Minecraft:Kingbdogz

Brandon "kingbdogz" Pearce is a Minecraft:Mojang Studios employee currently working as a game designer at the headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden.<ref name=":0" />

Biography

Brandon attended Template:W from 2007 to 2012.<ref name="linkedin">Brandon Pearce on Linkedin</ref> In 2010, while he was in community college, Brandon started his game design career by independently creating the popular Minecraft:mods The Aether and Aether II, which were downloaded millions of times worldwide. For a decade, he worked as the team lead for a group of modders around the world to develop mods for Minecraft. Besides his famous work as a modder, Brandon also worked as Software Developer at Nerd Kingdom (2013-2014) and Innovation Engineer at VGW (2018-2019).<ref name="linkedin"/>

Brandon presented at Minecraft:MINECON Live 2019 with some other Minecraft modders on a community panel after the show, about game design in Minecraft.<ref>Template:Ytl</ref>

In January 2020, Brandon joined Mojang Studios as a Game Designer.<ref name="linkedin"/><ref name=":0">Template:Tweet</ref> Since then, he has contributed to designing and developing new Minecraft features, such as the Minecraft:strider and the Minecraft:warden, shaping the development of several updates. He also revisited old features in Minecraft by modifying them through modern game design principles.

Brandon is capable of coding in both Java and Template:W engines. Stemming from his experience working with team members around the world, he is also familiar with working remotely with teams across different time zones.

Trivia

• In the April fools snapshot Minecraft:23w13a_or_b, naming a Minecraft:wolf "kingbdogz" using a Minecraft:name tag causes the wolf to be given a crown.

Gallery

• Brandon Pearce's Minecraft skin (Without the cape)
  Brandon Pearce's Minecraft skin (Without the cape)
• Brandon's current Twitter avatar
  Brandon's current Twitter avatar
• One of Brandon's previous Twitter avatars
  One of Brandon's previous Twitter avatars
• A Minecraft:wolf with a crown, after being named "kingbdogz" (Appears in snapshot 23w13a or b)
  A Minecraft:wolf with a crown, after being named "kingbdogz" (Appears in snapshot 23w13a or b)
• Brandon holding dirt
  Brandon holding dirt
• Brandon in a field
  Brandon in a field
• Brandon's rat form
  Brandon's rat form
• Brandon's Twitter banner
  Brandon's Twitter banner