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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 39 employees.^[2]

Warning: This page contains swearing.

Employees

Minecraftthumb — 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, Erik Broes, Nathan Adams, Måns Olson, Johan Bernhardsson, Patrick Geuder
Not included: Mathias Andersson, Vu Bui, Tommaso Checchi, Poi Poi Chen, Nasim Derakhshan, Owen Hill, Ryan Holtz, Lisa Kempe, Anna Klingberg, Jonas Mårtensson, Amir Moulavi, Hampus Nilsson, Martin Odhelius, Jonatan Pöljö, Tomas Sommar, Michael Stoyke, Aleksandra Zajac

Current employees

Name	Avatar	Position: help.mojang.com^[2] mojang.com/about^[3]	Favorite games	Special talent	Twitter	About: Mojang AB: Employees^{[note 1]}
Markus 'Notch' Persson	File:Notchy.png	Founder of Mojang, creator of Minecraft Game developer	Dungeon Master 2, Doom, X-Com	Can look directly at the sun with only minor permanent damage.^[4]	@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.^[5] 1. Enjoy games 2. Pick up programming 3. ???? 4. Profit
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^[4]	@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.^[4]	@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.^[4]	@jnkboy	Very mysterious. Some say he doesn't even exist.
Jakob Porsér		Founder of Mojang Game developer of Scrolls	X-Com 2, Master of Magic, Diablo 2	Recursive for loops.^[4]	@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.^[4]	@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^[6]		Director of Fun	Minecraft, Oregon Trail	Having bright-colored hair.	@LydiaWinters	Minecraft was the second video game she played.
Henrik 'Carnalizer' Pettersson		Production manager of Scrolls Artist	Board games, strategy games, Team Fortress 2, Half-Life, Minecraft	Extreme procrastination.	@carnalizer	Is the oldest person employed by Mojang.
Leonard 'xlson' Axelsson^[7]		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^[8]		Web developer		Being Mojang's unofficial DJ.	@KrisJelbring	Peace.
Marc 'Midnight' Watson		Customer support manager	Minecraft, Mass Effect, Halo, The Elder Scrolls	Performs improv comedy	@Marc_IRL	Started Minecraft Marathon^[9]
Karin Severinson		Finances			@KarinSeverinson
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		Lead designer of Scrolls 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 agent			@91maan90
Vu Bui		Chief operating officer			@vubui
Tommaso 'tommo' Checchi		Game developer (Minecraft Pocket Edition)		Wasting time^[10]	@_tomcc	Previously worked on Cobalt's game engine.
Poi Poi Chen		Artist (Scrolls)			@PoiPoiChen
Nasim Derakhshan		Customer support agent
Owen 'Bopogamel' Hill		Chief word officer			@Bopogamel	Former PC Gamer web editor.
Ryan 'TheMogMiner' Holtz		Game developer (Minecraft, rendering engine)			@TheMogMiner	Previously worked on Scaleform
Lisa Kempe		Customer support agent
Anna Klingberg		Customer support agent
Jonas Mårtensson		Vice president			@maartensson	Carl Manneh's twin brother.
Amir Moulavi		Minecraft Realms lead developer			@mamirm
Hampus Nilsson		Customer support agent
Martin Odhelius		Web developer			@modhelius
Jonatan 'eldrone' Pöljö		Artist			@eldrone
Tomas Sommar		Web developer			@tomassommar
Michael 'Searge' Stoyke		Game developer (Minecraft)			@SeargeDP	Founder of the Minecraft Coder Pack (MCP)
Aleksandra Zajac		Customer support agent			@MissMarzenia
Name	Avatar	Position: help.mojang.com^[2] mojang.com/about^[3]	Favorite games	Special talent	Twitter	About: Mojang AB: Employees^{[note 1]}

Contractors

Name	Task	Twitter	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 0x10^c.	@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 is his brother-in-law!

Former employees

Name	Position	Twitter	Notes
Anton Albiin	Customer support agent	@EttGlasVatten
Hayden 'Dock' Scott-Baron	Artist	@Docky	Joined in December 2009,^[11] 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.
Linn Hultman	Office manager	@Linnsebumsan	Was Notch's personal assistant.
Andreas 'hideous' Jörgensen	Customer support agent	@hideous_
Joe Liu	Customer support agent	@JoeBleh	Worked with Marc Watson at a previous job.
Warren 'EvilSeph' Loo	Game developer	@EvilSeph	Leader of the Bukkit team.
Mike 'ClayHero' Till	Customer support agent	@E_Claymore	Worked with Marc Watson at a previous job.

Other games

Scrolls

Scrolls is another Mojang game which was first conceived and developed by Jakob Porsér.^[12] Its lead designer is now Måns Olson and its production manager is Henrik Pettersson.^[13] Announced on March 2, 2011,^[14] it aims to combine elements from trading card games and traditional board game in the strategy genre. The game was first made available to a limited number of people through alpha keys giveaways, starting from July 5, 2012.^[15] It then hit beta on June 3, 2013^[16] since when it is purchasable at a discounted price. Its full release date is unknown yet.

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,^[17] 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 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.^[18]

Cobalt Theme Song: File:Cobalt Menu Music.ogg

0x10^c

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.^[19] However, the gameplay elements remained true and on April 4, Mojang revealed 0x10^c as a space sandbox title.^[20] It was eventually archived by Notch, as he didn't have the inspiration any more.

Office tour

Gallery

Mojang's current logo.
Mojang logo old.svg

Mojang's old logo.
Mojang support logo.png

Mojang's support logo
Mojang support page logo.png

The Mojang logo used on the support page
Mojang footer logo.png

The Mojang footer logo.
Mojang footer logo old.png

The old Mojang footer logo.
The footer logo used on the Minecraft Realms website^[21]
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.
Old Mojang logo-minecraft spash.svg

Splash image used in Minecraft from Beta 1.8 to 13w47a. Still used in Pocket Edition.
Current Mojang logo splash image for Minecraft.
Mojang 0x10c Logo.jpg

The Mojang logo that was featured in 0x10^c.
Mojang logo-youtube.png

The Mojang logo used on their YouTube channel TeamMojang.
The M Team, working hard to make games.
Mojang's employees, in their Mojang suits.
An average day at the office.
Another average day at the office.
MojangCloak.PNG

The Mojang Cape.
The average Minecraft developer.
JahKob in real life.
Jeb in real life.
Junkboy in real life.
Working hard in Mojang.
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Mojang, doing their work.
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Mojang's trophy wall.
ClassicShirt.JPG

First shirts ever sold by Mojang, featuring the classic Mojang Specifications logo.
Mojang prepares for their move to a larger facility.
Mojang building directory board with a note from some griefers^[22]
Mojang Pax display.^[23]
Oil paintings of most of the Mojang employees.^[24]
Mojang's preparations for Mojam^[25]
The Mojang support team hanging out in the ball pit.^[26]

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

External links

Official site

[about-4] 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.

[6] This was from "About", then "Minecraft", on the same page as the others.

[mojang-pronounciation-1] Wiktionary:mojäng

[mojang-employees-2] ttp://help.mojang.com/customer/portal/articles/331367

[mojang-about-3] ttp://www.mojang.com/about

[pcgamer-5] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f http://www.pcgamer.com/2010/12/14/minecraft-dev-diary-staff-intro-clan-cloaks/

[7] ttp://www.mojang.com/2013/03/we-raised-more-than-500000-notchs-beard-is-shaved/

[8] ttps://twitter.com/carlmanneh/status/117235758884073473

[9] ttps://twitter.com/notch/status/123295374076153856

[10] ttps://twitter.com/notch/status/149643862191783937

[11] ttp://about.me/marcwatson

[12] @_tomcc

[13] wordofnotch:295397619

[14] ttp://www.scrolls.com

[15] ttp://scrollsdev.tumblr.com/post/75801791192/team-changes

[16] ttp://mojang.com/2011/03/02/introducing-our-new-game-scrolls

[17] ttp://scrolls.com/2012/07/ready-set-alpha

[18] ttp://scrolls.com/2013/06/weve-hit-open-beta-scrolls-is-now-on-sale

[19] ttps://twitter.com/notch/status/126196998826242048

[20] ttp://mojang.com/games

[21] ttp://www.shadowlocked.com/201203312487/news/minecraft-creator-scores-april-fool-with-project-mars-effect.html

[22] ttp://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2012/04/03/mojang-registers-website-for-its-new-game-0x10c

[23] ttps://minecraft.net/images/realms/footer-mojang-logo.png

[24] ttps://twitter.com/jnkboy/status/240502439965491200

[25] ttps://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/241726943240785920

[26] ttps://twitter.com/notch/status/292254246756294656

[27] ttps://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/304647396711886849

[28] ttps://twitter.com/Marc_IRL/status/347017493723901952

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 == Employees ==