Nökortorad: Hunt for the Glacier's Eye, 3
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- čas přidán 23. 08. 2024
- An edited, illustrated and narrated playthrough of the game Dwarf Fortress
The thunderous stomping never ceases. A single, frozen eye watches over the gates. A step outside means death, yet also life. Stakud and the dwarves have a plan to reclaim the surface and the time to put it into play is near.
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-Mrs K for her unending support and expert waxwork (she colors all the drawings. With crayons.)
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-And of course, you, for watching. Thank you for watching, my bearded bastard.
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The return of the living alpaca wool made me laugh so hard
maan it scared me to death as I didn't think it was possible
I had this with some sheep wool on my very first save, I was so confused!
I’m glad Undead Animal Wool isn’t an unkillable eternal tornado that can single-handedly crush a fortress anymore.
@@cptnkaladin1312 Wait... Anymore?
@@Xeridanus Dwarf Fortress have long history. Dwarf-eating Carps, Cats drunk to death... and Animal Wool Eldritch Horror.
Man, Stakud is a real one. The fact that she's avoided making new friends makes it seem like she's far more focused on exacting vengeance. I imagine her sitting there with a thousand yard stare, kind of watching "through" everyone else dancing; present in body, but not really present in mind.
This is dark. I like the way you think.
@@coyohti Thanks, fam. You'd be one of the few.
Well 'least her mood is good, that's a good indicator she might be enjoying the dance!
I like to imagine she’ll be able to open up and make friends now that she’s gotten her revenge and can finally feel a little safe
I would imagine her personality got damaged by the trauma of watching everyone she was friends with die to the undead cyclops. It is very likely she's not able to become attached in the same way again, because she has had the very real experience of losing everything she cares about in a matter of minutes. I like to think after her vengeance has been extracted, she might be able to make friends again.
Man, the cyclops suddenly sprinting towards the open door legit scared me!
For me it was the cyclops tanking his way through every single one of the stonefall traps until the last one finally took him down.
I could imagine it anima style just getting pounded by boulders
I audibly gasped when it crossed over the cage traps and kept going
@@MrExpert8575 same. I should have been caught, shouldn't it? I have caught a lot of semi-megabeasts in cages in the steam release.
Well, as Kruggsmash was propably as surprised, at least we are not alone :D
The editing whenever the cyclops appeared was SO suspenseful... I'm eating breakfast while watching this, but from the moment that roaring and the footfalls start to the moment they stop I can tell you that I'm too fixated on my laptop screen to take a bite.
So happy to hear it! God, it gets very difficult to mix all the sounds/music so it doesn't get too crazy sounding lol. Hoping it turned out alright in this episode!
breakfast gang
@@kruggsmash You did a really good job with it!! it's just enough to make it feel real and impactful without getting too noisy. This series has been my introduction to your content and it's been really fun, looking forward to what you do next! ^^
Yeah, it's extremely gripping!
@@kamerasengan welcome to the gang urist!
28:40 Love how this series basically ends with the thing almost everyone does in their first 5 minutes of an embark - unload the wagon. The things that can go wrong with an Evil biome!
"She dreams of taking vengeance, and that dream was realized."
The cyclops getting through almost every trap before finally dying right at the end was outstanding. Couldn't have intended it, but it was like it was to a script. Dwarf Fortress will always manage to impress.
I'm really impressed how threating of an antagonist the cyclops ended up being despite not being on screen all that much. Gave me similar feelings to horror movies like alien or jaws.
Also, the alpaca wool suddenly springing to life is really fascinating to me. Probably would of tried to keep it as a pet just for how strange it is.
Its just standing there, menacingly!
Jokes aside, the alpaca wool thing is what I love about dwarf fortress, when they first programmed necromancy in they made it so anything biological could be reanimated, even individual hairs would come alive (they had to remove that, as no attack could hit them due to being so small) and when they first ran it, a deer skin, I think, came alive and started killing dwarfs. They kept it in cause it made as much sense as animated skeletons. I mean, how horrific is the image of a empty skin stalking you? Real necromantic horror!
Everything is programmed so even they can't always predict what happens, I just love the surprises that comes up.
I made one character once who for some reason decided to chop heads of his kills and keep as trophies, he got quite the collection going when he botched a bandit camp raid, in desperation he threw every weapon he had at pursuing bandits but missed. Then, as a last ditch attempt he started throwing the heads he had collected. Somehow, he nailed and killed the boss, which made the other bandits run of and he survived. That is when the became Uthret Skullthrower and his specialty was throwing skulls. I later learned about a tower containing the secret of life and dead, his mission became to learn the secret so he could throw and then revive his heads to attack his enemies (as it turns out, skulls from butchering wont revive, but heads loped off in combat will).
Google Further adventures with Uthret Skullthrower dwarf fortress if you want the full story. Also, I had one adventurer who got his arm bit of by an alligator who then beat the alligator to dead with said arm.
Honor to Stâkud! What a dwarf! You've drawn up a compelling character, and your art breathes life to the tale woven by this game.
Yes I love Stakud, I'd like to see this fort continued just enough that Stakud could become a Baroness ☺️. Probably 1 more episode, seeing how Krugsmash reclaims the surface and defends it from future zombies could be fun.
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Considering her previous friends all got savagely murdered, it makes sense she's reticent to making new friends.
Having passing acquaintances savagely murdered would hurt less !
Yes, not to make light of mental illness, but PTSD after such an experience (and thus being friend- making adverse afterward) is quite logical.
the fact that the cyclops was felled by the final stone is actually so perfect
I'm sipping black coffee the morning after a snowstorm relaxing on my day off watching this, perfect.
Don't open the door. Zombies outside ☠️
Man, it's only snowed here like once this year. not even that cold outside. kinda wild!
Glad you're liking the episode!
@@kruggsmash we've barely had any snow here and plenty of 55+ days. Really unsettling!
Doing the same thing. Drinking black coffee, watching the snowy wonderland outside. The only difference is I have a cat on my lap. Like DF, we didn't pick her, she picked us. Great content and loving the series.
@@tofu1608 It's been a really warm winter in Upstate NY, despite the blizzard. We have a few inches of snow and it's snowing now but I saw grass - GRASS! - this winter, early Jan! Wild times.
Not that I'm complaining too much, my back could use a break from the shovel.
Quickly becoming my favourite fortress but think that moving onto lots of little fortresses makes sense, i've been doing that more in the steam version
And hopefully we'll be back, or at least be hearing from these dwarves again! All part of the DF experience for me. Knowing that theres a world out there. It's great fun. Glad you liket his series, man :)
@@kruggsmash would be cool having an adventurer to go visit the fortress once adventure mode is out
If the updates don't corrupt the fort, that is
I shouldn't be surprised because Dwarf Fortress can leave me in suspense when it's just a bunch of letters and triangles, yet I'm still surprised how much a animationless graphic of a purple Cyclops can scare the bejesus out of me when it comes storming towards a door. Good episode sir
I was surprised by the tension that I felt, when the cyclops was headed towards the spiral staircase! I slowed the replay down, and paused it several times. I wanted to read every combat text!
Stakud is a freaking legend. Also YEEEEES expand this world's lore, same civilization, different civilization. I really wanna see how this fortress carries on as the generations go on.
I'm very proud of "stacks". She's the MVP here and survived while enduring great fear and loss.
Another terrifying episode of undead beasties, just whats needed late at night for me!! Thanks Krugg 😊
Hey thanks for watching it! Glad you like it :)
When the cyclops finally falled in ther very last trap I started yelling NO WAY NO WAY NO WAY and now my family thinks im an idiot. Thank you Krugss, amazing episode :D
Proud of Stakud, she'll be a legend one way or another. Agreed this is a fitting end to this series on the fortress, even if I'm sad to see it end.
Please feel free to advance Dead Body a bit on your own time. They deserve some safety and security, to feel more sustainable. I want your future fort(s) in their world to hear this legend for years to come!
Honestly, being able to end a story like this on a note that feels like a victory is a pretty rare opportunity in DF, so I think leaving it here is the right call. Thanks for the series, had me engrossed throughout!
Holy shit Krugg. You’ve REALLY stepped things up for this series. I’m frankly blown away by how creative you’ve gotten with this. You do such a wonderful job of finding the humanity in these little lines of code. It’s extraordinary. Keep it up man ❤
Humanity? Or dorfity?
That was one of the most satisfying emotional arcs of story you've told. I'm happy with the ending, but I also hope that you'll consider revisiting this for a sort of epilogue episode for when Stakkud grows older a little bit. Just to put an extra dash of a finishing touch on her story. Well. done, Kruggsmash. I think this story was one of your best, if not THE best!
Knowing DF, she'll probably migrate to one of the later forts in this world :)
I hope we see her and the other dwarves of this fort migrating to other forts in the world!
It's a tough call, but I think now that the dwarves can finally rest their story can end too. It was a great series! Can't wait to see what comes next
I loved this story line! I'd love to see it go one more episode, but the next one will be great too
It'll be fiiine you'll seeeeee
Glad you liked this one so much. Thanks for watching, London
Oh my god! The cyclops sequence with him running through the traps and then dying on the last one was AMAZING! Great editing work on the damage overlays, too. Fantastic scene!
Rainbows in his mind as he hurls zombies down the corpse shaft... LOL what a game.
This was a GREAT short fort. I agree it's a good point to finish. Legends will have Stâkud's name live forever!
that memorial chamber is actually fantastic. what a great story
I have to agree, this is a good spot to end things on. A nice ending, can't wait to see more of you Krugg!
Hey, maybe when winter comes around again next year, he can peek back in.
The editing during the cyclops' trek through your hall of traps was so fantastic! Gave me sort of goosebumps vibes
From one dwarfy survivor to a fully functional fortress in the frozen undead wastelands, what a rollercoaster! Thank you a lot Krugg for this new episode! :D
The memorial is truly lovely and Stâkud's resiliency is legendary. Nökortorad's story is one for the ages.
I love how the statues are in hematite as well - blood stone.
Stakud: It is my greatest pleasure to announce that the fruits of our labors with traps has made it safe enough for a beautiful family friendly snow day-
The dwarves: NAKED SNOW RUN YEEEEAAAAAHHHH!!!
🤣
There's just a few moments where dwarf fortress becomes pant shittingly scary, one of those is seeing a seemingly indestructible monster sprint at mach 4 towards the fortress ignoring all of your traps
This was great! A short fort with a goal in mind. The goal is achieved and we step away to look at the bigger world, which I feel is perfect on a narrative level. Can't wait to see what the future has in store for us!
I'm still curious about what's behind that strange volcanic rock wall full of gems in ep1.
God, me too. I wish I could have gotten back to it safely..
Why does Kruggsmash think this is ominous? Does the game have some traps like this? Perhaps it's a prison for a Ballrog?
@@AAron-gr3jk it does I know of these from the wiki but won't spoil what can be behind it
@@AAron-gr3jk Tarn said in a couple interviews that he has added reasons to explore the cavern layers. All I have found so far are 3x3 obsidian floors which I am assuming are the least exciting new finds. I have not found any obsidian walls yet, and am trying to avoid spoilers on this myself.
@@AAron-gr3jk It reminds me of those ancient dangers in Rimworld. The pop up for it did seem kinda ominous.
love the dramatics of the final trap being the one to finally drop the cyclops, just perfect accidental timing
I imagine snackies being portraited as a badass dwarfswoman in the coming years as her story grows.
...Living wool... man, we gonna get our own episode of jimmy neutron pants walking around.
Stakud, upon seeing the rabbit: "RUN AWAY! RUN AWAY!"
That was an excellent conclusion to this fortress!
I’m glad the showdown was neither anti-climatic not recklessly bullheaded for the sake of dramatics.
It was perfect!
Stakud's memorial was actually really moving... Great series as always, Krugg.
So many chilling moments, but Stakud's whole story has been so good. Gonna miss this fort but that ending is just too perfect !!
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You just can't make this up.
Dwarf fortress is amazing.
*YOU* are amazing! THAT WAS SO AWESOME!!!!!
The Cyclops dying on the *very last trap* is just... perfection. God, I love these videos and I hope you'll always make them
Ha! Also Krugg got popular enough to get spamming Kobold-impostors in his comments ;v Well - the better the fortress the worse scum it may attract
Great episode and a sad but good call to end it here!
Note on the traps, creatures that "know" about the traps will not trigger them. Unsure how that mechanic works exactly but I think it's if they've seen another creature been caught in the same trap or they themselves have been caught in it before. Needs further testing to be sure.
And a little sidenote on migrants. If you want to stop them temporarily or premanently you can go into the in-game settings and change the population cap to your current population, and change it again once you feel ready to accept more. This also works for visitors. (and if you want your dwarves to use protection, change the Child/Birth cap to the same).
Love the work and looking forward for more epic adventures! Strike the earth!
Gotta say, the sound design and voice acting in this series is pretty great! The cyclops' booming footsteps really emphasize how much of a threat it is.
'Haunted Frozen Hellscape that Reanimates the Dead.'
Dwarves: Oh look, a new outpost.
Man, watching the cyclops get dropped by the very last stone trap in the series is some real suspenseful stuff. 22:37
DF is one of those insane games that sometimes randomly produces amazing story moments like how the LAST rock trap was the one that landed the killing blow… then you get 12 real life hours of them like reciting poetry and dying cuz they walked across a river that unthawed
AMAZING!!!! That was awesome. your creativity is awe inspiring. Your tenacity is great. I would of just started a new run... the fact you came back from pretty much nothing is a testament of how skilled you are at dwarf fortress.
This was really fun! I'm so glad that you chose to keep going with Stakud after the expedition got massacred so we got this fun little series.
I can't wait to see what you do next with this world, I'm loving the Steam release visuals making what's happening being so much more legible
I know it could seem like a strange choice to end it here, but I think its a right and fitting one! You'll find your next epic 20 part tale soon, it doesn't have to be the first one of the Steam release that becomes it. And I only recently started making my way through your back catalog since the Steam release, but I think part of what makes Skullhorror one of my favorites is that it had a trajectory similar to this, and at the end was allowed to pass gracefully into legend. There seems no more fitting or better fate for worthy dwarves such as these! Sometimes a story is marked by its ending.
Looking forward to whatever comes next!
I have to say, this was a great story! I love this style of starting with a massive handicap, and overcoming it with limited resources.
someone else probably commented it already but Cyclops are Semi-Megabeasts and both Megabeasts and Semi-Megabeasts now have Trapavoid iirc, same as Kobolds. So you need a Giant Cave Spider to cover a cage trap in web to be able to catch any of them
trapavoid means immune to stone fall traps
This was a fantastic way to end the series-and you’re right it ended at the perfect spot! Also excited to see that you’re planning to use this world more. The ability to continue worldgen after leaving a fort was one of my favorite updates ever… so it’ll be great to see what happens wherever you decide to take your dwarves! Thanks as always for the amazing work krugg!!!
Truly special. May that fortress thrive forevermore!
I thought it would always be weird seeing a krugg video without the iconic slightly modified one you used for a while. But here we are at episode 3, and I'm used to it :D
Victory! We have victory!
What a tale, and so excellently told!
I absolute love the idea of a bunch of dwarves in a zombie-infested land just having a deep pit they push the zombies into and occasionally throw rocks at them. Primitive yet effective, and hilarious.
Hey Krugg!
Just wanted to say thank you!!! You got me into Dwarf Fortress, and it is now in my top 10 favorite games for sure.
I love this game, and I love your content!! There really is no other youtuber like you out there, and it's not just because you play a niche game. Every video always just has so much heart, soul, and effort put into it, and you can really tell!
So anyways, good luck with the future of your channel! I'll definitely be around here for a good while. :)
Absolutely love the stories that come up, and the fact I (and I'm sure many others) felt relieved when that cyclops finally was done, and with memorial hall setup.. all kinds of emotions.
Excited for more stories, and I think thats for the best to end this one here, kinda like don't overstretch a good movie/show
For the next settlement, they could work more as a Monster Hunting force, or exploratory force? Seeking out ancient secrets like the Demon slab, what Adamantine is, or that gem wall that was briefly found in episode two. So many secrets in this world, why wouldn’t the motherland want to understand them? And, if you want for the Monster hunting path, you could try to hunt legendary monsters akin to the Glaciers Eye.
Stakud is an absolute champ! That cyclops marching through the cage trap and even tanking through the rock fall trap really worried me!
A delightful episode! This series has been absolutely wonderful so far.
Very excited, always love these can't wait to watch. Fantastic work and honestly the best type of medium for introducing my friends to dwarf fortress. Thank you again, and please keep this up! More story like videos, but really any type of dwarf fortress video would be great coming from you with this style.
Absolutely create a new beautiful and creative story around the fort in this world. Love your work.
Lol that cyclops is raring to unalive those dwarves XD That was great to see it dash right into the entry hall. Also zombie wool creature? *chef's kiss* thank you for the nightmare fuel.
Please keep going with this world! The legend of Nokortorad should be heard in every corner of the land :D
Going to agree with you Kruggs.... Too many new things to see to focus on just building this ice fort. This truly was a great little series but it's time to send some dwarves to explore more of this fascinating world!
Throwing zombies into a pit is the dwarf equivalent of doing the glass recycling as a kid.
LOL!
The picture you drew of the animated alpaca wool got me good hahahahaha! Thanks Krugg, I needed that!
jumping around to fortresses in the same world sounds like a good way to keep things fresh while still keeping an interesting long arc
I love the idea of starting a new fortress in the same world. Plus it's nice to have a fortress end in a positive note
Hey Krugg, Just wanted to say, that you are an amazing story teller and I always enjoy watching your videos! You don't need to convince me that the next fortress will be good - I know, you will have a great narrative for it. Another thing I want to add here: Usually I am pretty busy and wont come around to watch your video for a couple of days. Please do not take this as disinterest! According to some creators, the first day is extremely important for the CZcams algorithm. But I think you have a very loyal and supporting base of people, who will watch your videos - be it a couple days delayed, but we all appreciate your storytelling!
Really love the new graphics! They complement your art, and makes everything on the surface level so much easier for me to grasp. I find it so much easier to be immersed in the _story,_ when my brain doesn't have to work overtime to make as much sense of all the shapes and squiggles in addition! ;p
Love all your work either way, but this was a great experience!
Calling it quits is the right choice. An adventure mode visit or nearby forts in the future would be perfect.
I think it would be awesome to come back to this fortress in the future, but I definitely think the decision to end the story here for now works perfectly well. I look forward to more stories from this world. Thanks as always, Kruggsmash!
This was a fantastic little series, can't wait for the next chapter.
Also a tiny hint for future forts: if you send a squad to demand a 1-time tribute from a site, you can establish trading with that civilization. That way you can start forts with other civs and still contact Nökortorad for lore purposes.
the fact the cyclops died RIGHT at the last trap was such a perfect moment, what a great game. :)
thanks for the great videos krugg!
Man this has to be the best fortress you've done to date, I wish you would continue it! The threats on the surface were so scary and intense!
I saw a video on catching forgotten beasts in traps requiring cave spider silk to be spat onto it.
an incredible victory over a terrifying biome. like inspirational. i've had my hands full with good and neutral savage biomes-agitated wildlife is pretty brutal, but surviving and thriving over zombies is really next level
"The wool has come back to life" I'm dying! I can't breathe! Alpaca's Wool is zombie!
A dwarven legend to be told throughout the ages. Can't wait for the next tale.
And the cyclops was mangled just at the last trap! What a suspence! Thats DF for you, never stops to amaze
this is my first time being "current" with one of your stories and it was really exciting to see it update. i can't imagine how suspenseful it must have been for people watching your dos-type DF stuff update in real time. i'm not the best at talking about stuff i love, but the art you and your beloved make really adds so much to the story, sounds and narration.
Amazing video! Especially loved the visuals (as usual) as well as showing the descriptions of the rock traps hitting the cyclops.
I'm so happy there was a successful ending to this tale. Truly one of my favorite Dwarf Fortress stories, here!
This is one of my favorite storylines so far. Love these videos, I hope you keep making them for a long time to come!
A Dwarf atom smasher could solve the zombie problem in the pit.
I love when a new Kruggsmash video drops. I learn new dwarf tricks, and the story telling is excellent. I cant wait to get recording for df again.
Stakud's development throughout this whole story has been nothing short of astounding. Time and time again, she faced her fears and beat the odds, and now her tale has become a legend.
so many drawings. so many dang dwarven drawings.
You're a beast, Kruggsmash!
I've caught ettins in traps still in Steam Edition. Biggest change that shocked me from last time I played the ascii is that elven caravans now refuse animal products, not just wooden stuff.
Appreciate seeing your stuff pop up in my feed, every time! The illustrations are amazing.
I am so impressed with this fort and what you did with it. The story of one surviving dwarf rebuilding the fort, finding more allies and ultimately killing the darned cyclops, truly beautiful! Really fun to watch.
That was awesome! I am usually pretty good at not getting overly invested in the characters in series like this, knowing that their failures are all part of the developing story but I couldn't help myself but get really supportive of Stakud's quest. I really thin that ending it here was a good idea.
Community: "So death spirals are thing."
Krugg: "Wait, don't tell me, you bearded bastards. I know just how to do them!"
Edit:
The cage trap isn't due to the cyclops - I caught a cyclops in my running game at one point. So not sure what that's about.
I legit gasped when the cyclops ran past the cage traps, I fully thought you'd be able to catch it!
Ah~ new video, perfect timing. Time to watch while eating👍