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2010 is almost over! I've seen it in my dreams!

Notch on December 29, 2010



Markus Alexej Persson, more commonly known as Notch, is the creator of Minecraft and the owner of Mojang AB.

Biography

Persson started programming at the age of seven, using his dad's Commodore 128. He produced his first game (a text-adventure) at the age of eight, with the help of type-in programs. Later he started working as a game developer for King.com, which he left after four years to work as a programmer over at Jalbum. During this time he also founded the MMORPG Wurm Online, although he no longer works on this. Outside of work he frequently takes part in competitions, including Ludum Dare, LD12 and the Java 4K Game Programming Contest. He lived in Denmark before he moved to Sweden with his parents and went to school there.

Notch has his own part of the Mojang website that can be found here. He has a lot of friends, including the others at Mojang AB and Megabuilder.

Games and other work

Notch has released much of his work, including, but not limited to:

Games:

2.5d Engines:

Photos

Birthday

  • On June 1st 2011, Notch posted on Twitter that he was 25 years old. [2] 25 is 32, which is indeed his age.
  • Notch programmed the Minecraft splash screen to display "Happy Birthday, Notch!" all day on the 1st of June.

See also

  • Notch Time - Timetable
  • Ez - Wife
  • Kristoffer - Brother In-Law

References

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