Dwarf Fortress is a single-player fantasy game. You can control a dwarven outpost or an adventurer in a randomly generated, persistent world. The world is randomly generated with distinct civilizations spanning over 1000 years of detailed history, dozens of towns, hundreds of caves and regions with various wildlife. Command your dwarves as they search for wealth in the mountain. Play an adventurer and explore, quest for glory or seek vengeance. Extended ASCII character set rendered in 16 colors (including black) as well as 8 background colors (including black). Although Dwarf Fortress is still in a work in progress, many features have already been implemented. Please post all support issues in the forums for the game.
Here the dwarves have carved out a little fortress to live in. The river at this embark location gave us a steep grade to work with. Living quarters are at the top left, furnished with objects created in the workshops at the bottom of the image. The food stockpile is at the top center (food barrels and seed bags filled with the provisions we brought along). Stone is stockpiled at the bottom left. Orthoclase!