Mojang AB's logo
Mojang AB[1] (Full Swedish name; Mojäng Aktiebolag -- Swedish for "Gadget Ltd.") is the indie joint-stock company responsible for the creation and development of Minecraft. Located in Stockholm, Sweden, Mojang currently has 11 employees.[1] Mojang AB was originally known as "Mojang Specifications".[2]
Employees
From left to right: Markus Persson, Jens Bergensten, Daniel Kaplan, Junkboy, Jakob Porser, Carl Manneh, Tobias Mollstam, Aron Nieminen, Daniel Frisk, Henrik Pettersson, Daniel Rosenfeld.
Current employees
| Name | Position | Favorite games | Special talent | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Markus 'Notch' Persson | Game Developer, owner of the company, creator of all things Minecraft | Dungeon Master 2, Doom, X-Com | Can look directly at the sun with only minor permanent damage. | @notch | Has a great hat. |
| Jens 'jeb_' Bergensten | Game Developer | Starcraft, Doom 2, Don’t Look Back | Eating cheese doodles with chopsticks. | @jeb_ | He's a redditor! |
| Daniel 'Kappische' Kaplan | Business Developer | Street Fighter IV, Tetris DS, Zelda: A Link to the Past | Typing very fast. | @Kappische | |
| Markus 'Junkboy' Toivonen | Art Director | Wild Guns, Metal Slug, Full Throttle | Laying down digital mosaic. | @jnkboy | Very mysterious. |
| Jakob 'JahKob' Porser | Game Developer, Notch's best friend | X-Com 2, Master of Magic, Diablo 2 | Recursive for loops. | @JahKob | Will be making another game (Scrolls) along with Minecraft. |
| Carl Manneh | Managing Director | FIFA 10, Resident Evil, Tetris | Cloning himself. | @carlmanneh | Used to be Notch's old boss. |
| 'Tobias Mollstam' | Web Developer / Code Ninja | Developing tight webs to capture customers. | @mollstam | ||
| 'Aron Nieminen' | Game Crafter of the iOS, Android and Xperia Play versions of Minecraft | None | He's very bright. | ||
| Daniel 'danfrisk' Frisk | Chief Architect | @danfrisk | |||
| Henrik 'Carnalizer' Pettersson | Artist | @carnalizer | |||
| Mattis 'BomuBoi/Bomb Boy' Grahm | Artist for Scrolls | @BomuBoi |
Contract employees
| Name | Task | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel 'C418' Rosenfeld | Making the music and sounds for Minecraft. | @C418 | Has high self-esteem! |
| Kristoffer Zetterstrand | Made the paintings for Minecraft. | @Zetterstrand | He is the subject of a Wikipedia article! |
Other games
Scrolls
Scrolls
Scrolls is another Mojang game which was conceived and developed by JahKob.[3] Announced on March 2, 2011,[4] it aims to combine elements from trading card games and traditional board game in the strategy genre. It is unknown who else in Mojang is working on Scrolls; however, Notch has confirmed that he is still dedicating his time to Minecraft.[5]
Cobalt
Cobalt
Cobalt is a game developed by Oxeye Game Studios and published by Mojang. Cobalt is an action game of "running, jumping, rolling, shooting, throwing, dancing, hacking, rolling, flying, sliding, climbing, looting, deflecting, racing, piñata-ing, passing, scoring… and even more rolling!" Cobalt is written in Lua and will be released for PC, Mac and Linux this fall, although it will be released for the PC first.[6]
Gallery
- Mojang Logo Old.png
Old Mojang Specifications logo
- MojangCloak.PNG
The Mojang Cloak
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Mojang, doing their everyday awesome stuff
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Mojang's trophy wall
- ClassicShirt.JPG
First shirts ever sold by Mojang, featuring the classic Mojang Specifications logo
References
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