The Battle to Add the “Dwarf” Tag on Steam: A Victory for the Dwarf Community

2024-02-02 07:01:59

The teams of two famous dwarf games, “Dwarf Fortress” and “Deep Rock Galactic”, recently joined forces to petition Valve to add the “Dwarf” tag to Steam. Yesterday (1) We got an official reply from the platform provider, and they called on everyone to use it more.

The stereotype of “dwarves” is that they are short, long-bearded, and grumpy, but their true temperaments, solid physical abilities, and superb skills are loved by fans of fantasy works. In this incident, two “dwarf game” teams came forward. came out to claim righteousness from their dwarf companions.

This incident originally dates back to when the Steam Awards were announced in 2023. Kitfox Games, the publisher responsible for porting “Dwarf Fortress”, believed that “Deep Rock Galaxy” was more worthy of winning the “Sweet Burden Award” than “Red Dead Redemption 2”, and Kitfox It was discovered that games with dwarf protagonists were not labeled accordingly, and they felt this issue could not be ignored.

Ghost Ship Games, the development team of “Deep Rock Galaxy” mentioned in Kitfox’s tweet, agrees that dwarf games are being dwarfed. Although the two games are of different types, “Dwarf Fortress” focuses on colonial simulation gameplay, and “Deep Rock Galaxy” is the first It’s called multiplayer shooting, but they unite to strengthen the dwarf community.

I just checked and there is NO dwarf tag on Steam. We need to rally the dwarven communities and get this fixed! https://t.co/OTFjs4gyhG

— Deep Rock Galactic (@JoinDeepRock) January 4, 2024

As of yesterday, Kitfox and Ghost Ship jointly stated, “We have received a response from Steam to this issue. The short answer is ‘No’, but the actual answer is ‘Ok’, but only Steam players have started to try it. Use this (dwarf) as a label.”

Together we stand slightly taller than before ????⛏ @JoinDeepRock pic.twitter.com/6QH1EyawpQ

— Kitfox Games ???? (@KitfoxGames) January 31, 2024

Kitfox added that Steam refuses to directly turn dwarves into labels, just like elves, centaurs, wizards, etc. are not labels, “This is very reasonable and fair, but the difference is that dwarves are cooler than other mysterious creatures and have more loyal Fanbase, in the spirit of the dwarves we consider this a victory because we have a responsibility to let Steam know we need that label.”

The “tags” on the Steam store game introduction page allow players to quickly understand the gameplay type of the work. Tags are defined by developers and the player community. Some tags represent the atmosphere of the game (such as perversion). In addition to the officially set categories, there are also A variety of tags allow platform users to search for their favorite game styles.

Players reported today (2nd) that Steam has added “Elf” #Elf. This proud race with long pointed ears, tall body and looks down on dwarves took the lead in taking the label, which shocked Kitfox. In order to avoid the expansion of the storm, Steam officials personally The palindrome reminder new tag also has #Dwarf.

Oh whoops, wrong button! ????

How’s this? https://t.co/6SUSdiBssD

— Steam (@Steam) February 1, 2024

With the joint revolution of the teams of two well-received works, dwarfs have become a game label and included in hundreds of games. Although this action is a bit fussy, it also highlights the respectable and stubborn temper of dwarfs.