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Markus Alexej Persson (/ ˈpɪərsən / ⓘ PEER-sən, Swedish: [ˈmǎrːkɵs ˈpæ̌ːʂɔn] ⓘ; born 1 June 1979), also known as " Notch ", [3] is a Swedish video game programmer and designer. He is the creator of the video game Minecraft, which since its release has become the best-selling video game in history. He founded the video game ...
Biography. Persson started programming at the age of seven, using his father'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, [3] which he left in 2009 to work as a programmer at Jalbum.
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Persson started programming at the age of seven, using his father'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. He is also one of the founders of Wurm Online. ...
This letter, made by Notch, announces his departure from Mojang [SOURCE]. "I don’t see myself as a real game developer. I make games because it’s fun, and because 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. Minecraft certainly became a huge hit, and p...
Notch has released much of his work, including, but not limited to: Games: 1. Droj, a multiplayer game. 2. DachonB, a gravity based shooter. 3. Wurm Online, an MMO featuring sandbox elements similar to Minecraft. 4. LogicHex, a hexagonal logic gate builder. 5. Infinite Mario Bros, a Super Marioclone featuring an endlessly-long level. 6. Takns,a str...
Notch on his phone.Notch wearing his iconic black fedora.Notch smiling.Notch with his fans at MinecraftCon 2010.On June 1, 2011, Notch posted on Twitter that he was 25 years old. 25is 32, which was his age at the time.Notch programmed the Minecraft splash screen to display "Happy Birthday, Notch!" all day on June 1. This was removed in Java Edition 1.8.5.Apr 21, 2015 · But Persson was still riding the Minecraft train, and May 2012 saw its xBox release sell more than a million units in the first week alone. That year, Mojang had around $230 million in sales, but ...
Swedish indie game developer Markus "Notch” Persson talks the creation of his "sandbox building game" Minecraft, inspiration from Roguelikes and growing up a programmer. Alex Handy, Blogger. March 23, 2010. 11 Min Read. Minecraft is an interesting case when it comes to indie games. Based on the ideas of another indie game, Infiminer ...
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Markus Alexej "Notch" Persson (born June 1, 1979) is a Swedish video game programmer and designer. Persson is the owner of Mojang, the video game company he founded alongside Carl Manneh and Jakob Porser in late 2010. His principal venture for founding Mojang was Minecraft, a first-person sandbox video game that has gained popularity and support since its tech demo in 2009. Since the release ...
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Nov 5, 2013 · Infiniminer, a game by Zach Barth that inspired Minecraft. Minecraft Wiki / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0. Besides Dwarf Fortress, there were two other games that fascinated Markus at that time: RollerCoaster ...
