Dwarf Fortress dwarves with actual graphics are super cute

Dwarf Fortress has for years had ASCII dwarves – little smiley faces fewer pixels than the average emoji.

Now Dwarf Fortress is getting actual graphics, well… look at the dwarves now”

In an update on the progress being made to Dwarf Fortress for its big Steam launch, co-creator Tarn Adams revealed a work in progress look at a fisherdwarf. Isn’t he cute!

“A neatly combed beard, some styled hair back there, and the blue clothing of a fisherdwarf,” Adams writes.

Here’s another dwarf with actual graphics: the stoneworker. She’s got the same basic fashion sense as the fisherdwarf, but has shaved her head.

And here’s a shot of four military dwarves, variously dressed in the arena mode, where you can outfit anyone and watch them fight.

The two at the top are a couple of fully geared-up dwarves, in bronze, with and without helmets. “Their beard-style is similar because dwarves and everybody else in arena mode don’t have a civilisation and so just kind of let it all grow wild, ha ha,” Adams said.