It seems like there is a fairly large segment of Minecraft fans who also like Dwarf Fortress. A pc Gamer article tipped me off tothis utility which converts your dwarf fortress save into a playable Minecraft Map. 
 
DF is way beyond me gameplay wise but for those of you who understand it, this could be really cool. How good this is, Im not sure, but some people seem excited about it. I'd love to hear what you guys think of it if you get to try it.

This is incredible. Being able to possibly seed levels across these two games is beyond anything I ever would have expected. 

" This is incredible. Being able to possibly seed levels across these two games is beyond anything I ever would have expected.  "

Man Dwarf fortress is just unapproachable to me, I just can't figure that shit out, even with a graphical set to make things more friendly I just can't grasp it at all, but yeah this convertion thing is amazing, I should try and get a DF game going just to try this out.

I don't think the gameplay of Dwarf Fortress is itself that difficult, it's just the godforsaken ui which I can't get a grip on. Especially if you have a laptop keyboard. I've booted that game up like ten time and gotten nowhere.

" Man Dwarf fortress is just unapproachable to me, I just can't figure that shit out, even with a graphical set to make things more friendly I just can't grasp it at all, but yeah this convertion thing is amazing, I should try and get a DF game going just to try this out. "

@ Aeterna 
 
Thanks, I'm watching the capnduck tutorials right now, and holy shit, there are like 40 videos man, just to show how complex this game is, I'll be watching them all and hopefully finally be able to get into DF, I don't know why I never though about looking for video tutorials before.

I already dig in Minecraft like I do Dwarf Fortress. :/
I dig straight down, then make hallways connecting to square rooms everywhere. 
 
@onarum:  
I watched all of them last year. Good luck with that; it's pretty much 6 hour tutorial video.    

" Of course people who like Minecraft also like Dwarf Fortress. It's the same segment of the population that attempts to convince you that Nethack is not only a game worth playing, but that it is also more entertaining than any RPG that came out after 1988. "

Hey, no bashing Nethack, I love that shit :P
 
man how awesome would it be to have all DF functionality (complete with history/lore generation)  running on the minecraft engine? I think Notch said that was the original idea, to have Df complexity on a much more friendlier way, but I don't think he wants to do that anymore.
 
Seriously I'm watching those DF videos and man, that game is just unbelievable, if only the UI wasn't so unintuitive and the graphics a little better.

DF really isn't difficult; as stated before it's merely an interface issue.
 
Here is the best DF tutorial you will find on the web.

I tried this software with the current versions of everything and, well, it's not working for me :(. Methinks they have yet to make a version with the most recent build of DF.

I used CptnDucks tutorials, and basically built my fort right along with his for the first 12 videos. 
 
The UI is definitely unintuitive, but honestly, after like 1 game, it starts to make sense.  d is for altering land and things on it.  b is to build something.  i for designating zones (bedroom, meeting area etc..)  q is basically a right click in any other game in that it brings up a contextual menu of what actions you can perform with an object....  
 
Once you get the basicas down, its all pretty easy.  if only there were a way to incorporate the DF Wiki right into the client so i wouldn't have t alt-tab all the time....  
 
 
As for the topic at hand,  I will definitely be trying this out with my current fortress. 
 
Also, Did Minecraft make anyone go back and play DF?  That what it ended up doing for me....

Wow that's pretty awesome, I'd like to see that in more games, having easily convertible maps.   
   
@HotSauceMagik said:

" Also, Did Minecraft make anyone go back and play DF?  That what it ended up doing for me.... "