Persson officially halted game production in August 2013. However, the gameplay elements remained true and on 4 April, Mojang revealed 0x10 c (pronounced Ten to the C) as a space sandbox title. On April Fools' Day, Mojang launched a satirical website for Mars Effect (parody of Mass Effect), citing the lawsuit with Bethesda as an inspiration. 0x10 cįollowing the end to his involvement with Minecraft, Persson began pre-production of an alternate reality space game set in the distant future in March 2012. The game accumulated over 280,000 dogecoins.
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The game was released to Microsoft Windows systems as a honorware early access game the start day of E3 2014, instructing users to donate Dogecoin to "buy" the game before downloading it. The game took inspiration from Skyrim 's physics engine, "the more embarrassing minimum-effort Greenlight games", Goat Simulator, and Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing.
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CliffhorseĬliffhorse is a humorous game programmed in two hours using the Unity game engine and free assets. The settlement allowed Mojang to continue using the Scrolls trademark. ZeniMax Media, owner of Bethesda Softworks, announced the lawsuit's settlement in March 2012. On 27 September 2011, Persson confirmed that the lawsuit was going to court. On 17 August 2011, Persson challenged Bethesda to a Quake 3 tournament to decide the outcome of the naming dispute.
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Persson revealed on his tumblr blog on 5 August 2011 that he was being sued by a Swedish law firm representing Bethesda Softworks over the trademarked name of Scrolls, claiming that it conflicted with their The Elder Scrolls series of games. Persson noted that he will not be actively involved in development of the game and that Porsér will be developing it. Persson and Jakob Porsér came up with the idea for Scrolls including elements from board games and collectible card games. In December 2014, Persson purchased a home in Trousdale Estates, Beverly Hills, CA for $70 million, a record sales price for Beverly Hills at the time. Under his direction, Mojang contributed a week to developing Catacomb Snatch for the Humble Indie Bundle the $458,248 raised was donated to charity. He is an atheist and has donated to Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders).
Persson has criticized both piracy and the stance of large game companies on piracy additionally, he is a member of the Pirate Party of Sweden. The divorce was finalized later that year. On 15 August 2012, he announced that he and his wife had filed for divorce. In 2011, he married Elin Zetterstrand and had a daughter. Persson is a member of the Swedish chapter of Mensa. He is the central figure of Minecraft: The Story of Mojang, a documentary by 2 Player Productions about the rise of Minecraft and Mojang. Outside of work, he has made seven games for competitions. He is also one of the founders of Wurm Online, though he no longer works on it. Afterwards he worked as a programmer for Jalbum. Professionally he had worked as a game developer for King for over four years, until 2009.
Having experimented with various type-in programs he produced his first game at the age of eight, a text-based adventure game. He began programming on his father's Commodore 128 home computer at the age of seven.
He lived in Edsbyn for the first seven years of his life before his family moved back to Stockholm.
Persson was born in Stockholm, Sweden, to a Finnish mother and a Swedish father on 1 June 1979. Microsoft eventually dissociated from Persson following controversial comments regarding topics such as race and gender on his Twitter account. He had continued to work on Minecraft until he left Mojang in September 2014, after its acquisition by Microsoft for $2.5 billion. He retained his position as the lead designer of Minecraft until the game's official launch in 2011, after which he transferred creative authority to Jens Bergensten. Since then, he has gained significant notability within the video game industry, winning multiple awards and establishing relations with the industry's figureheads. Persson's principal venture for founding Mojang was Minecraft which gained popularity and support since its tech demo in 2009. He is best known for creating the sandbox video game Minecraft and for founding the video game company Mojang in 2009. Markus Alexej Persson ( Swedish: ( listen) born 1 June 1979), also known as Notch, is a Swedish video game programmer and designer.
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