Notch

By cbuck2
  • Birth

    Birth

  • Began Programming

    Began Programming

    Markus took an early liking to computer programming on his parents Commodore 128 at the age of 7
  • Working for king

    Working for king

    In 2005, Markus began working for King, a video game developing and publishing company,.
  • Started working on minecraft

    Started working on minecraft

    In the summer of 2009, Markus started working on Minecraft.
  • Jalbum

    Jalbum

    Later in 2009, Markus left King to work as a programer for Jalbum.
  • Mojang

    Mojang

    Markus Persson founded mojang
  • Full time Minecraft production

    Full time Minecraft production

    In june 2010, Markus left Jalbum to work on Minecraft full time.
  • Minecraft pocket edition

    Minecraft pocket edition

    Minecraft pocket edition is released for mobile devices
  • Divorce

    Divorce

    Persson's marriage had fell apart due to his work being too important to him leaving little time for his family.
  • Minecon

    Minecon

    Minecraft is fully released at minecon
  • Lost his father

    Lost his father

    Persson's father passed away due to suicide.
  • Piracy

    Piracy

    A free legal server for minecraft came out for free and Markus quickly had it shut down, subsequently receiving multiple death threats
  • Bedrock edition

    Bedrock edition

    Minecraft bedrock edition was added to the xbox 360.
  • Leaving Mojang

    Leaving Mojang

    Notch decided to leave mojang after selling the company to microsoft.
  • Removed from the game

    Removed from the game

    Notch made some controversial tweets related to the LGBT community, causing microsoft to remove all mentions of him from the game