Nathan Adams (programmer)
Nathan Adams | |
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![]() Adams at PAX Prime, 2012 | |
Born | Shrewsbury, England | 23 July 1991
Nationality | British |
Other names | Dinnerbone |
Citizenship | Sweden |
Occupation | Technical Director for Minecraft |
Years active | 2012–present |
Employer | Mojang Studios |
Spouse(s) | Aleksandra Zając |
Children | 1 |
Website | dinnerbone |
Nathan Adams (born 23 July 1991), also known as Dinnerbone, is a British-Swedish video game programmer best known for his work at Mojang Studios, and specifically his contributions to the game Minecraft.[1][2]
Early life[]
Adams was born in Shrewsbury, England, on 23 July 1991. He says that he learned programming at age 10 by creating MSN bots.[3]
Career[]
After finishing secondary school, he was rejected from college, so found a job with a small web development company. He was then hired by Curse, where he worked on the Minecraft server modification CraftBukkit.[4] Mojang then took full control of and hired the CraftBukkit team to work on a modding API,[5] which allowed mod developers easier access to the Minecraft game files.[6] He was hired on 28 February 2012[1] and started work on 27 March.[2] He quit work on Minecraft in October 2015[7] to work on a new Minecraft application launcher, and joined back in February 2017.[8][9] He currently serves as the technical director for the game.[citation needed]
Personal life[]
He is married to Aleksandra "MissMarzenia" Zając, the project manager at Mojang. They have one son, who was born on 2 October 2016.[10] Adams is red-green colourblind. On 21 March 2019, Adams became a Swedish citizen.[11]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Burgensten, Jens (28 February 2012). "Minecraft Team Strengthened!". Mojang.com. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Adams, Nathan [@Dinnerbone] (27 March 2012). "Arrived at Mojang HQ and did the awkward handshake dance with @notch and some other mojangsters" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Demmer, Robert (20 February 2014). "Chatting with Nathan Adams and Erik Broes of Minecraft". Jet Brains. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
- ^ Davied, Marsh (11 November 2012). "The Future of Minecraft: what lies ahead for the all-conquering sandbox game?". PC Gamer (246). Retrieved 24 March 2018.
- ^ Chalk, Andy (21 August 2014). "Minecraft Bukkit team lead tries to end development, but Mojang steps in". PC Gamer. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
- ^ Purchese, Robert (29 February 2012). "Mojang hires Bukkit server-mod team to make official Minecraft API". Eurogamer. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
- ^ Adams, Nathan [@Dinnerbone] (16 October 2015). "After that I'm taking a break from Minecraft PC development for a few months. I will be focusing on the new launcher & other cool projects!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Adams, Nathan [@Dinnerbone] (7 February 2017). "Spent today moving desks at Mojang... Oh hey, I'm rejoining the Minecraft PC team! It's been so long, so much has changed!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Minecraft Developer Explains Mojang's Viewpoint On Mods". Attack of Fanboy. 1 May 2015. Archived from the original on 15 October 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
- ^ Adams, Nathan [@Dinnerbone] (2 October 2016). "Hello, world" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Adams, Nathan [@Dinnerbone] (21 March 2019). "Omg, what is it?!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- 21st-century English people
- 1991 births
- British computer programmers
- Living people
- Mojang Studios
- People from Shrewsbury
- Video game developers