Mojang Studios

Mojang AB (full Swedish name: Mojäng Aktiebolag—Swedish for "Gadget Ltd."), pronounced /mʊˈjɛŋ/ (muu-YENG), 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 48 employees. Mojang publicly announced on September 15 that they were going to be bought by Microsoft, and became part of Microsoft Studios on November 6, 2014.

Employees

List of employees currently in Mojang AB:
Top row, left to right: Jens Bergensten, Daniel Kaplan, Markus Toivonen, Aron Nieminen, Daniel Frisk, Mattis Grahm
Middle row, left to right: 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, Lisa Kempe, Anna Klingberg, David Marby, Jonas Mårtensson, Amir Moulavi, Hampus Nilsson, Martin Odhelius, Jonatan Pöljö, Tomas Sommar, Michael Stoyke, Aleksandra Zajac, Pär Axelsson, Olle Personne, Matilda Åkerman, Sarah Mårtensson, David Stuart Dahlgren, Shoghi Cervantes, Siri Hoel Andersson, Brandon Andersson, Talia Grunt, Milla Stone, Karl Lowry, Daniel Wustenhoff and Tomas Alaeus

Current employees

Game developers

Name	Avatar	Position: help.mojang.com mojang.com/about	Favorite games	Special talent	Twitter	About: Mojang AB: Employees
Jens 'Jeb' Bergensten	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	@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		Game developer (Minecraft Computer Edition)			@Dinnerbone	Member of the Bukkit team. Known as Foreverabone on his Twitter page.
Erik 'Grum' Broes		Game developer (Minecraft Computer Edition)			@_grum	Member of the Bukkit team.
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.
Jon Kågström		Game developer (Scrolls)			@jonkagstrom	Used to work as an AI programmer at DICE on Battlefield.
Aron Nieminen		Game developer (Minecraft Pocket Edition and Scrolls)				He's very bright. His hair looks like a blue, woolen cap.
Måns Olson		Game developer (Scrolls)			@MansOlson
Michael 'Searge' Stoyke		Game developer (Minecraft)			@SeargeDP	Founder of the Minecraft Coder Pack (MCP)
Tommaso 'tommo' Checchi		Game developer (Minecraft Pocket Edition)		Wasting time	@_tomcc	Previously worked on Cobalt's game engine.
Shoghi Cervantes		Game developer (Minecraft Pocket Edition)		Likes everything that uses electricity	@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	Avatar	Position: help.mojang.com mojang.com/about	Favorite games	Special talent	Twitter	About: Mojang AB: Employees
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.
Mattis 'BombBoy' Grahm		Artist (Scrolls)		Time travel.	@BomuBoi	Bombs. (He has one on his T-shirt, ooh...)
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.
Jonatan 'eldrone' Pöljö		Artist			@eldrone
Poi Poi Chen		Artist (Scrolls)			@PoiPoiChen

Web/system development

Name	Avatar	Position: help.mojang.com mojang.com/about	Favorite games	Special talent	Twitter	About: Mojang AB: Employees
Daniel Frisk		Chief architect Web developer			@danfrisk	He never works on Fridays.
Leonard 'xlson' Axelsson		Web developer		Can recite the entire alphabet by memory.	@xlson
Kristoffer Jelbring		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		Web developer			@DMarby

Business development

Name	Avatar	Position: help.mojang.com mojang.com/about	Favorite games	Special talent	Twitter	About: Mojang AB: Employees
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.
Lydia 'MinecraftChick' Winters		Director of Fun	Minecraft, Oregon Trail	Having bright-colored hair.	@LydiaWinters	Minecraft was the second video game she played.
Karin Severinson		Chief financial officer			@KarinSeverinson
Patrick Geuder		Data analysis Business developer			@pgeuder
Vu Bui		Chief operating officer			@vubui
Owen 'Bopogamel' Hill		Chief word officer			@Bopogamel	Former PC Gamer web editor.
Jonas Mårtensson		Chief executive officer			@maartensson	Carl Manneh's twin brother.
Siri Hoel Andersson		Office manager			@SiriHoel

Mojang support

Name	Avatar	Position: help.mojang.com mojang.com/about	Favorite games	Special talent	Twitter	About: Mojang AB: Employees
Marc Watson		Customer support manager	Minecraft, Mass Effect, Halo, The Elder Scrolls	Performs improv comedy	@Marc_IRL	Started Minecraft Marathon
Mathias Andersson		Customer support agent			@91maan90
Aleksandra 'Ola' Zajac		Customer support agent			@MissMarzenia
Lisa Kempe		Customer support agent
Anna Klingberg		Customer support agent
Hampus Nilsson		Customer support agent
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

Brand enforcement

Name	Avatar	Position: help.mojang.com mojang.com/about	Favorite games	Special talent	Twitter	About: Mojang AB: Employees
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!

Former employees

Name	Avatar	Position	Favorite games	Special talent	Twitter	Notes
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.	@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. Used to have a great hat, gave it away, now has a new hat. His beard has been shaved for charity. When Mojang was sold to Microsoft, he left the company soon after along with the other two founders.
Tobias Möllstam		Web developer		Developing tight webs to capture customers.	@mollstam	One day he decided to eat failure and shit success. True story.
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 was Mojang's business guy. Coincidence?
Warren 'EvilSeph' Loo		Game developer			@EvilSeph	Leader of the Bukkit team.
Jakob Porsér		Founder of Mojang Game developer (Scrolls)	X-Com 2, Master of Magic, Diablo 2	Recursive for loops.	@JahKob	Made another game (Scrolls) along with Minecraft. His pants defy gravity and suspenders alike.
Ryan 'TheMogMiner' Holtz		Game developer (Minecraft Computer Edition)			@TheMogMiner	Previously worked on Scaleform
Anton Albiin		Customer support agent			@EttGlasVatten
Hayden 'Dock' Scott-Baron		Artist			@Docky	Joined in December 2009, 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.
Mike 'ClayHero' Till		Customer support agent			@E_Claymore	Worked with Marc Watson at a previous job.

Other games

Scrolls

Scrolls

Scrolls is another Mojang game which was first conceived and developed by Jakob Porsér. Its lead designer is now Måns Olson and its production manager is Henrik Pettersson. Announced on March 2, 2011, 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. It then hit beta on June 3, 2013 since when it is purchasable at a discounted price. Its full release date is December 12, 2014.

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, 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 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.

Cobalt Theme Song: File:Cobalt Menu Music.ogg

0x10^c

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

Gallery

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  Mojang's current logo.

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  Mojang's old logo.

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  Mojang's support logo

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  The Mojang logo used on the support page

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  The Mojang footer logo.

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  The old Mojang footer logo.

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  The footer logo used on the Minecraft Realms website

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  The first Mojang Specifications logo.

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  The Old Mojang logo splash image For Minecraft.

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  Mojang logo splash image used in Minecraft from Beta 1.3 to Beta 1.8.

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  Splash image used in Minecraft from Beta 1.8 to 13w47a. Still used on the Minecraft bug tracker.

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  Current Mojang logo splash image for Minecraft.

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

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  The Mojang logo used on their YouTube channel TeamMojang.

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  The M Team, working hard to make games.

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  Mojang's employees, in their Mojang suits.

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  An average day at the office.

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  Another average day at the office.

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  The Mojang Cape.

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  The average Minecraft developer.

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  JahKob in real life.

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  Jeb in real life.

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  Junkboy in real life.

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  Working hard in Mojang.

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  Mojang, doing their work.

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  Mojang's trophy wall.

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  First shirts ever sold by Mojang, featuring the classic Mojang Specifications logo.

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  Mojang prepares for their move to a larger facility.

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  Mojang building directory board with a note from some griefers

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  Mojang Pax display.

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  Oil paintings of most of the Mojang employees.

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  Mojang's preparations for Mojam

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  The Mojang support team hanging out in the ball pit.

External links

• Official site