One month before the release of Dwarf Fortress on Steam (also on Itch.io), the two brothers Zach and Tarn Adams had $15.635 in revenue, mostly from donations to free their software (freeware) which has been around for 16 years.
A month after the game's commercial debut, they won $7.230.123, or 462 times more than the amount they earned in the last 16 years.
Tarn Adams said of course that "a little less than half will go to fconditions” and that many other people and various expenses will have to be paid.
But there will be plenty left for the brothers who report that "we have solved the key retirement problems that worry independents." This means that Putnam, a longtime modder, writer and community member, will also be able to continue his work on the code Dwarf Fortress, since he was legally hired in December.
Τα “προβλήματα υγείας/συνταξιοδότησης” ήρθαν στα δύο αδέρφια το 2019, όταν ο Zach έπρεπε να αναζητήσει θεραπεία για καρκίνο του δέρματος. Το κόστος των 10.000 δολαρίων, που κάλυψε η ασφάλιση που παρείχε ο εργοδότης της συζύγου του, τους έκανε να συνειδητοποιήσουν την ανάγκη για περισσότερα money.
"You can't just run GoFundMes until you can't and you die in your 50s," Tarn told the Guardian. end of 2022. "It is not nice".
This realization pushed them into a relatively affordable commercial deal to release the game.
