i imaigne microsoft or whoever would still take the reigns and he'd be more like an informer or an ideas guy, cuz he practically made the minecraft he wanted. he would stay in the meetings and occasionally say "red squids" or "copper" or something, but i doubt he would be devoted to it all that much after finishing 1.0
im not the biggest fan in the world of how it looks, doesnt stand out against the hotbar like the bright blue and iconic diamond weapons. yknow what would be cool? tool trims.
i feel like making the cubes round wouldnt make it look like real life. it would just be a grid of floating spheres. the thing that stops minecraft from looking like the real world is that its made of shapes stuck on a grid, not that those shapes are cubes.