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Mojang

Mojang AB (full Swedish name: Mojäng Aktiebolag—Swedish for "Gadget Ltd."), pronounced /mʊˈjɛŋ/[1] (muu-YENG), originally Mojang Specifications, is the independent video game developer primarily known for the creation and development of Minecraft. It was founded by Markus Persson, Jakob Porsér, and Carl Manneh. Located in Stockholm, Sweden, Mojang currently has 31 employees.[2]

Employees

Current employees

Name Avatar Position:
help.mojang.com[2]
mojang.com/about[3]
Favorite games Special talent Twitter Notes About: Mojang AB: Employees[notes 1]
Markus 'Notch' Persson File:Notchy.png Founder of Mojang, creator of Minecraft and 0x10c
Game developer
Dungeon Master 2, Doom, X-Com Can look directly at the sun with only minor permanent damage. @notch Used to have a great hat, gave it away, now has a new hat. Minecraft is the brainchild of Markus Persson. Rumors have it that he programmed it during a power outage in the summer of 1812 while he was carrying infants out of a burning church which was built on the back of a giant opossum. Also he is 11'6" tall and glows in the dark.[notes 2]

1. Enjoy games
2. Pick up programming
3. ????
4. Profit

Jens 'jeb_' Bergensten File:Jens - Mojang avatar.png Lead programmer/designer on Minecraft
Lead programmer on Minecraft - Pocket Edition
Game developer
Starcraft, Doom 2, Don’t Look Back Eating cheese doodles with chopsticks @jeb_ He's a redditor! Fun Fact #328: The facial hair right below his lower lip is brighter than the rest.
Daniel 'Kappische' Kaplan Kappische - Mojang avatar Business developer
Business Developer and Developer of Minecraft Pocket Edition
Street Fighter IV, Tetris DS, Zelda: A Link to the Past Typing very fast. @Kappische On his Skype picture he looks like a pirate.
Markus 'Junkboy' Toivonen Junkboy - Mojang avatar Art developer
Art Director
Wild Guns, Metal Slug, Full Throttle Laying down digital mosaic. @jnkboy Very mysterious. Some say he doesn't even exist.
Jakob Porsér Jakob - Mojang avatar Founder of Mojang and lead programmer/designer on Scrolls.com
Game developer
X-Com 2, Master of Magic, Diablo 2 Recursive for loops. @JahKob Will be making another game (Scrolls) along with Minecraft. His pants defy gravity and suspenders alike.
Carl Manneh Carl - Mojang avatar Founder and the Chief Executive Officer
Boss
FIFA 10, Resident Evil, Tetris Cloning himself. @carlmanneh Used to be Notch's old boss. His last name sounds like "money" and he is Mojang's business guy. Coincidence?
Tobias Möllstam Tobias - Mojang avatar Web developer
Force of Good
Developing tight webs to capture customers. @mollstam One day he decided to eat failure and shit success. True story.
Aron Nieminen Aron - Mojang avatar Programmer on Minecraft - Pocket Edition
Game developer
N/A He's very bright. His hair looks like a blue, woolen cap.
Daniel Frisk Frisk - Mojang avatar Chief architect
@danfrisk He never works on Fridays.
Mattis 'BombBoy' Grahm Mattis - Mojang avatar Artist
Time travel. @BomuBoi Bombs. (He has one on his T-shirt, ooh...)
Lydia 'MinecraftChick' Winters[4] Lydia - Mojang avatar Director of Fun
Minecraft, Oregon Trail Having bright-colored hair. @LydiaWinters Minecraft was the second video game she played.
Henrik 'Carnalizer' Pettersson Henrik - Mojang avatar Artist
Boardgames, strategy games, Team Fortress 2, Half-Life, Minecraft Extreme procrastination. @carnalizer Is the oldest person employed by Mojang.
Leonard 'xlson' Axelsson[5] Leo - Mojang avatar Web developer
Can recite the entire alphabet by memory. @xlson
Jon Kågström Jon - Mojang avatar Programmer on Minecraft
Game developer
@jonkagstrom Used to work as an AI programmer at DICE on Battlefield.
Kristoffer Jelbring[6] Kris - Mojang avatar Web developer
Web Developer
Being Mojang's unofficial DJ. @KrisJelbring Peace.
Marc Watson Marc - Mojang avatar Customer support manager
Customer Support
Minecraft, Mass Effect, Halo, The Elder Scrolls Performs improv comedy @Marc_IRL Started Minecraft Marathon[7]
Karin Severinson Finances @KarinSeverinson
Anton Albiin Customer support @EttGlasVatten
Mathias Andersson Customer support @91maan90
Warren 'EvilSeph' Loo Game developer @evilseph Member of the Bukkit team.
Erik 'Grum' Broes Game developer @_grum Member of the Bukkit team.
Nathan 'Dinnerbone' Adams Game developer @dinnerbone Member of the Bukkit team.
Måns Olson Game developer @MansOlson
Johan Bernhardsson Game developer of Minecraft - Pocket Edition @jbernhardsson
Patrick Geuder Data analysis. @pgeuder
Owen 'Bopogamel' Hill Chief Word Officer @Bopogamel Former PC Gamer web editor.
Jonatan 'eldrone' Pöljö 3D artist @eldrone
Vu Bui Chief Operating Officer @vubui
Linn Hultman Office Manager @Linnsebumsan
Poi Poi Chen Artist @PoiPoiChen
Martin Odhelius Web developer
@modhelius
Name Avatar Position:
help.mojang.com[2]
mojang.com/about[3]
Favorite games Special talent Twitter Notes About: Mojang AB: Employees[notes 1]

Contractors

Name Task Twitter Notes
Daniel 'C418' Rosenfeld Making the music and sounds for Minecraft and 0x10c. @C418 Has high self-esteem!
Kristoffer Zetterstrand Made the paintings for Minecraft. @Zetterstrand The subject of a Wikipedia article, and Notch was his brother-in-law!
Paul Spooner Assisted with the development of Minecraft's trees. @dudecon
Nikolaj Nyholm Has assisted Mojang with their early business development. @nikolaj
57Digital Developers of Minecraft Explorer, the official Minecraft companion guide for iOS, as well as the official Minecraft Skin Studio. @57digital Jamie Chapman and Luke Dixon

Former employees

Name Position Twitter Notes
Hayden 'Dock' Scott Baron Artist @Docky Joined in December 2009,[8] but left shortly after in February 2010 due to work-related issues.
Andreas 'hideous' Jörgensen Customer support @hideous_
Joe Liu Customer support @JoeBleh Worked with Marc Watson at a previous job.
Nathan 'Tahg' Gilbert Minecraft server development @tahgtahv Former member of the Bukkit team.
Mike Till Customer support @E_Claymore Worked with Marc Watson at a previous job.

Other games

Scrolls

Scrolls

Scrolls

Scrolls is another Mojang game which was conceived and developed by JahKob.[9] Announced on March 2, 2011,[10] 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. In August 2011, Mojang was threatened with legal action by the legal team representing ZeniMax Media, with the accusation being that the title "Scrolls" infringes on the The Elder Scrolls trademark, a series of role-playing video games published by Bethesda Softworks (a ZeniMax Media subsidiary). In mid-October 2011, the court case was won by Mojang,[11] and one employee described the outcome as "the court saw it from our side". No further action will be taken against Mojang, and the name, "Scrolls" will remain.

Cobalt

Cobalt

Cobalt

Cobalt is a game developed by Oxeye Game Studio 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 Windows, Mac and Linux this autumn, although it will be released for Windows first.[12]

Cobalt Theme Song: File:Cobalt Menu Music.ogg

0x10c

0x10c

0x10c

Following the end to his involvement with Minecraft, Notch began pre-production of an alternate reality space game set in the distant future in March 2012. On April Fools' Day, Mojang launched a satirical website for Mars Effect, citing the lawsuit with Bethesda as an inspiration.[13] However, the gameplay elements remained true and on April 4, Mojang revealed 0x10c as a space sandbox title.[14]

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Notes

  1. a b These were from the support page on minecraft.net that is no longer available, having been replaced by help.minecraft.net, which was later replaced with help.mojang.com.
  2. This was from "About", then "Minecraft", on the same page as the others.

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