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> It answers the question: what if you had a great product, but the user experience was the worst possible choice in every single way, but all functionality still existed and worked?

I feel like this describes every Bethesda game.

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I've seen terrible game UIs, but DF seemed to take it to a new level. Like say for instance a dozen or so ways to select units.

Are there still, like, 3 commands to look/inspect/view contents or did those finally get condensed?

Heh, dunno, never got into it, but was curious. Been following progress, and plan to tinker once the steam version with a full GUI have been released.

The blog updates have been amusing, things like dying cats from soaking up too much beer in the pubs. Various bugs and non-bugs that result in crazy events. Many amusing stories, etc.

I love the idea, but didn't want to invest that much time in learning the UI.

If we're thinking of the same interactions, the current (texty) version still has those.

There is a reason why Tarn asks for donations every month, and Notch is a billionaire.

Indeed, they moved from occasional donations to steam in an effort to get a reliable income stream and be able to afford health insurance.

Because people love 3d real time first person games?

RimWorld has over $100 million in revenue. It's a watered down 2D DF, with a better UI and mod support.

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