Johan Bernhardsson
Johan Bernhardsson is a former game developer at Mojang Studios, who worked extensively on Minecraft: Pocket Edition, and over a year by himself. Johan resigned from Mojang on September 11, 2015. In his last few weeks at Mojang, he worked on the OS X Launcher for Minecraft.
Being interested in IT, Johan taught himself to program and has ever since become enthusiastic about it.[4]
Previously, Bernhardsson worked as a Half-Life 2 modder, a minigame developer and a software engineer. Before becoming involved with Mojang, he worked as a programmer for Stunlock Studios on the action real-time strategy game Bloodline Champions, which became a minor electronic sports title.
| Real name | Johan Bernhardsson |
|---|---|
| Date of birth | February 24, 1986 (age 40)[1][2] |
| Occupation | Game developer and CTO (Midnight Hub)[3] |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Reddit name | jbernhardsson |
| X (Twitter) handle | @jbernhardsson |
| Twitch channel | jbernhardsson |
| Minecraft name | SuperJohan2000 |
Johan Bernhardsson is a former game developer at Mojang Studios, who worked extensively on Minecraft: Pocket Edition, and over a year by himself. Johan resigned from Mojang on September 11, 2015. In his last few weeks at Mojang, he worked on the OS X Launcher for Minecraft.
Being interested in IT, Johan taught himself to program and has ever since become enthusiastic about it.[4]
Previously, Bernhardsson worked as a Half-Life 2 modder, a minigame developer and a software engineer. Before becoming involved with Mojang, he worked as a programmer for Stunlock Studios on the action real-time strategy game Bloodline Champions, which became a minor electronic sports title.
On September 3, 2015, Jeb posted on Instagram that Johan was leaving Mojang.[5]
A week later, on September 11, 2015, Johan officially tweeted[6] that he had finished his last day at Mojang.
On January 28, 2016, Johan announced that he started a new game studio, Midnight Hub, and a new horror game called Lake Ridden.[7][8]
Gallery
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Bernhardsson's official Mojang avatar. -
Bernhardsson smiling, holding a Minecraft toy.
References
- ↑ "@jeb_ Thanks :)" – @jbernhardsson (Johan Bernhardsson) on X (formerly Twitter), February 24, 2014
- ↑ https://youtube.com/watch?v=NiBgKbRfjlg&t=1h21m08s
- ↑ http://www.midnighthub.com/about/
- ↑ https://youtube.com/watch?v=NiBgKbRfjlg&t=25m45s
- ↑ https://instagram.com/p/7LMcAGpMNn/
- ↑ "Today was my last day at Mojang. I have moved to Malmö and will keep making games. Maybe not as big as Minecraft. :)" – @jbernhardsson (Johan Bernhardsson) on X (formerly Twitter), September 11, 2015
- ↑ "Today we finally announce our new game studio Midnight Hub! Go check it out!:) http://goo.gl/GuXS3x @midnighthub" – @jbernhardsson (Johan Bernhardsson) on X (formerly Twitter), January 28, 2016 (The link in the tweet is to [1])
- ↑ "I will develop Lake Ridden (it's name) together with @Teezec who is our artist and @saxen8 who handles most of the other stuff. :)" – @jbernhardsson (Johan Bernhardsson) on X (formerly Twitter), January 28, 2016
