Bay 12 Games
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Bay 12 Games is an independent game development studio best known for creating the complex simulation game Dwarf Fortress.
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| Bay 12 Games canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Bay 12 Games Context triple: [Dwarf Fortress, developer, Bay 12 Games]
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Bluepoint Games
Bluepoint Games is an American video game studio renowned for its high-quality remakes and remasters of classic titles, including the 2020 remake of Demon's Souls.
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Monkeystone Games
Monkeystone Games was an independent video game development studio co-founded by industry veterans including Tom Hall, known for creating mobile and handheld titles in the early 2000s.
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Iron Galaxy Studios
Iron Galaxy Studios is an American video game development studio best known for its co-development and porting work on numerous high-profile titles across multiple platforms.
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Tribeca Games
Tribeca Games is a curated program within the Tribeca Film Festival that showcases video games as a form of artistic and narrative storytelling.
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Black Tusk Studios
Black Tusk Studios was a Canadian video game development studio based in Vancouver that was rebranded as The Coalition, best known for working on the Gears of War franchise.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Bay 12 Games Target entity description: Bay 12 Games is an independent game development studio best known for creating the complex simulation game Dwarf Fortress.
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A.
Bluepoint Games
Bluepoint Games is an American video game studio renowned for its high-quality remakes and remasters of classic titles, including the 2020 remake of Demon's Souls.
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B.
Monkeystone Games
Monkeystone Games was an independent video game development studio co-founded by industry veterans including Tom Hall, known for creating mobile and handheld titles in the early 2000s.
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C.
Iron Galaxy Studios
Iron Galaxy Studios is an American video game development studio best known for its co-development and porting work on numerous high-profile titles across multiple platforms.
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D.
Tribeca Games
Tribeca Games is a curated program within the Tribeca Film Festival that showcases video games as a form of artistic and narrative storytelling.
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E.
Black Tusk Studios
Black Tusk Studios was a Canadian video game development studio based in Vancouver that was rebranded as The Coalition, best known for working on the Gears of War franchise.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
independent video game developer
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video game company ⓘ |
| acceptsSupportVia |
Patreon
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PayPal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedIn |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| businessModel | donationware ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | Kitfox Games NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| companyScale | small studio ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| develops |
Dwarf Fortress
NERFINISHED
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Liberal Crime Squad NERFINISHED ⓘ Slaves to Armok: God of Blood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributionPlatform |
Steam
NERFINISHED
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itch.io NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| DwarfFortressInitialReleaseYear | 2006 ⓘ |
| DwarfFortressSteamReleaseYear | 2022 ⓘ |
| employs |
Tarn Adams
NERFINISHED
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Zach Adams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
emergent narrative
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procedural generation ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Tarn Adams
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Zach Adams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedBySiblingTeam | true ⓘ |
| gameEngineApproach | custom in-house engine ⓘ |
| hasFanCommunity | Dwarf Fortress community ⓘ |
| hasPixelArtTilesetForDwarfFortress | true ⓘ |
| industry | video game development ⓘ |
| influenced |
Caves of Qud
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Gnomoria NERFINISHED ⓘ Minecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ RimWorld NERFINISHED ⓘ Stonehearth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
ASCII-based graphics in early releases
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complex simulation games ⓘ detailed emergent gameplay ⓘ |
| languageOfDevelopment | C++ ⓘ |
| notableGameGenre |
construction and management simulation
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roguelike ⓘ |
| notableWork | Dwarf Fortress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryDesigner | Tarn Adams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryWriter | Zach Adams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| revenueSources |
game sales
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player donations ⓘ |
| website | http://www.bay12games.com ⓘ |
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