Markus "Notch" Persson announced on Dec. 2 that he will be stepping down as the lead developer of Minecraft, which he created.
"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," Notch blogged on Dec. 2.
Jens Bergensten (Jeb) has been helping Notch all along, and now he will have the chance to take over a project.
"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," Notch said. "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."
Jeb now plans to work on fixing bugs within the game and enabling players to leave notes on books and paper within the game.
Notch said he is going to use his extra time to work on his new collectible card game, Scrolls, and a new undisclosed project.
Notch released the first version of Minecraft in May 2009 and has been developing it since then.
Mojang, the game-developing company Notch started, sold over 4 million copies of Minecraft before it's official release in November 2011. The game has brought in over $50 million, and Notch has used that money to further resources.
Mojang now consists of 13 employees and is working on more games besides Minecraft.
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