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andrepd on June 9, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: How Two Seattle-Area Brothers Made Dwarf Fortress

I don't think Minecraft was influenced by DF to any significant degree, and prison architect is not what you would call an important game.

gullwings13 on June 9, 2016 [–]

http://notch.tumblr.com/post/113252305/credits-due

andrepd on June 9, 2016 | [–]

"Dwarf Fortress is the main inspiration for the survival game mode, and this is where I want to take the majority of the gameplay." (emphasis mine) --May 2009

You can argue he didn't even come close to fulfilling that goal.

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