# When did you start playing cata?

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/when-did-you-start-playing-cata/5373>\
**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [March 11, 2014, 5:23am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/when-did-you-start-playing-cata/5373 "2014-03-11T05:23:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![pulsefrequency](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/97f17d/32.png) [@pulsefrequency](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/pulsefrequency)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 5:23am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/when-did-you-start-playing-cata/5373/1 "2014-03-11T05:23:11Z")

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do you remember, when did you start playing cataclysm? how did you first hear about it? how completely fucking awesome was it? did you fare well with the controls and graphics?

i remember, it was right around when whales went on hiatus, either a little before or a little after. i came to it through roguebasin; i was browsing the news ticker with various news and updates to different RL’s (cata is still up there) and found this absolute gem in the rough.

i had played angband and stone soup a bunch, and of course dwarf fortress, so i didnt have a hard time picking up the controls (except when my new laptop didnt have a numpad)

i dont even remember what it was like way back then… anyone still have a hiatus copy laying around after all this time? there werent even vehicles IIRC right? man i would love to get my hands on that just to see how much work you all have put into it

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**Author:** ![Bonevomit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Bonevomit](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Bonevomit)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 6:56am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/when-did-you-start-playing-cata/5373/2 "2014-03-11T06:56:20Z")

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I think I heard of it on bay12games or saw it on roguebasin way back when whales was still developing it.

Back then it was pretty fun but also buggy and I had to use a virtual machine to play it. On windows it would crash almost constantly.

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**Author:** ![FrankyPlaysGames](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/frankyplaysgames/32/32_2.png) [@FrankyPlaysGames](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/FrankyPlaysGames)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 6:59am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/when-did-you-start-playing-cata/5373/3 "2014-03-11T06:59:52Z")

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I started playing a while ago, but it was short-lived. I felt the game needed something a little more, and I dropped it until I heard about Dark Days Ahead.  
I don’t remember much when I played before DDA, but crashing all the time is something I’ll never forget. Still feel it’ll happen to me when I’m playing…  
Thank Mountain Dew for the Autosave.

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**Author:** ![KA101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/278dde/32.png) [@KA101](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/KA101)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 8:16am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/when-did-you-start-playing-cata/5373/4 "2014-03-11T08:16:29Z")

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Little over a year now. First version was the 02Feb Bugfix.

(Still have a copy if anyone wants one.)

It was worth the time; I’m still around a year later despite popular demand, so I imagine Whales, Darkling, and the crew did a decent job.

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**Author:** ![John\_Candlebury](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/john_candlebury/32/6437_2.png) [@John\_Candlebury](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/John_Candlebury)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 11:28am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/when-did-you-start-playing-cata/5373/5 "2014-03-11T11:28:59Z")

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> [@KA101](#):
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> I’m still around a year later despite popular demand.

I seriously doubt that people in here have those feelings towards you.

On other news, I first played cataclysm back when Whales was still working on it. But I never played much back then and abandoned the game and my forum lurking in about a month.

I then rejoined a bout the time the kickstarter launched.

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**Author:** ![Sanarr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Sanarr](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Sanarr)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 12:08pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/when-did-you-start-playing-cata/5373/6 "2014-03-11T12:08:41Z")

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I started playing around of late 0.6 version. I found Cata by some-guy-comment in other Z-survival-game and Googled it. Love that concept of finding masterpiece through random article or someones comment. Found Dwarf Fortress similiar way.

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**Author:** ![MassiveEffectz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/massiveeffectz/32/33_2.png) [@MassiveEffectz](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/MassiveEffectz)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 12:09pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/when-did-you-start-playing-cata/5373/7 "2014-03-11T12:09:42Z")

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I started when jefmajor was doing a lp. I thought this game was ugly as shit. Then I started playing a month later.

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**Author:** ![FunsizeNinja123](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/funsizeninja123/32/118_2.png) [@FunsizeNinja123](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/FunsizeNinja123)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 12:37pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/when-did-you-start-playing-cata/5373/8 "2014-03-11T12:37:02Z")

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I’ve been playing since 0.4 or 0.5. Not sure.

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**Author:** ![TheFlame52](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/theflame52/32/247_2.png) [@TheFlame52](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TheFlame52)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 2:16pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/when-did-you-start-playing-cata/5373/9 "2014-03-11T14:16:13Z")

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Just before 0.9 came out, so I was playing 0.8 for a while before I realized I could get 0.9.

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**Author:** ![Reservoir](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/reservoir/32/28_2.png) [@Reservoir](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Reservoir)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 3:05pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/when-did-you-start-playing-cata/5373/10 "2014-03-11T15:05:03Z")

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Whale’s Cata. Shortly after the 02 Jan version of DDA

And I have no idea how I found about Cata

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**Author:** ![StopSignal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/stopsignal/32/1923_2.png) [@StopSignal](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/StopSignal)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 3:13pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/when-did-you-start-playing-cata/5373/11 "2014-03-11T15:13:48Z")

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I was a roguelike noob back then, having tried DF and lost, i lurked roguebasin for the best coffeebreak roguelike, because i was really bad at rls back then. So i found the normal Cata and i liked it, and when i saw DDA and the cars and the stuff i was really amazed. I don’t play much the last days but the forum is awesome, so…

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**Author:** ![Inquisitor\_Dust](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/inquisitor_dust/32/119_2.png) [@Inquisitor\_Dust](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Inquisitor_Dust)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 3:31pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/when-did-you-start-playing-cata/5373/12 "2014-03-11T15:31:01Z")

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I can’t remember where I found out about it for the life of me, but it was back when Whales was still developing it. I think around the time the whole dildos/other sexual content in the game came up on the old forums.

Is it weird that’s the “landmark” that I remember?

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**Author:** ![i2amroy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/i2amroy/32/909_2.png) [@i2amroy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/i2amroy)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 4:07pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/when-did-you-start-playing-cata/5373/13 "2014-03-11T16:07:25Z")

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I started on C:DDA around mid-April 2013 after reading the Bay12 thread and becoming intrigued.

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**Author:** ![RonniDeWorm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ac8455/32.png) [@RonniDeWorm](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/RonniDeWorm)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 4:45pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/when-did-you-start-playing-cata/5373/14 "2014-03-11T16:45:21Z")

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Switched to linux about a year ago, started looking for native linux games and discovered Dwarf fortress / roguelikes  
(i was immediately hooked on the ASCII-‘graphics’).

Then i read this post: [http://indiestatik.com/2013/03/08/roguelike-primer/](http://indiestatik.com/2013/03/08/roguelike-primer/)  
That’s where I learned about C:DDA.  
The first version I played was 0.3 or 0.4 (not sure anymore), haven’t missed a release since.  
I had been playing other roguelikes, so i didn’t have much problems with the controls.  
I remember that when i first played it I thought: This is exactly what I’m looking for in a game.  
(Reading the designdoc was really fun!)

I’ve been following these forums for some time now, haven’t posted much but I have to say:  
This community is awesome

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**Author:** ![Zireael](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/zireael/32/956_2.png) [@Zireael](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Zireael)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 6:57pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/when-did-you-start-playing-cata/5373/15 "2014-03-11T18:57:41Z")

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I’ve started around 0.6, found it by accident. Since then, I’m hooked!

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**Author:** ![Mrnocamera](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/mrnocamera/32/61_2.png) [@Mrnocamera](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Mrnocamera)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 7:00pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/when-did-you-start-playing-cata/5373/16 "2014-03-11T19:00:52Z")

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_Goes into a mysterious voice._  
"Many things have been found while browsing the internet’s many pages. Some good, others… N-"  
_Loud cough from off-screen._  
Fucking around with the internet, randomly put in DDA and it came up with the game.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/cataclysmdda/original/1X/21b5d044e8473b25d0bf905d60477e25f6fbe0cf.png) [@system](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 8:48pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/when-did-you-start-playing-cata/5373/17 "2014-03-11T20:48:07Z")

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I started sometime in march 2013, back when Jefmajor was doing a lets-play of 0.3 i think it was. Took me a week to get into cataclysm because i was on a family vacation back then, but I’ve been in love with it ever since.

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**Author:** ![pulsefrequency](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/97f17d/32.png) [@pulsefrequency](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/pulsefrequency)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 9:00pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/when-did-you-start-playing-cata/5373/18 "2014-03-11T21:00:25Z")

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> [@RonniDeWorm](#):
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> Then i read this post: [http://indiestatik.com/2013/03/08/roguelike-primer/](http://indiestatik.com/2013/03/08/roguelike-primer/)

ha, that was a great article. i loved that cata is listed under ‘expert’ lol. also enjoyed the entries for DF and URW

i remember seeing that inventory was managed not only by weight but also arbitrarily by volume as well, sort of like a dynamic Diablo-like system, and i thought that was really excellent design. that, coupled with my general lamenting for the lack of good “survival” (not horror survival) games or sims around, and i was sold on cata from the very beginning. excellent game. the “simulation” of survival needs is really spot on and i appreciate it as a shining light in the darkness where “realism” should be in modern gaming, indie and mainstream alike, where it is erroneously claimed to be

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**Author:** ![HunterAlpha1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@HunterAlpha1](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/HunterAlpha1)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 9:30pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/when-did-you-start-playing-cata/5373/19 "2014-03-11T21:30:11Z")

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I think I originally heard about original Cata a long time ago but couldn’t figure out how to compile it so I forgot about it. Then somewhere around mid June of last year I heard about it from the Rogue: Survivor forum’s “Other Games” thread so I finally took the time to learn how compile it. A short while later I discovered that you could just download and copy it to a folder. Then not much later I discovered DDA, and have been hookered since.

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**Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 11:20am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/when-did-you-start-playing-cata/5373/20 "2014-03-12T11:20:43Z")

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i played nethack, and wanted more so i googled for free/opensource rougelikes 😃  
first version i played was 0.4 i think… or 0.5, something like that  
first time i stepped into the game… i remember the shelter, and there was spider web on the north and safe mode keept bugging me about a spider 😃

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