and involving overseeing a group of dwarves seeking to build a mighty fortress, has climbed to the fourth best-selling weekly title on Steam. (Photo by Jason Redmond / AFP) (Photo by JASON REDMOND/AFP via Getty Images)
Dwarf Fortress co-creator says his life as a millionaire is 'basically like reattaining what my parents could do with regular jobs'

By Andy Chalk Published

news Tarn Adams lives in a house now. I bet that's nice.

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Key art for the Dwarf Fortress Myth and Magic update, showing a dwarven wizard casting a spell beneath the looming, ominous figure of Armok.
Dwarf Fortress creator says we have a natural lean towards human-made stories, 'but we're all going to be very sorely tested in the coming years' by AI

By Harvey Randall Published

News Lie, robot.

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Tarn Adams, who cofounded Bay 12 Games with his brother Zach, talks about their single-player simulation game "Dwarf Fortress" during an interview at their home office in Poulsbo, Washington, west of Seattle, on December 9, 2022. - A cult favorite among indie game fans, "Dwarf Fortress" has been available for purchase on the Steam online store since December 6, a first for this title that has been distributed for free since its debut in 2006. The real-time management game, set in a medieval-fantasy world and involving overseeing a group of dwarves seeking to build a mighty fortress, has climbed to the fourth best-selling weekly title on Steam. (Photo by Jason Redmond / AFP) (Photo by JASON REDMOND/AFP via Getty Images)
Dwarf Fortress creator says the industry's in shambles over AI and layoff-happy CEOs: 'Everyone I know, their bosses are slowly getting psychosis'

By Harvey Randall Published

News "They're trying to have a CEO press a button that makes a game."

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Tarn Adams sitting in front of a laptop, edited with a screen from Factorio
Tarn Adams, co-creator of Dwarf Fortress, has over 1,400 hours in Factorio and is currently obsessed with terraforming games: 'Dwarf Fortress just doesn't accommodate a full-on sci-fi thing'

By Rick Lane Published

Deep dive Bay 12 Games' co-founder talks playing The Planet Crafter, Beast, and more than 40 years of saved desktops.

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Dwarf Fortress, but a wizard
Dwarf Fortress issues a 'naked dwarf fix' after accidentally turning players' pride-and-joy into bearded nudist colonies

By Rich Stanton Published

News Must've been quite chilly.

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Tarn Adams, who cofounded Bay 12 Games with his brother Zach, talks about their single-player simulation game "Dwarf Fortress" during an interview at their home office in Poulsbo, Washington, west of Seattle, on December 9, 2022. - A cult favorite among indie game fans, "Dwarf Fortress" has been available for purchase on the Steam online store since December 6, a first for this title that has been distributed for free since its debut in 2006. The real-time management game, set in a medieval-fantasy world and involving overseeing a group of dwarves seeking to build a mighty fortress, has climbed to the fourth best-selling weekly title on Steam. (Photo by Jason Redmond / AFP) (Photo by JASON REDMOND/AFP via Getty Images)
Dwarf Fortress' creator is so tired of hearing about AI: 'Press a button and it writes a really sh*tty, wrong essay about something—and they still take your job'

By Harvey Randall Published

News Sighing at the slop.

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Dwarf Fortress brothers Zach and Tarn Adams
With 800,000 copies of Dwarf Fortress sold, the newly minted millionaire creators' most high-roller purchase has been a Honda Civic

By Joshua Wolens Published

News The game's premium version can be found on over a million wishlists, too.

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Tarn and Zach Adams laugh during an interview at GDC 2024.
'Big Wait's dead': Dwarf Fortress creators are going to stop disappearing for months to get updates done in a post-Kitfox world

By Joshua Wolens Published

News Tarn waits for no man. Or uh, dwarf.

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Dwarf Fortress creators Tarn and Zach Adams sit for an interview at GDC 2024.
Dwarf Fortress creator blasts execs behind brutal industry layoffs: 'I think they're horrible… greedy, greedy people'

By Joshua Wolens Published

News Tarn Adams doesn't mince words when it comes to the dire state of the games industry.

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An early 2021 WIP screenshot of DF adventure mode
Updated Dwarf Fortress comes to Linux, fixes those pesky marksdwarves

By Jonathan Bolding Published

News Adventure mode is next on the agenda for the devs.

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