Dwarf Fortress Poster

Poster featuring a unique world map generated by the very first public release of Dwarf Fortress in 2006, rendered in ASCII characters. (Only a portion of this would be visible to in-game players at any one time, but the game outputs the full map to disk as part of generation.) Even at this early stage of the game’s development, the complexity of the generation code can clearly be seen, particularly in the paths of rivers finding their way to lower elevations and seas. Created by Aaron A. Reed for the “50 Years of Text Games” Kickstarter campaign; these are overstock posters from the original print run.

Posters are 11″x17″ and are shipped quarter-folded at 5.5″ x 8.5″ to fit in a bubble mailer (with thick cardboard for protection). If you want a larger or unfolded poster with this image, it’s also available in various size options on Redbubble.