I gave up on KeeperRL on the deck. Not worth the pain. Early days though, hopefully they add controller support one day.

Unfortunately my new fortress is constantly being attacked by giant chipmunks.

a giant chinchilla is vomiting all over my trading post

oh turns out it was fleeing the giant blue jays which have descended into my fort and murdering everything everything in this embark is cute, giant, and extremely agitated

First it was angry giant coati, then giant chinchillas, then giant blue jays, then another wave of chinchillas. I am now besieged by angry hoary marmots.

Also angry mountain goats also attacked. How could I forget them.

Going to put them all in a pit with my captured goblin invaders and eat whatever is leftover after the fight.

where the hell did this giant hamster come from

what is this embark?????

a hamster did this take note of the scrollbar

How are they still alive? Impressive.

Was there a guide that you found helpful?

I am using the default fortress controls but did make a few adjustments to remap camera panning and remove another because I was finding myself unpausing it accidentally. Otherwise it just took a bit of time. I will probably tweak it more.

this was one of the experiences that lead to me selling my steam deck

I was really determined to relearn the controls because my choices are "spend an extra 4 hours each night at the same computer I work at during the day" or "spend that time lounging on the couch with snacks and a horror movie". There was no middle ground. I was completely locked in.

oh god alright yeah that's much worse LOCK THE FUCK IN (i bought a rog ally instead lol)

Once I got used to the controls I found playing DF on my Ally very fun, but unfortunately found it slowed down wayyyy too fast as my fortress progressed.

thats so interesting, do you think it was a ram limitation? the CPU on that thing is surprisingly robust, it outpaces my 2021 razer blade adv 15 i7-11800H in cpu-only tests

Probably, but I would need to test, it's been a while. I also do tend to make larger worlds, so some of it is probably on me (my current fortress is like 60 years in, and I need DFHack just to make it remotely playable on my pretty-beefy PC).

I can't tell if you mean "making it work sucked" or "the irresistible lure of Dwarf Fortress anywhere was too dangerous" xD

oh. no it was definitely the first one, between that and trying to run diablo 4 i must have lost 10 hours to Not Playing hahaha