Far as the bug in wine goes, I think just adding an option to disable the clouds would improve the playability a lot. It's mostly just an issue with transparency.
Yeah, DF9 came to mind when I initially saw it, at a glance. Regardless, it looks like a solid start and I'm looking forward to its completion. Sadly, this was not its release, so I have a bit of a wait. hah. I'll keep an eye out for the kickstarter launch ^.^