DwarfCorp is a kickstarter funded game that is basically melding the concepts of Minecraft and Dwarf Fortress together into one seamless, randomly generated experience.

The game is being developed by two students from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, so they’re actually some local talent. Their campaign goal was $20K, they went well above that with $45K, hitting all of their stretch goals.

The concept of DwarfCorp is quite simple, the civilization of Dwarves has expanded and engineered new technologies. To get access to new supplies, they send out colonists to set up new Dwarf colonies all over the world. This is where you come in.

You have to manage a living, breathing colony of dwarves as they gather resources for you and your colony. You can sell surpluses back to the motherland. That’s pretty much it, but it looks quite awesome:

If you missed the kickstarter campaign, you’ll have to wait until the game is finished next year.