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Jon Kågström

Jon Kågström (aka Jon Maiga) is a software engineer for Minecraft. He was hired for Mojang Studios on 28 December 2011, having previously worked on AI for Battlefield. He helped Mojang create new "smart" AI for the mobs in Minecraft. One of his contributions was adding ocelots/cats to the game. (He made everything except the texture which was made by Jeb.) He played an active role alongside Jens Bergensten in developing Minecraft features, fixes, and improvements for Java Edition 1.2.1. After this, he left Minecraft development to work on Scrolls. Since the development of Scrolls was discontinued, he went back to working on Minecraft.

Jon Kågström
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Real name Jon Kågström
Date of birth May 24, 1977 (age 49)
Occupation Software Engineer
Nationality Swedish
Known for Zombie, skeleton, ocelot, creeper, and villager AIs
Idea on how to correct double doors
Website jonkagstrom.com
Minecraft Wiki name @DeletedUser40286849[note 1]
Reddit name jonkagstrom
X (Twitter) handle @jonkagstrom
Minecraft name jonkagstrom

Jon Kågström (aka Jon Maiga) is a software engineer for Minecraft. He was hired for Mojang Studios on 28 December 2011, having previously worked on AI for Battlefield. He helped Mojang create new "smart" AI for the mobs in Minecraft. One of his contributions was adding ocelots/cats to the game. (He made everything except the texture which was made by Jeb.) He played an active role alongside Jens Bergensten in developing Minecraft features, fixes, and improvements for Java Edition 1.2.1. After this, he left Minecraft development to work on Scrolls. Since the development of Scrolls was discontinued, he went back to working on Minecraft.

Games

  • Minecraft
  • Scrolls
  • Battlefield: Bad Company

Notes

  1. Jon's Minecraft wiki account was deleted at some point near the Fandom migration, changing the name from "Jonkagstrom47437" to "@DeletedUser40286849".