:( though I can&#x27;t quite prove you wrong this is a sad way of looking at things. I believe that the creators of DF could easily maintain the creative integrity of the project and at the same time include others in the more technical platform specific stuff.<p>Edit: Actually, my evidence is dwarf therapist. I don&#x27;t think i could play the game without it and it is evidence of two things: 1) the default interface is broken in some serious ways, 2) the game is so good that people will go to really _insane_ lengths to mod it to make it playable.<p>The community is in fact participating, but the creators are making it more difficult than it needs to be with all the source closing.