Mojang AB's current logo
Mojang AB[1] (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 9 employees.[1] Mojang AB used to be known as "Mojang Specifications".[2]
Employees
From left to right: Markus Persson, Jens Bergensten, Daniel Kaplan, Junkboy, Jakob Porser, Carl Manneh, Tobias Mollstam, Aron Neiminen, Daniel Frisk.
Current employees
| Name | Position | Favorite games | Special talent | Notes | |
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| 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. |
| 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. |
| Daniel 'Kappische' Kaplan | Business developer | Street Fighter IV, Tetris DS, Zelda: A Link to the Past | Typing very fast. | @Kappische | |
| Carl Manneh | Managing director | FIFA 10, Resident Evil, Tetris | Cloning himself. | @carlmanneh | Used to be Notch's old boss. |
| Jens 'jeb_' Bergensten | Back-end developer | Starcraft, Doom 2, Don’t Look Back | Eating cheese doodles with chopsticks. | @jeb_ | He's a redditor! |
| Markus 'Junkboy' Toivonen | Art developer | Wild Guns, Metal Slug, Full Throttle | Laying down digital mosaic. | @jnkboy | Very mysterious. |
| 'Tobias Mollstam' | Web developer | Developing tight webs to capture customers. | @mollstam | ||
| 'Daniel "danfrisk" Frisk' | Chief architect | @danfrisk | |||
| 'Aron Neiminen' | iOS and Android versions of Minecraft | He's very bright. |
Contract employees
| Name | Task | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 'C418' | Making the music and sounds for Minecraft. | @C418 | Has high self-esteem! |
| Kristoffer Zetterstrand | Made the paintings for Minecraft. | None | He is the subject of a Wikipedia article! |
| Elathuria | Working on the A.I. for Minecraft and Scrolls. | None | She's a girl! |
Other games
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]
Gallery
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The Mojang Cloak
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Mojang, doing their everyday awesome stuff
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Mojang's trophy wall
Trivia
- The "AB" in "Mojang AB" stands for Aktiebolag, which has a similar meaning to Ltd.
- "Mojang" is actually spelled "Mojäng"
References
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