>>16682229Think of a game like Call of Duty. The graphics are great, but the actual mechanics of the gameplay are quite simple - you're just an object in a space moving around pointing at other objects moving around in space. Without complex graphics, textures, lighting, etc, you could program a FPS game pretty simply.
Dwarf fortress takes the opposite approach. By not rendering everything in high graphical detail the game can simulate much more complex interactions and scenarios in much greater detail "under the hood."
It basically filters brainlets.
>>16682223Also Rimworld is a more blatant rip-off.
