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Zach Adams

Zach Adams

Co-Founder
Zach Adams is the co-founder of Bay 12 Games with his brother Tarn, where they work on their fantasy simulation, Dwarf Fortress, one of the first video games acquired by the Museum of Modern Art in New York. He has been writing procedural interactive narrative projects for over twenty years.

SOME OF THE GAMES Zach WORKED ON

Dwarf Fortress

Talks & sessions

Legends Mode: Dwarf Fortress Postmortem

Dwarf Fortress, the settlement management and fantasy world simulator by Bay 12 Games, was released in 2006 after four years of development, and has been in continuous development through the present day.  Growing up with the internet and as video game design practices and technology advanced, the game and the community that support it have evolved together.  Join Zach and Tarn Adams as they discuss the history of the game, their successes and mistakes over this process, from the humble beginnings of the game as a side project in 2002 to the graphical overhaul of the early 2020s.