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Mojang

Mojang AB (full Swedish name: Mojäng Aktiebolag—Swedish for "Gadget Ltd."), pronounced "mo-yang" (IPA: /mʊˈjɛŋ/) in Swedish and "mo-jang" (IPA: /moʊˈdʒæŋ/) in American English[1], also known as Mojang, and originally Mojang Specifications, is a previously 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 51 employees.[2][3] Mojang publicly announced on September 15 that they would be bought by Microsoft, and became part of Microsoft Studios on November 6, 2014.[4]

Employees

Current employees

Game developers

Name
[5]
Mojang avatar
[3]
Position
[5]
Favorite games Special talent Twitter
[6]
About: Mojang AB: Employees
[7]
Jens 'Jeb' Bergensten[8] File:Jens - Mojang avatar.png Lead game developer (Minecraft Computer and Pocket Editions) Starcraft, Doom 2, Don’t Look Back Eating cheese doodles with chopsticks[9] @jeb_ Fun Fact #328: The facial hair right below his lower lip is brighter than the rest. He's also a redditor!
Nathan 'Dinnerbone' Adams[10] Dinnerbone - Mojang avatar Game developer (Minecraft Computer Edition) @Dinnerbone Member of the Bukkit team. Known as Foreverabone on his Twitter page.
Erik 'Grum' Broes[10] Mojavatar grum Game developer (Minecraft Computer Edition) @_grum Member of the Bukkit team.
Jon Kågström Jon - Mojang avatar Game developer (Scrolls) @jonkagstrom Used to work as an AI programmer at DICE on Battlefield.
Aron Nieminen Aron - Mojang avatar Game developer (Minecraft Pocket Edition and Scrolls) He's very bright. His hair looks like a blue, woolen cap.
Måns Olson Mans - Mojang avatar Game developer (Scrolls) @MansOlson
Michael 'Searge' Stoyke[11] Game developer (Minecraft Computer Edition) @SeargeDP Founder of the Mod Coder Pack (MCP)
Thomas 'ProfMobius' Guimbretiere[12] Game developer (Minecraft Computer Edition) @ProfMobius Co-founder of the Mod Coder Pack (MCP)
Tommaso 'tommo' Checchi Game developer (Minecraft Pocket Edition) Wasting time[13] @_tomcc Previously worked on Cobalt's game engine.
Shoghi Cervantes Game developer (Minecraft Pocket Edition) Likes everything that uses electricity[14] @shoghicp Founder of PocketMine
Daniel Wustenhoff Game developer (Minecraft Pocket Edition) Likes pizza, and code @darngeek
Tomas Alaeus Game Developer (Minecraft Pocket Edition) @TAlaeus

Artists

Name
[5]
Mojang avatar
[3]
Position
[5]
Favorite games Special talent Twitter
[6]
About: Mojang AB: Employees
[7]
Markus 'Junkboy' Toivonen[8] Junkboy - Mojang avatar Art director Wild Guns, Metal Slug, Full Throttle Laying down digital mosaic.[9] @jnkboy Very mysterious. Some say he doesn't even exist.
Mattis 'BombBoy' Grahm Mattis - Mojang avatar Artist (Scrolls) Time travel. @BomuBoi Bombs. (He has one on his T-shirt, ooh...)
Henrik 'Carnalizer' Pettersson[15] Henrik - Mojang avatar 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.
Jonatan 'eldrone' Pöljö Artist @eldrone

Web/system development

Name
[5]
Avatar
[3]
Position
[5]
Special talent Twitter
[6]
About: Mojang AB: Employees
[7]
Daniel Frisk Frisk - Mojang avatar Chief architect
Web developer
@danfrisk He never works on Fridays.
Leonard 'xlson' Gram[16] Leo - Mojang avatar Web developer Can recite the entire alphabet by memory. @xlson
Kristoffer Jelbring[17] Kris - Mojang avatar Web developer Being Mojang's unofficial DJ. @KrisJelbring Peace.
Martin Odhelius Web developer @modhelius
Amir Moulavi Minecraft Realms lead developer
Web developer
@mamirm
Tomas Sommar Web developer @tomassommar
Pär Axelsson Web developer @paera
David Marby[18] Web developer @DMarby

Business development

Name
[5]
Mojang avatar
[3]
Position
[5]
Favorite games Special talent Twitter
[6]
About: Mojang AB: Employees
[7]
Daniel 'Kappische' Kaplan[19] Kappische - Mojang avatar Business developer Street Fighter IV, Tetris DS, Zelda: A Link to the Past Typing very fast.[9] @Kappische On his Skype picture he looks like a pirate.
Lydia 'MinecraftChick' Winters Lydia - Mojang avatar Brand director Minecraft, Oregon Trail Having bright-colored hair. @LydiaWinters Minecraft was the second video game she played.
Karin Severinson Karin - Mojang avatar Chief financial officier @KarinSeverinson
Patrick Geuder Geuder - Mojang avatar Data analysis
Business developer
@pgeuder
Vu Bui Chief operating officer @vubui
Owen 'Bopogamel' Hill Director of creative communications @Bopogamel Former PC Gamer web editor.
Jonas Mårtensson[20] Chief executive officer @maartensson Carl Manneh's twin brother.
Marina Kostesic Finances
Bella 'Broontoo'[21] Project manager @Broontoo
Brynjólfur 'Binni' Erlingsson Business Insights @brynjolfur
Aleksandra 'Ola' Zajac Projects @MissMarzenia
Lisa Kempe Projects
Isabella Balk Projects

Mojang support

Name
[5]
Mojang avatar
[3]
Position
[5]
Favorite games Special talent Twitter
[6]
About: Mojang AB: Employees
[7]
Marc Watson Marc - Mojang avatar Customer support administrator[22]
Realms content manager
Minecraft, Mass Effect, Halo, The Elder Scrolls Performs improv comedy @Marc_IRL Started Minecraft Marathon[23]
Mathias Andersson Customer support agent @91maan90
Anna Klingberg Customer support agent
Hampus Nilsson Customer support manager[22]
Nasim Derakhshan Customer support agent
Olle Personne Customer support agent
Matilda Åkerman Customer support agent
Sarah Mårtensson Customer support agent
David Stuart Dahlgren Customer support agent @hejstuart
Andreas Andersson Customer support agent Dota 2 @BlurpiAndy Creating videos related to Dota 2
Mattias Victorin Customer support agent @MattiasVictorin

Brand enforcement

Name
[5]
Position
[5]
Brandon Andersson Brand enforcer
Talia Grunt Brand enforcer
Milla Stone Brand enforcer
Karl Lowry Brand enforcer

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 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 is his brother-in-law!
4J Studios Developers of the Console Editions of Minecraft @4JStudios Developed Banjo-Kazooie for Xbox.
Garry 'Army of Trolls' J Lucken Made the skins for the Pocket Edition Skin packs and some skins in the Halloween and Skin Pack 3 Skin packs for Console Edition[24][25] @armyoftrolls

Publishers

Name Edition Twitter
Mojang Minecraft computer and Pocket Editions (excluding Windows Phone) @Mojang
Microsoft Studios Minecraft Console Edition (Xbox versions), Pocket Edition (Windows Phone) and Minecraft Windows 10 Edition @MSStudiosBlog
Sony Computer Entertainment Minecraft Console Edition (Playstation versions) @PlayStation

Former employees

Name
[5]
Mojang avatar
[3]
Position
[5]
Favorite games Special talent Twitter
[6]
About: Mojang AB: Employees
[7]
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.[9] @notch 1. Enjoy games 2. Pick up programming 3. ???? 4. Profit

His beard has been shaved for charity.[26]

When Mojang was sold to Microsoft, he left the company soon after along with the other two founders.

Tobias Möllstam[27] Tobias - Mojang avatar Web developer Developing tight webs to capture customers. @mollstam One day he decided to eat failure and shit success. True story.
Carl Manneh[27] Carl - Mojang avatar Founder of Mojang
Chief Executive Officer
FIFA 10, Resident Evil, Tetris Cloning himself.[9] @carlmanneh Used to be Notch's old boss. His last name sounds like "money" and he is Mojang's business guy. Coincidence?
Warren 'EvilSeph' Loo[10][28] EvilSeph - Mojang avatar Game developer @EvilSeph Leader of the Bukkit team.
Jakob Porsér Jakob - Mojang avatar Founder of Mojang
Game developer (Scrolls)
X-Com 2, Master of Magic, Diablo 2 Recursive for loops.[9] @JahKob Made another game (Scrolls) along with Minecraft. His pants defy gravity and suspenders alike.
Johan Bernhardsson Bernhardsson - Mojang avatar Game developer (Minecraft Computer 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. Previously a Minecraft Pocket Edition developer. He no longer works for Mojang. He now works in Malmö.
Ryan 'TheMogMiner' Holtz[11] Game developer (Minecraft Computer Edition) @TheMogMiner Previously worked on Scaleform
Anton Albiin Customer support agent @EttGlasVatten
Siri Hoel Andersson Office manager @SiriHoel
Hayden 'Dock' Scott-Baron[29][30] Artist @Docky Joined in December 2009, but left shortly after in February 2010 due to work-related issues.
Poi Poi Chen Artist (Scrolls) Dota 2 @PoiPoiChen
Nathan 'Tahg' Gilbert[10][31] 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.
Mike 'ClayHero' Till Customer support agent @E_Claymore Worked with Marc Watson at a previous job.

Former contractors

Name Task Twitter
Gary M. Community Manager (Scrolls)[32] @atmaz
Gareth Community Manager (Scrolls)[33] @seemescrollin

Other games

Scrolls

Scrolls

Scrolls

Scrolls is another Mojang game which was first conceived and developed by Jakob Porsér.[34] Its lead designer is now Måns Olson and its production manager is Henrik Pettersson.[35] Announced on March 2, 2011,[36] 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.[37] It then hit beta on June 3, 2013[38] since when it is purchasable at a discounted price. The game was fully released on December 12, 2014,[39] but on June 29th, 2015, Mojang announced that development of Scrolls would cease as "the game has reached a point where it can no longer sustain continuous development"; the servers are expected to run until at least July of 2016, and all further proceeds will make sure the game is played for as long as possible.[40]

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,[41] and one employee described the outcome as "the court saw it from our side". No further action was taken against Mojang, and the name, "Scrolls" remained.

Cobalt

Cobalt

Cobalt

Cobalt is a game developed by Oxeye Game Studio and published/co-developed 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 a dated alpha version is avaible on Windows and Mac however, a release version will be released through a launcher and on Steam for Windows and Mac. Cobalt will also be exclusively available on Xbox 360 and Xbox One for consoles which is being ported/developed by Fatshark and Pixeldiet and published by Microsoft Studios. All versions of the game will be officially released during October 2015. A Linux version was also bieng developed but has been cancelled until further notice. The game also features music by Mattias 'anosou' Häggström Gerdt[42]

Cobalt Theme Song: File:Cobalt Menu Music.ogg

Unreleased games

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 on March 2012. On April Fools' Day, Mojang launched a satirical website for Mars Effect, citing the lawsuit with Bethesda as an inspiration.[44] However, the gameplay elements remained true and on April 4, Mojang revealed 0x10c as a space sandbox title.[45] It was eventually archived by Notch, as he didn't have the inspiration any more.

Office tour

Gallery

References

  1. https://twitter.com/marc_irl/status/610555752504262657
  2. http://help.mojang.com/customer/portal/articles/331367
  3. a b c d e f g http://www.mojang.com/about
  4. https://twitter.com/XboxP3/status/530368089418784768
  5. a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r https://help.mojang.com/customer/portal/articles/331367-employees
  6. a b c d e f g h https://twitter.com/Mojang/mojang-employees
  7. a b c d e f http://web.archive.org/web/20110703132049/http://www.minecraft.net/support/
  8. a b http://notch.tumblr.com/post/2060360123/bug-update-4-and-were-six-people-in-the-office-now
  9. a b c d e f http://www.pcgamer.com/2010/12/14/minecraft-dev-diary-staff-intro-clan-cloaks/
  10. a b c d https://mojang.com/2012/02/minecraft-team-strengthened/
  11. a b https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttBSiK01Mdg&t=26m34s
  12. https://bugs.mojang.com/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=ProfMobius
  13. @_tomcc
  14. @shoghicp
  15. https://twitter.com/carlmanneh/status/100495725879758848
  16. https://twitter.com/notch/status/123295374076153856
  17. https://twitter.com/notch/status/149643862191783937
  18. https://twitter.com/carlmanneh/status/465821753445720064
  19. http://notch.tumblr.com/post/1114516935/three-man-strong
  20. https://mojang.com/2013/10/mojang-invents-cloning-technology/
  21. https://twitter.com/mojang/status/615505566639783936
  22. a b http://ask.fm/Marc_IRL/answer/123701332437
  23. http://about.me/marcwatson
  24. https://mojang.com/2015/05/pocket-edition-getting-skins-chicken-jockeys-more/
  25. https://twitter.com/4JStudios/status/258603048392347648
  26. http://www.mojang.com/2013/03/we-raised-more-than-500000-notchs-beard-is-shaved/
  27. a b http://notch.tumblr.com/post/2582321901/2011-here-we-go
  28. https://twitter.com/EvilSeph/status/385537792794959872
  29. http://notch.tumblr.com/post/295397619/the-minecraft-artist-is-dock
  30. http://notch.tumblr.com/post/372279446/dock-is-no-longer-involved-with-the-project
  31. https://twitter.com/tahgtahv/status/230343513143918592
  32. http://scrollsdev.tumblr.com/post/124058513081/scrolls-faq
  33. http://scrollsdev.tumblr.com/post/124058513081/scrolls-faq
  34. http://www.scrolls.com
  35. http://scrollsdev.tumblr.com/post/75801791192/team-changes
  36. http://mojang.com/2011/03/02/introducing-our-new-game-scrolls
  37. http://scrolls.com/2012/07/ready-set-alpha
  38. http://scrolls.com/2013/06/weve-hit-open-beta-scrolls-is-now-on-sale
  39. https://mojang.com/2014/12/scrolls-released-on-pc-mac-and-android-tablets/
  40. https://scrolls.com/2015/06/its-been-a-blast-automaton
  41. https://twitter.com/notch/status/126196998826242048
  42. http://www.playcobalt.com
  43. http://www.playcobalt.com
  44. http://www.shadowlocked.com/201203312487/news/minecraft-creator-scores-april-fool-with-project-mars-effect.html
  45. http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2012/04/03/mojang-registers-website-for-its-new-game-0x10c
  46. https://minecraft.net/images/realms/footer-mojang-logo.png
  47. https://twitter.com/jnkboy/status/240502439965491200
  48. https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/241726943240785920
  49. https://twitter.com/notch/status/292254246756294656
  50. https://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/304647396711886849
  51. https://twitter.com/Marc_IRL/status/347017493723901952

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