This is a community driven branch of Meph's excellent Masterwork Dwarf Fortress.

If all you want to do is play, you can download one of two ready-to-go zip files:

• The gold release contains all bugfixes and improvements which are considered stable. It is always based upon the most recently release of Masterwork Dwarf Fortress.

• The beta release is the same as the gold release, but with additional changes which are not yet considered completely stable. Things don't get placed into beta until we're pretty sure they work, so it's recommended for most users, but occasionally things will still be a bit rough around the edges.

• The alpha release is the same as the beta release, but also includes experimental features and bugfixes. Things here may be completely broken, but you're welcome to try it if you like.

If you already have the latest release of Dwarf Fortress, you can download patch files should update your distributions to the Studded With Patches versions of the files. These are automatically generated, and are not guaranteed to work. If in doubt, use the zips above:

• gold release (patches only)
• beta release (patches only)
• alpha release (patches only)

Please report bugs in the issues tracker. Please try to be as specific as possible.

We love new contributors!

Check out the Contributor's Guide for detailed information on how to help.

If you want to discuss this project, please use the thread on the Dwarf Fortress message boards. The Masterwork Dwarf Fortress boards may also be useful.