Minecraft:Gnembon

Jacek Wołkowicz<ref name="linkedin">https://www.linkedin.com/in/gnembonne/</ref><ref>https://sztokholm.orpeg.pl/2022/12/09/nasz-gosc-pan-jacek-wolkowicz/</ref><ref group=note>Pronunciation: [1].</ref> better known as Gnembon, is a software engineer<ref name="credits">https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/credits</ref> at Minecraft:Mojang Studios and a Minecraft modder. He created the Carpet Mod, which "allows you to take full control of what matters from a technical perspective of the game."

Gnembon has a YouTube channel where he used to upload item farming and modding videos. Since joining Mojang however, he has ceased to upload videos to his YouTube channel, although he may return at some point.<ref name="mojang">Template:Ytl</ref>

Biography

Wołkowicz attended the Template:W from 2002 to 2007 where he got a M.Sc. in Computer Science.<ref name="linkedin"/> He then attended Template:W from 2007 to 2013 where got a Ph.D. in Computer Science.<ref name="linkedin"/> Afterwards, he worked as Research Engineer and then Director of Research at LeadSift from 2013 to 2017, and then as the Director of Research at Template:W from 2017 to 2021,<ref>Template:Ytl</ref> while also working part-time as an Adjunct Professor & Sessional Instructor at Dalhousie.<ref name="linkedin"/> In November 2021, he moved to Sweden and got a job at Mojang.<ref name="linkedin"/><ref name="mojang"/>

Wołkowicz is capable of coding in both Java and Template:W engines. He also knows the Python programming language.

Work on Minecraft

Before Gnembon joined Mojang, he was an active member of the technical Minecraft server SciCraft. He presented at Minecraft:MINECON Live 2019 with some SciCraft members on a community panel after the show, about the benefits of redstone automation as a form of Minecraft gameplay.<ref>Template:Ytl</ref>

After he joined Mojang, Gnembon worked together with Minecraft:Kingbdogz to add the Minecraft:sculk catalyst.Template:Cn In 23w43a, he added the Template:Cmd command, which was originally a feature from his mod Carpet Mod.<ref>Template:Tweet</ref>

Gnembon works on the Summer and Winter Minecraft:game drops, he implemented Minecraft:netherite horse armor.Template:Cn

Trivia

• Wołkowicz's nickname was taken from a character in a book he was reading for school,<ref>Template:Ytl</ref> which is most likely Gnębon Puczymorda from Szewcy by Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz. It was first used as his username in the video game Template:W II or III. He later decided to keep this name for his YouTube channel, as a way of separating his gaming life from his personal life.<ref>Template:Ytl</ref>
• When Wołkowicz first started playing Minecraft, he was afraid of Minecraft:squid for several months.<ref name=":0">Template:Ytl</ref>
• Wołkowicz has a son, who he taught to use a mouse and keyboard by playing Minecraft.<ref>Template:Ytl</ref>
• Some people misspell Gnembon's name, writing it as "Gnembom".<ref name=":0" />

Gallery

• Gnembon's social media avatar
  Gnembon's social media avatar
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