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 author’s 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:
It’s important to note that I’m 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.
It’s also worth mentioning that I’m 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, you’d not see any of this until the final story was actually done. I usually write in a splatter pattern; I’ll do chapter 1, then 8, then 6, then 7, then 3, then 11, etc.
This is why I’m releasing these in “parts” and not “chapters”. It’s intended to be a loose collection of memories, rather than a single, cohesive narrative.
Headcanon Stuff:
So obviously I’m implementing a lot of my own worldbuilding and fan theories in this, particularly where Deep Rock Galactic is concerned. This is mostly because I’m a science fiction writer, and would not be able to write within the Dwarf Fortress setting.
Fantasy writers continuously impress and amaze me. I’ll stay in my sci-fi lane for the vast majority of this.
Also, as far as the DRG characters are concerned: I’m using a mix of fan theories from the community, as well as headcanon stuff here. I made up Klaus’s name, for example, but the community has really investigated who mission control is, as a person, and I want to use some of that. I’m 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, they’re supposed to be a random selection of potential player characters, with custom loadouts and cosmetics applied.
As of writing this, I haven’t really described their appearances in detail yet, but they’re non-standard. I’m not trying to impose my headcanon on the cover art characters.
