Mojang AB (full Swedish name: Mojäng Aktiebolag—Swedish for "Gadget Ltd."), pronounced /mʊˈjɛŋ/[1] (muu-YENG), also known as Mojang, and 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 33 employees.[2]
Employees
List of employees currently in Mojang AB:
Top row, left to right: Markus Persson, Jens Bergensten, Daniel Kaplan, Markus Toivonen, Jakob Porsér, Carl Manneh, Tobias Möllstam, Aron Nieminen
Middle row, left to right: Daniel Frisk, Mattis Grahm, Lydia Winters, Henrik Pettersson, Leonard Axelsson, Jon Kågström, Kristoffer Jelbring, Marc Watson
Bottom row, left to right: Karin Severinson, Warren Loo, Erik Broes, Nathan Adams, Måns Olson, Johan Bernhardsson, Patrick Geuder
Not included: Mathias Andersson, Vu Bui, Poi Poi Chen, Owen Hill, Linn Hultman, Amir Moulavi, Martin Odhelius, Jonatan Pöljö, Aleksandra Zajac
Current employees | Warning, the following info below contains some mild language!
| Name | Avatar | Position: help.mojang.com[2] mojang.com/about[3] |
Favorite games | Special talent | About: Mojang AB: Employees[note 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 | 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.[note 2] Used to have a great hat, gave it away, now has a new hat.
His beard has been shaved for charity.[4] 1. Enjoy games |
| Jens 'jeb_' Bergensten | File:Jens - Mojang avatar.png | Lead game developer (Computer and Pocket Editions) | Starcraft, Doom 2, Don’t Look Back | Eating cheese doodles with chopsticks | @jeb_ | Fun Fact #328: The facial hair right below his lower lip is brighter than the rest. He's also a redditor! |
| Daniel 'Kappische' Kaplan | Business developer | 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 | Art director | Wild Guns, Metal Slug, Full Throttle | Laying down digital mosaic. | @jnkboy | Very mysterious. Some say he doesn't even exist. | |
| Jakob Porsér | Founder of Mojang Lead game developer of Scrolls 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 | Founder of Mojang Chief Executive Officer |
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 | 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 | Game developer (Minecraft Pocket Edition and Scrolls) | He's very bright. His hair looks like a blue, woolen cap. | ||||
| Daniel Frisk | Chief architect Web developer |
@danfrisk | He never works on Fridays. | |||
| Mattis 'BombBoy' Grahm | Artist (Scrolls) | Time travel. | @BomuBoi | Bombs. (He has one on his T-shirt, ooh...) | ||
| Lydia 'MinecraftChick' Winters[5] | Director of Fun | Minecraft, Oregon Trail | Having bright-colored hair. | @LydiaWinters | Minecraft was the second video game she played. | |
| Henrik 'Carnalizer' Pettersson | Artist | Board games, strategy games, Team Fortress 2, Half-Life, Minecraft | Extreme procrastination. | @carnalizer | Is the oldest person employed by Mojang. | |
| Leonard 'xlson' Axelsson[6] | Web developer | Can recite the entire alphabet by memory. | @xlson | |||
| Jon Kågström | Game developer (Scrolls) | @jonkagstrom | Used to work as an AI programmer at DICE on Battlefield. | |||
| Kristoffer Jelbring[7] | Web developer | Being Mojang's unofficial DJ. | @KrisJelbring | Peace. | ||
| Marc Watson | Customer support manager | Minecraft, Mass Effect, Halo, The Elder Scrolls | Performs improv comedy | @Marc_IRL | Started Minecraft Marathon[8] | |
| Karin Severinson | Finances | @KarinSeverinson | ||||
| 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. Known as Foreverabone on his Twitter page. | |||
| Måns Olson | Game developer | @MansOlson | ||||
| Johan Bernhardsson | Game developer (Minecraft Pocket Edition) | Half-Life 2, Bloodline Champions | @jbernhardsson | Previously worked as a Half-Life 2 modder, a minigame developer and a software engineer. Was a programmer for Stunlock Studios on strategy game Bloodline Champions. | ||
| Patrick Geuder | Data analysis Business developer |
@pgeuder | ||||
| Mathias Andersson | Customer support | @91maan90 | ||||
| Vu Bui | Chief operating officer | @vubui | ||||
| Poi Poi Chen | Artist (Scrolls) | @PoiPoiChen | ||||
| Owen 'Bopogamel' Hill | Chief word officer | @Bopogamel | Former PC Gamer web editor. | |||
| Linn Hultman | Office manager | @Linnsebumsan | ||||
| Amir Moulavi | Minecraft Realms lead developer | @mamirm | ||||
| Martin Odhelius | Web developer | @modhelius | ||||
| Jonatan 'eldrone' Pöljö | Artist (0x10c) | @eldrone | ||||
| Aleksandra Zajac | Customer support | @MissMarzenia | ||||
| Tommaso Checchi | Game developer (Minecraft Pocket Edition) | @_tomcc | ||||
| Name | Avatar | Position: help.mojang.com[2] mojang.com/about[3] |
Favorite games | Special talent | About: Mojang AB: Employees[note 1] |
Contractors
| Name | Task | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Nikolaj Nyholm | Has assisted Mojang with their early business development. | @nikolaj | |
| Daniel 'C418' Rosenfeld | Making the music and sounds for Minecraft and 0x10c. | @C418 | Has high self-esteem! |
| Paul Spooner | Assisted with the development of Minecraft's trees. | @dudecon | |
| Kristoffer Zetterstrand | Made the paintings for Minecraft. | @Zetterstrand | The subject of a Wikipedia article, and Notch was his brother-in-law! |
Former employees
| Name | Position | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anton Albiin | Customer support | @EttGlasVatten | |
| Hayden 'Dock' Scott Baron | Artist | @Docky | Joined in December 2009,[9] but left shortly after in February 2010 due to work-related issues. |
| Nathan 'Tahg' Gilbert | Minecraft server development | @tahgtahv | Former member of the Bukkit team. |
| Andreas 'hideous' Jörgensen | Customer support | @hideous_ | |
| Joe Liu | Customer support | @JoeBleh | Worked with Marc Watson at a previous job. |
| Mike Till | Customer support | @E_Claymore | Worked with Marc Watson at a previous job. |
Other games
Scrolls
Scrolls
Scrolls is another Mojang game which was conceived and developed by JahKob.[10] Announced on March 2, 2011,[11] 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,[12] 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 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.[13]
Cobalt Theme Song: File:Cobalt Menu Music.ogg
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 on March 2012. On April Fools' Day, Mojang launched a satirical website for Mars Effect, citing the lawsuit with Bethesda as an inspiration.[14] However, the gameplay elements remained true and on April 4, Mojang revealed 0x10c as a space sandbox title.[15]
Office tour
Gallery
- Mojang Logo 1.png
The first Mojang Specifications logo.
- Mojang Logo Old.png
The Old Mojang logo splash image For Minecraft.
- Old mojang logo splash screen.png
Mojang logo splash image used in Minecraft from Beta 1.3 to Beta 1.8. Still used in Xbox 360 Edition
- Mojang 0x10c Logo.jpg
The Mojang logo featured in 0x10c.
- MojangCloak.PNG
The Mojang Cape.
- 290111993.jpg
Mojang, doing their work.
- 290122125.jpg
Mojang's trophy wall.
- ClassicShirt.JPG
First shirts ever sold by Mojang, featuring the classic Mojang Specifications logo.
Mojang building directory board with a note from some griefers[16]
Mojang Pax display.[17]
Oil paintings of most of the Mojang employees.[18]
The Mojang support team hanging out in the ball pit.[20]
Notes
- ↑ a b Most of this information was 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.
- ↑ This was from "About", then "Minecraft", on the same page as the others.
References
- ↑ Wiktionary:mojäng
- ↑ a b c http://help.mojang.com/customer/portal/articles/331367
- ↑ a b http://www.mojang.com/about
- ↑ http://www.mojang.com/2013/03/we-raised-more-than-500000-notchs-beard-is-shaved/
- ↑ https://twitter.com/carlmanneh/status/117235758884073473
- ↑ https://twitter.com/notch/status/123295374076153856
- ↑ https://twitter.com/notch/status/149643862191783937
- ↑ http://about.me/marcwatson
- ↑ wordofnotch:295397619
- ↑ http://www.scrolls.com
- ↑ http://mojang.com/2011/03/02/introducing-our-new-game-scrolls
- ↑ https://twitter.com/notch/status/126196998826242048
- ↑ http://mojang.com/games
- ↑ http://www.shadowlocked.com/201203312487/news/minecraft-creator-scores-april-fool-with-project-mars-effect.html
- ↑ http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2012/04/03/mojang-registers-website-for-its-new-game-0x10c
- ↑ https://twitter.com/jnkboy/status/240502439965491200
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/241726943240785920
- ↑ https://twitter.com/notch/status/292254246756294656
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/304647396711886849
- ↑ https://twitter.com/MansOlson/status/345626960728313856
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![Mojang building directory board with a note from some griefers[16]](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/minecraft_gamepedia/images/3/32/Mojang_office_griefers.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/120?cb=20200126222605)
![Mojang Pax display.[17]](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/minecraft_gamepedia/images/2/25/Mojang_team_Pax_display_RubberNinja.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/96?cb=20200126224854)
![Oil paintings of most of the Mojang employees.[18]](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/minecraft_gamepedia/images/0/07/Mojang_oil_paintings_staff.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/120?cb=20200127020448)
![Mojang's preparations for Mojam[19]](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/minecraft_gamepedia/images/3/3a/Mojang_mojam_-very_prepared-.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/120?cb=20200126223510)
![The Mojang support team hanging out in the ball pit.[20]](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/minecraft_gamepedia/images/9/9e/Mojang_ballpit.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/120?cb=20200126222859)