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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. In 2005 he started working as a game developer for King.com, which he left in 2009 to work as a programmer at Jalbum. After Minecraft sales grew he moved from full-time to part-time at Jalbum and then eventually left to focus full-time on Minecraft in June 2010, many of the Mojang employees (including CEO Carl Manneh) are also ex-Jalbum employees. 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.

Persson has his own part of the Mojang website that can be found at http://www.mojang.com/notch

Persson sold Mojang and all of its assests to Microsoft on September 15, 2014. In a lengthy blog post, Notch states "I love games and I love to program, but I don’t make games with the intention of them becoming huge hits, and I don’t try to change the world." He then goes on to say that "I’ve become a symbol. I don’t want to be a symbol, responsible for something huge that I don’t understand, that I don’t want to work on." He

Persson left Mojang on November 5, 2014 along with the other founders. He writes "As soon as this deal is finalized, I will leave Mojang and go back to doing Ludum Dares and small web experiments. If I ever accidentally make something that seems to gain traction, I’ll probably abandon it immediately."

Games and other work

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

Games:

MEG4kMAN, a Mega Man clone featuring old-school graphics.
Left 4k Dead, a zombie shooter game inspired by Left 4 Dead.
t4kns, a real time strategy game.
Miners4k, a game kinda inspired by Lemmings and Diggers.
Hunters4k, a first person shooter.
Dungeon4k, a dungeon exploration game.
Sonic Racer 4k, a racing game with stolen sprites.
Dachon4k, a gravity based shooter.
l4krits, a Luxor clone.
Blast Passage, an 8-Bit mashup between Bomberman and Gauntlet.
Bunny Press, a violent puzzle game made for Ludum Dare 14.
Breaking the Tower, a slow-paced strategy game.
The Europa Arcology Incident, an RPG-style game Notch made in 48 hours for Ludum Dare 16.
Infinite Mario Bros, a Super Mario clone featuring an endlessly-long level.
Metagun, a puzzle game Notch made in 48 hours for Ludum Dare 18.
Minecraft 4k, Minecraft in less than 4kb for a Java 4kb competition.
Prelude of the Chambered, an escape game Notch made in 48 hours for Ludum Dare 21.
MiniCraft, a top-down Zelda-esque game with elements from Minecraft, made for Ludum Dare 22.

2.5d Engines:

Legend of the Chambered
First person shooter prototype in flash
Flash doom level renderer
Dungeon master type game engine in Java (flash version, uses static graphics)

Gallery

Notch on his phone
Notch wearing his iconic black fedora
MineCraft Con.JPG

Notch with his fans at Minecraftcon 2010
Notch using his computer
Notch (left) and Seananners (right) at the Machinima Realm Minecraft Interview; February 11, 2011
Notch's skin in Minecraft
Notch unboxing his new hat
Notchy.png

Notch in a cartoon style
Notch icon on Adweek's The Top 10 Technologists
Notch's Xmas 2011 Twitter icon
MineCon Notch.png

At MineCon 2011

Birthday

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

References

[1] ttp://notch.tumblr.com/post/113753678/

[2] ttp://twitter.com/notch/status/75817816795787264

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+'''Markus Alexej Persson''', more commonly known as '''Notch''', is the creator of ''[[Minecraft]]'' and the owner of [[Mojang AB]].
-'''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. In 2005 he started working as a game developer for King.com, which he left in 2009 to work as a programmer at Jalbum. After Minecraft sales grew he moved from full time to part time at Jalbum and then eventually left to focus full time on Minecraft in June 2010, many of the Mojang employees (including CEO Carl Manneh) are also ex-Jalbum employees. Outside of work he frequently takes part in competitions, including Ludum Dare, LD12 and the Java 4K Game Programming Contest.
+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. In 2005 he started working as a game developer for King.com, which he left in 2009 to work as a programmer at Jalbum. After ''Minecraft'' sales grew he moved from full-time to part-time at Jalbum and then eventually left to focus full-time on ''Minecraft'' in June 2010, many of the Mojang employees (including CEO [[Carl Manneh]]) are also ex-Jalbum employees. 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 [http://www.mojang.com/notch here].
+Persson has his own part of the Mojang website that can be found at http://www.mojang.com/notch
+Persson sold Mojang and all of its assests to Microsoft on September 15, 2014. In a [http://notch.net/2014/09/im-leaving-mojang/ lengthy blog post], Notch states "I love games and I love to program, but I don’t make games with the intention of them becoming huge hits, and I don’t try to change the world." He then goes on to say that "I’ve become a symbol. I don’t want to be a symbol, responsible for something huge that I don’t understand, that I don’t want to work on." He
+Persson left Mojang on November 5, 2014 along with the other founders. He writes "As soon as this deal is finalized, I will leave Mojang and go back to doing Ludum Dares and small web experiments. If I ever accidentally make something that seems to gain traction, I’ll probably abandon it immediately."
 == Games and other work ==
@@ Line 30: / Line 34: @@
 '''Games:'''
-* [http://www.mojang.com/notch/j4k/meg4kman/ MEG4kMAN], a Mega Man clone featuring old-school graphics.
+* [http://www.mojang.com/notch/j4k/meg4kman/ ''MEG4kMAN''], a ''Mega Man'' clone featuring old-school graphics.
-* [http://www.mojang.com/notch/j4k/l4kd/ Left 4k Dead], a zombie shooter game inspired by Left 4 Dead.
+* [http://www.mojang.com/notch/j4k/l4kd/ ''Left 4k Dead''], a zombie shooter game inspired by ''Left 4 Dead''.
-* [http://www.mojang.com/notch/j4k/t4kns/ t4kns], a real time strategy game.
+* [http://www.mojang.com/notch/j4k/t4kns/ ''t4kns''], a real time strategy game.
-* [http://www.mojang.com/notch/j4k2k6/miners4k/ Miners4k], a game kinda inspired by lemmings and diggers.
+* [http://www.mojang.com/notch/j4k2k6/miners4k/ ''Miners4k''], a game kinda inspired by ''Lemmings'' and ''Diggers''.
-* Hunters4k, a first person shooter.
+* ''Hunters4k'', a first person shooter.
-* [http://javaunlimited.net/games/view.php?id=42 Dungeon4k], a dungeon exploration game.
+* [http://javaunlimited.net/games/view.php?id=42 ''Dungeon4k''], a dungeon exploration game.
-* [http://javaunlimited.net/games/view.php?id=27 Sonic Racer 4k], a racing game with stolen sprites.
+* [http://javaunlimited.net/games/view.php?id=27 ''Sonic Racer 4k''], a racing game with stolen sprites.
-* [http://www.mojang.com/notch/j4k2k6/dachon4k/ Dachon4k], a gravity based shooter.
+* [http://www.mojang.com/notch/j4k2k6/dachon4k/ ''Dachon4k''], a gravity based shooter.
-* [http://www.mojang.com/notch/j4k/l4krits/ l4krits], a Luxor clone.
+* [http://www.mojang.com/notch/j4k/l4krits/ ''l4krits''], a ''Luxor'' clone.
-* [http://www.mojang.com/notch/blastpassage/ Blast Passage], an 8-Bit mashup between Bomberman and Gauntlet.
+* [http://www.mojang.com/notch/blastpassage/ ''Blast Passage''], an 8-Bit mashup between ''Bomberman'' and ''Gauntlet''.
-* [http://www.mojang.com/notch/bunnypress/ Bunny Press], a violent puzzle game made for Ludum Dare 14.
+* [http://www.mojang.com/notch/bunnypress/ ''Bunny Press''], a violent puzzle game made for Ludum Dare 14.
-* [http://www.mojang.com/notch/ld12/breaking/ Breaking the Tower], a slow-paced strategy game.
+* [http://www.mojang.com/notch/ld12/breaking/ ''Breaking the Tower''], a slow-paced strategy game.
-* [http://www.mojang.com/notch/ld16/ The Europa Arcology Incident], an RPG-style game Notch made in 48 hours for Ludum Dare 16.
+* [http://www.mojang.com/notch/ld16/ ''The Europa Arcology Incident''], an RPG-style game Notch made in 48 hours for Ludum Dare 16.
-* [http://www.mojang.com/notch/mario/ Infinite Mario Bros], a Super Mario clone featuring an endlessly-long level.
+* [http://www.mojang.com/notch/mario/ ''Infinite Mario Bros''], a ''Super Mario'' clone featuring an endlessly-long level.
-* [http://www.mojang.com/compo/metagun/ Metagun], a puzzle game Notch made in 48 hours for Ludum Dare 18.
+* [http://www.mojang.com/compo/metagun/ ''Metagun''], a puzzle game Notch made in 48 hours for Ludum Dare 18.
-* [[Minecraft 4k]], Minecraft in less than 4kb for a Java 4kb competition.
+* ''[[Minecraft 4k]]'', ''Minecraft'' in less than 4kb for a Java 4kb competition.
-* [https://s3.amazonaws.com/ld48/index.html Prelude of the Chambered], an escape game Notch made in 48 hours for Ludum Dare 21.
+* [https://s3.amazonaws.com/ld48/index.html ''Prelude of the Chambered''], an escape game Notch made in 48 hours for Ludum Dare 21.
-* [https://s3.amazonaws.com/ld48/ld22/index.html MiniCraft], a top-down Zelda-esque game with elements from Minecraft, made for Ludum Dare 22.
+* [https://s3.amazonaws.com/ld48/ld22/index.html ''MiniCraft''], a top-down ''Zelda''-esque game with elements from ''Minecraft'', made for Ludum Dare 22.
 '''2.5d Engines:'''
-* [http://www.mojang.com/notch/chambered/ Legend of the Chambered]
+* [http://www.mojang.com/notch/chambered/ ''Legend of the Chambered'']
 * [http://www.mojang.com/notch/flashmaze/ First person shooter prototype in flash]
 * [http://www.mojang.com/notch/misc/3dck_d0/ Flash doom level renderer]
-* [http://www.mojang.com/notch/hl2rpg/ Dungeon master type game engine in java] ([http://www.mojang.com/notch/loc/ flash version], uses static graphics)
+* [http://www.mojang.com/notch/hl2rpg/ Dungeon master type game engine in Java] ([http://www.mojang.com/notch/loc/ flash version], uses static graphics)
-== Photos ==
+== Gallery ==
 <gallery>
-Image:Notchphoto.jpg|Notch on his phone.
+File:Notchphoto.jpg|Notch on his phone
-Image:Notch3.jpg|Notch wearing his iconic black fedora.
+File:Notch3.jpg|Notch wearing his iconic black fedora
-Image:Notch2.jpg
+File:Notch2.jpg
-Image:MineCraft_Con.JPG|Notch with his fans at [[MineCon|Minecraftcon 2010]].
+File:MineCraft_Con.JPG|Notch with his fans at [[MineCon|Minecraftcon 2010]]
-Image:Notch_with_two_pc.png|Notch using his computer.
+File:Notch_with_two_pc.png|Notch using his computer
-Image:Minecraftwiki machinimainterview.png|Notch (left) and Seananners (right) at the Machinima Realm Minecraft Interview; February 11th 2011.
+File:Minecraftwiki machinimainterview.png|Notch (left) and Seananners (right) at the Machinima Realm ''Minecraft'' Interview; February 11, 2011
-Image:Notch-skin.png|Notch's skin in Minecraft
+File:Notch-skin.png|Notch's skin in ''Minecraft''
-Image:Notchhat.jpg|Notch's new hat!
+File:Notchhat.jpg|Notch unboxing his new hat
-Image:Notchy.png|Notch in a cartoon style.
+File:Notchy.png|Notch in a cartoon style
-Image:Notch Adweek.jpg|Notch Icon on [http://www.adweek.com/news/technology/top-10-technologists-135797 Adweek's The Top 10 Technologists]
+File:Notch Adweek.jpg|Notch icon on [http://www.adweek.com/news/technology/top-10-technologists-135797 Adweek's The Top 10 Technologists]
-Image:Notchface santa.png|Notch's Xmas 2011 Twitter icon
+File:Notchface santa.png|Notch's Xmas 2011 Twitter icon
+File:MineCon Notch.png|At MineCon 2011
 </gallery>
-==Birthday==
+== Birthday ==
-*On June 1st 2011, Notch posted on Twitter that he was 2<sup>5</sup> years old.<ref>http://twitter.com/notch/status/75817816795787264</ref> 2<sup>5</sup> is 32, which is indeed his age.
+* On June 1, 2011, Notch posted on Twitter that he was 2<sup>5</sup> years old.<ref>http://twitter.com/notch/status/75817816795787264</ref> 2<sup>5</sup> is 32, which was his age at the time.
-*Notch programmed the Minecraft [[splash|splash screen]] to display "Happy Birthday, Notch!" all day on the 1st of June.
+* Notch programmed the ''Minecraft'' [[splash|splash screen]] to display "Happy Birthday, Notch!" all day on the 1st of June.
 == See also ==
-*[[Notch Time]] - Timetable
+* [[Ez]] - Ex-wife
-*[[Ez]] - Wife
+* [[Kristoffer]] - Brother-in-law
-*[[Kristoffer]] - Brother In-Law
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