Agnes Larsson
| Date of birth | |
|---|---|
| Occupation |
Minecraft Game Director[3] |
| Nationality |
Swedish |
| Languages |
English, Swedish |
| Known for |
Designing llamas, turtles, pandas, ocean ruins, icebergs, lush caves, tadpoles and frogs |
| Also known as |
LadyAgnes |
| X (Twitter) username | |
| Bug tracker profile | |
| Minecraft name |
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Agnes Larsson[4] (born June 13, 1989) is the Minecraft Game Director[3] at Mojang Studios.
Biography
Larsson was born in Falkenberg, a seaside city located in southwest Sweden, and she has enjoyed games since she was three years old. Larsson has a daughter born in 2016,[5][6][2][7] and three cats, named Magnolia, Isacco and Gemina.[8][9][10][11]
The public Linköping University is the educational institution in which she has participated since 2008, earning a master's degree in Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering in 2013. Before joining Mojang Studios, Larsson was employed by two companies: Scania Group, in Södertälje, Sweden, as a summer intern for two months (June - July 2012); and Configura, in Linköping, Sweden, to finish her master thesis (January - June 2013), and then as a core developer for three years (2013 - 2016).[12]
Larsson was introduced at Mojang as a gameplay developer for Minecraft: Java Edition in August 2016.[13] She led designs of many new additions to Minecraft, such as icebergs, turtles and llamas. As her programming experience progressed, Larsson was made development manager and senior gameplay developer in April 2019, then lead gameplay developer for Minecraft in April 2020, and in February 2021, she was promoted to Minecraft Vanilla Game Director.[12][14]
Larsson serves as a spokesperson for Mojang Studios as she holds Minecraft workshops for children, for example.[2] Her goal as a development manager is to create as much player happiness as possible using Minecraft Java and Bedrock updates, encompassing various gameplay styles, whereas keeping the principles of the game's inclusivity and simplicity, which include the dynamic of one block at a time.[15] With the nickname of LadyAgnes, Agnes Larsson is known for appearing in the Minecraft Live teaser videos that show her and Jens Bergensten in a two-dimensional type of Minecraft. Nir Vaknin, a Minecraft gameplay developer,[16] trivially told during Minecraft Live 2020 that Agnes likes to make the roofs of her houses with wool. In Minecraft Dungeons, a painting of her character on a church seems to be fancier than the other paintings and it has a cat besides her. Agnes' Minecraft character also appears in the screenshot of Mojang's blog post about the Java Edition 16w43a snapshot, where it is pictured fishing in a river biome.
In April 2022, Larsson did a TED Talk in Vancouver, Canada, under the topic "The Awesome Potential of Many Metaverses".[6] In the talk, Larsson demonstrated how Minecraft worlds act as unique metaverses where players can express their creativity. She also shared screenshots from her Minecraft world on which she had played for more than 10 years.
Gallery
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![Larssons' cat, Magnolia.[17]](./_assets_/9f32dbbcc68e04c1c55ba68f522e2ba8.jpg)
Larssons' cat, Magnolia.[17] -
![Larssons' second cat, Isacco.[9]](./_assets_/2ee92f37908daab1a7d589a6e450f831.jpg)
Larssons' second cat, Isacco.[9] -
![Larssons' 3rd cat, Gemina.[11]](./_assets_/440f2aed9653767ca43ffc359a43c914.jpg)
Larssons' 3rd cat, Gemina.[11] -
Larssons' official Mojavatar from 2016 to 2021. -
Larssons' official Mojavatar from 2021 to present. -
LadyAgnes' skin in Minecraft. -
Her profile picture on Twitter, featuring her cat named Magnolia. -
Her photo in 2021. -
Agnes at the green carpet.
References
- ↑ "It's somehow @_LadyAgnes's birthday today and she doesn't want people to know. Absolutely do not give her a very big hug and the best wishes and a picture of a cute kitten. Nobody tell her I said this, either." – @Dinnerbone (Nathan Adams) on X (formerly Twitter), June 13, 2019
- ↑ a b c https://web.archive.org/web/20190710133617if_/https://www.forbes.com/profile/agnes-larsson
- ↑ a b https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/credits
- ↑ "@M124367 It's LadyAgnes :)" – @_LadyAgnes (Agnes Larsson) on X (formerly Twitter), August 17, 2016
- ↑ "Minecraft 1.20: New Blocks and Their Functions!" – Minecraft on YouTube, February 24, 2023
- ↑ a b "The Awesome Potential of Many Metaverses" – TED on YouTube, June 3, 2022
- ↑ "Growth & Evolution - Part 3: 15 Years of Minecraft" – Minecraft on YouTube, June 5, 2024
- ↑ "@AVirtualHuman Thanks! It's my cat Magnolia :D" – @_LadyAgnes (Agnes Larsson) on X (formerly Twitter), August 3, 2016
- ↑ a b "Isacco is celebrating #InternationalCatDay with an always appreciated moment of rest ^_^" – @_LadyAgnes (Agnes Larsson) on X (formerly Twitter), August 8, 2016
- ↑ "@RealWitherer_ I have three cats ;) ... a purrfect number of cats I guess? ^_^" – @_LadyAgnes (Agnes Larsson) on X (formerly Twitter), August 9, 2016
- ↑ a b "Awwrr my dear cat Gemina decided to sit in such a cute way today" – @_LadyAgnes (Agnes Larsson) on X (formerly Twitter), January 3, 2021
- ↑ a b Agnes Larsson on Linkedin
- ↑ "At the office again! Happy to get back to work on Minecraft (PC/Java) with our newest team member, @_LadyAgnes \o/" – @jeb_ (Jens Bergensten) on X (formerly Twitter), August 3, 2016
- ↑ "Ahh! I got promoted to Vanilla Minecraft Game Director!" – @_LadyAgnes (Agnes Larsson) on X (formerly Twitter), March 3, 2021
- ↑ https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2021/11/17/minecraft-update-release-date/
- ↑ Nir Vaknin on Linkedin
- ↑ "Today we celebrate this queen turning 13 years old! This cuddly, overall very cool and determined lady has been here with me since I was a teenager" – @_LadyAgnes (Agnes Larsson) on X (formerly Twitter), May 1, 2021
