Mojang AB

Mojang AB's current logo

Mojang AB (full Swedish name: Mojäng Aktiebolag—Swedish for "Gadget Ltd."), pronounced /mʊˈjɛŋ/^[1] (muu-YENG), originally Mojang Specifications, is the indie joint-stock company responsible for the creation and development of Minecraft, and some other games. It was founded by Markus Persson, Jakob Porsér, and Carl Manneh. Located in Stockholm, Sweden, Mojang currently has 27 employees.^[2]

[edit] Employees

Top row, left to right: Markus Persson, Jens Bergensten, Daniel Kaplan, Junkboy, Jakob Porsér, Carl Manneh, Tobias Möllstam, Aron Nieminen
Bottom row, left to right: Daniel Frisk, Mattis Grahm, Lydia Winters, Henrik Pettersson, Leonard Axelsson, Jon Kågström, Kristoffer Jelbring, Marc Watson.

[edit] Current employees

Name	Avatars	Position: help.mojang.com[2] mojang.com/about[3]	Favorite games	Special talent	Twitter	Notes	About: Mojang AB: Employees[notes 1]
Markus 'Notch' Persson		Founder of Mojang and creator of Minecraft.net Game Developer	Dungeon Master 2, Doom, X-Com	Can look directly at the sun with only minor permanent damage.	@notch	Used to have a great hat, gave it away, now has a new hat.	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.[notes 2] 1. Enjoy games 2. Pick up programming 3. ???? 4. Profit
Jens 'jeb_' Bergensten		Lead programmer/designer on Minecraft Game Developer	Starcraft, Doom 2, Don’t Look Back	Eating cheese doodles with chopsticks	@jeb_	He's a redditor!	Fun Fact #328: The facial hair right below his lower lip is brighter than the rest.
Daniel 'Kappische' Kaplan		Business developer Business Developer and Developer of Minecraft Pocket Edition	Street Fighter IV, Tetris DS, Zelda: A Link to the Past	Typing very fast.	@Kappische		On his Skype picture he looks like a pirate.
Markus 'Junkboy' Toivonen		Art developer Art Director	Wild Guns, Metal Slug, Full Throttle	Laying down digital mosaic.	@jnkboy	Very mysterious.	Some say he doesn't even exist.
Jakob Porsér		Founder of Mojang and lead programmer/designer on Scrolls.com Game Developer	X-Com 2, Master of Magic, Diablo 2	Recursive for loops.	@JahKob	Will be making another game (Scrolls) along with Minecraft.	His pants defy gravity and suspenders alike.
Carl Manneh		Founder of Mojang and the CEO Boss	FIFA 10, Resident Evil, Tetris	Cloning himself.	@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 s*** success. True story.
Aron Nieminen		Lead programmer on Minecraft - Pocket Edition Game Developer			None	He's very bright.	His hair looks like a blue, woolen cap.
Daniel Frisk		Chief architect Chief Architect			@danfrisk		He never works on Fridays.
Mattis 'BombBoy' Grahm		Artist Artist		Time travel.	@BomuBoi
Lydia 'MinecraftChick' Winters[4]		Director of fun Director of Fun	Minecraft, Oregon Trail	Having bright-colored hair.	@LydiaWinters	Minecraft was the second video game she played.
Henrik 'Carnalizer' Pettersson		Artist Artist	Boardgames, strategy games, Team Fortress 2, Half-Life, Minecraft	Extreme procrastination.	@carnalizer	Is the oldest person employed by Mojang.
Leonard 'xlson' Axelsson[5]		Web developer Web Developer		Can recite the entire alphabet by memory.	@xlson
Jon Kågström		Programmer on Minecraft Game Developer			@jonkagstrom	Used to work as an AI programmer at DICE on Battlefield.
Kristoffer Jelbring[6]		Web developer Web Developer		Being Mojang's unofficial DJ.	@KrisJelbring
Marc Watson		Customer support manager Customer Support	Minecraft, Mass Effect, Halo, Elder Scrolls	Performs improv comedy	@Marc_IRL	Started Minecraft Marathon[7]
Karin Severinson		Finances			@KarinSeverinson
Anton Albiin		Customer support			@EttGlasVatten
Mathias Andersson		Customer support			@91maan90
Mike Till		Customer support		US Army veteran	@E_Claymore	Worked with Marc at previous job
Warren 'EvilSeph' Loo		Minecraft server development			@evilseph	Member of the Bukkit team.
Erik 'Grum' Broes		Minecraft server development			@_grum	Member of the Bukkit team.
Nathan 'Dinnerbone' Adams		Minecraft server development			@dinnerbone	Member of the Bukkit team.
Nathan 'Tahg' Gilbert		Minecraft server development			@tahgtahv	Member of the Bukkit team.
Måns Olson		Game Developer			@MansOlson
Johan Bernhardsson		Game Developer			@jbernhardsson
Joe Liu		Customer Support			@JoeBleh	Worked with Marc at previous job
Name	Avatar	Position: help.mojang.com[2] mojang.com/about[3]	Favorite games	Special talent	Twitter	Notes	About: Mojang AB: Employees[notes 1]

[edit] Contract employees

[edit] Former employees

[edit] Other games

[edit] Scrolls

Scrolls

Scrolls is another Mojang game which was conceived and developed by JahKob.^[9] Announced on March 2, 2011,^[10] 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.^[11] 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,^[12] 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.

[edit] 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.^[13]

Cobalt Theme Song:

[edit] 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 in March of 2012. On April Fools' Day, Mojang launched a satirical website for Mars Effect, citing the lawsuit with Bethesda as an inspiration.^[14] However, the gameplay elements remained true and on April 4, Mojang revealed 0x10^c as a space sandbox title.^[15]

[edit] Gallery

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  Mojang's current logo.

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

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  The Mojang logo featured in 0x10^c.

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  First Mojang Specifications logo.

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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 Cloak.

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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.

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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.

[edit] Notes

1. ↑ ^{a b} These were 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.
2. ↑ This was from "About", then "Minecraft", on the same page as the others.

[edit] References

1. ↑ http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mojäng
2. ↑ ^{a b c} http://help.mojang.com/customer/portal/articles/331367-employees
3. ↑ ^{a b} http://www.mojang.com/about/
4. ↑ twitter:carlmanneh/status/117235758884073473
5. ↑ notchtweet:123295374076153856
6. ↑ notchtweet:149643862191783937
7. ↑ http://about.me/marcwatson
8. ↑ The Minecraft artist is Dock!
9. ↑ http://www.scrolls.com/
10. ↑ http://mojang.com/2011/03/02/introducing-our-new-game-scrolls/
11. ↑ notchtweet:42841614531575808
12. ↑ notchtweet:126196998826242048
13. ↑ http://mojang.com/games/
14. ↑ http://www.shadowlocked.com/201203312487/news/minecraft-creator-scores-april-fool-with-project-mars-effect.html
15. ↑ http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2012/04/03/mojang-registers-website-for-its-new-game-0x10c/

[edit] External links

Official site