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Re:Dwarf Fortress Development by andrepd on Tuesday June 28, 2016 @10:10PM (#11999055)
I hear that claim, but do you have sources to back the fact that Minecraft was significantly influenced by DF? I mean, there was a crafting mechanic before DF, right? And not many gameplay elements from DF found their way into Minecraft at all.
Re:Dwarf Fortress Development by beardog on Tuesday June 28, 2016 @10:32PM (#11999133)
Re:Dwarf Fortress Development by placeybordeaux on Wednesday June 29, 2016 @12:18AM (#11999457)
Dead links galore, the way back version has the images, but not the games nor videos:

https://web.archive.org/web/20091102174928/http://notch.tumb...

Re:Dwarf Fortress Development by praccu on Tuesday June 28, 2016 @10:18PM (#11999079)
Re:Dwarf Fortress Development by peterashford on Wednesday June 29, 2016 @06:26AM (#12000657)
Notch cited DF and Infiminer as influences.
Re:Dwarf Fortress Development by anothermouse on Wednesday June 29, 2016 @10:16AM (#12001749)
Surely Sim City be classed as being based around a crafting mechanic?
Re:Dwarf Fortress Development by eru on Thursday June 30, 2016 @01:44AM (#12006815)
How so?