Dwarf Fortress x Deep Rock Galactic - Infopage
Mostly posting this here as a central hub for information and updates on my Dwarf Fortress x Deep Rock Galactic fanfic experiment thing.
Also adding various authorâs notes on this post as well...
Parts:
Part 1 is here!
Part 2 is here!
Part 3 is here!
Part 4 is here!
Part 5 is here!
Part 6 announcement is here! Thanks again!!
Part 6 is here! (CW: violence and gore)
Status: Completed! All parts are done and posted!
Chronology:
Itâs important to note that Iâm not posting these parts in any particular order. As scene ideas come to me, I post a new part. If I were sitting down and writing these out long-form (as I would with a proper book), I would be implementing a lot more planning and arc organization. However, there will be times were stuff seems like it got mentioned in passing, and I might come back to it in a later part, which might also take place before a previously-posted part.
Itâs also worth mentioning that Iâm not writing headcanon lore stuff in any particular order, either. Again, I would normally plan out when I introduce certain nuggets of information.
However, if I do the amount of planning that I normally do when writing, youâd not see any of this until the final story was actually done. I usually write in a splatter pattern; Iâll do chapter 1, then 8, then 6, then 7, then 3, then 11, etc.
This is why Iâm releasing these in âpartsâ and not âchaptersâ. Itâs intended to be a loose collection of memories, rather than a single, cohesive narrative.
Headcanon Stuff:
So obviously Iâm implementing a lot of my own worldbuilding and fan theories in this, particularly where Deep Rock Galactic is concerned. This is mostly because Iâm a science fiction writer, and would not be able to write within the Dwarf Fortress setting.
Fantasy writers continuously impress and amaze me. Iâll stay in my sci-fi lane for the vast majority of this.
Also, as far as the DRG characters are concerned: Iâm using a mix of fan theories from the community, as well as headcanon stuff here. I made up Klausâs name, for example, but the community has really investigated who mission control is, as a person, and I want to use some of that. Iâm also trying to keep a lot of the fan theories around Karl intact, during the few times I plan to mention him.
As far as Reiner, Thorn, Ulla, and Donner are concerned: They are not intended to be the box-cover characters of DRG. Instead, theyâre supposed to be a random selection of potential player characters, with custom loadouts and cosmetics applied.
As of writing this, I havenât really described their appearances in detail yet, but theyâre non-standard. Iâm not trying to impose my headcanon on the cover art characters.
