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Currently. Although I'm thinking of instead getting Will...

Um...I don't know where to start.

1. While the two games have some similar features, they aren't much alike when you get into the code.
2. Toady's code is a bit...differently-ordered than most peoples', from what I've heard. You can't just rip out the code from Minecraft and stick it into DF.
3. Why would Mojang want to do this? They're a for-profit company, not a charity. They aren't likely to give away code without a reason.
4. Why would Toady want to do this? He's trying to make art, not a marketable game. He wants to do it on his own.
5. Minecraft's display is terrible for top-down stuff, especially when you have more than half a dozen materials to differentiate between. The difference between magnetite and gneiss, for instance, is vital in DF, but with a Minecraft display you almost certainly couldn't see it. And don't get me started on creatures...
6. Real-time animation in DF, which is a "turn"-based game? Um, not happening.
7. The creatures in DF are varied in many ways. Programming models, skins, and animations for the hundreds of creatures in DF right now would probably take as long as one of the more major updates; doing so for the procedurally-generated critters could take as long as it's taken Toady to get this far!
8. There are already many 3D visualizers; use one of those, or draw inspiration from them.
Those come to mind quickly and easily, and should cover the important points.

That's a neat idea. Since we already have prepared bonobo meat in the game...

If we have meat, we have animals.

Climbing is already implemented, so the only obvious obstacles would be pathing and other AI quirks. Probably.

Alright, let's see where this goes...

Also, I can't find any of those neat animated Pokemon sprites, with Google being incredibly useless.

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Angel set out, glum from her near-perfect record of losses. She tromped through the woods, the Sanct Forest, looking for Pokemon. Anura defeated several of them, despite close calls with some Grass-types. Eventually, she found a nice place to rest and eat lunch.

Soon, she started to hear singing. She looked around. What could it be?
"Anura, I choose you."
The Froakie came out, looked around. Angel could see shadows moving, dancing.
"Fairies?"
It was...tense. Then, one figure stepped out. Green and gray, with a bit of red. A Kirlia.
"Anura, Lick!"
Angel held a quick battle with the fairy, swiftly capturing her. Angel let her out, sharing the rest of her lunch with her new Pokemon.
She glanced at Anura and realized something. He was bigger, standing more on two legs than four. His head was darker and narrower, his eyes smaller, his hands bigger.
"Anura! You evolved!"


P.S. I can't believe that I can't find any attractive TMs.

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Ninja.

*gun clicking noises*


That was not a suggestion

*cannon-sized clicking noises*
*intake of breath*
Don't you dare.

Attempt to exit the convention.

Play some badass music to accompany the carnage.

((How about this?))

((1. "VASTLY improved reflexes"? No. Really, her reflexes are only improved a little. Tattletale's would be way better. Probably Regent's, too, if he worked on it--remember his nervous-system-sense thing?
2. She has to work to get the bugs' senses--other than touch and "I exist!"--to be useful.
3. Yes, she can kill people with them...if she uses the power right.
4. So what if Taylor can control krill, slugs, and earthworms? She almost never controls anything except spiders and various winged insects. Other stuff just isn't useful and/or common.))

((I didn't think about it!))