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Notch Passes the Minecraft Torch

[Dec 02, 2011, 11:33 am ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

The Word of Notch announces that Markus 'Notch' Persson is stepping down as lead developer on Minecraft:

As of yesterday, Jens Bergensten is the new lead developer on Minecraft. He will have the final say in all design decisions, so he will kinda sorta become my boss, I guess. I’ve promised him to not pull rank. ;)

We’ve been working together on Minecraft for a year now, and I’m amazed at how much in synch we two are when it comes to how to design the game. And when we don’t agree, we discuss it and something much better comes out at a result. He’s truly a great person to work with, and I feel very confident handing over the leadership of Minecraft to him.

If you want to contact Jens, he’s on twitter as @jeb_, or you can email him at jeb@mojang.com

Personally, I will now rest for a while, then get back to work refreshed and eager. I’ll be helping out with Minecraft, of course, but also starting work on some new project.

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Re: Notch Passes the Minecraft Torch

Dec 2, 2011, 11:06

Tavil

Verno wrote on Dec 2, 2011, 11:05: Tavil wrote on Dec 2, 2011, 10:58: space captain wrote on Dec 2, 2011, 10:55: thanks for all the money, see ya Thats a bit uncalled for. That's just how SC rolls. He (Notch) made something cool and got compensated for it, he's moving onto something new. I don't see the problem with him going onto a different project, I wouldn't want to work on the same thing forever either. Hes not abandoning it ether, hes still going to do work on it in addition to his new project, its just he wont be the lead man anymore.

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