Pontus "Kinten" Hammarberg

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Pontus "Kinten" Hammarberg is one the co-founders of Oxeye Game Studio.[3][4]

Kinten
Pontus "Kinten" Hammarberg in 2020, as he appeared in a Minecraft Dungeons dev diary
Pontus in 2020
Real namePontus Hammarberg
BirthdayMarch 5th[1] 1984 [2]
SocialsTwitter Instagram Linkedin

He is the studio's main artist[2], being officially credited for both Cobalt[5][6][7][8] and Harvest: Massive Encounter[8].

History

Pontus joined Oxeye at the very beginning in 2002.[4]

He studied medicine at the Karolinska Institute between the years of 2005 and 2012, as well as theoretical philosophy in 2005 and literature in 2007 at Lund University.[9]

He briefly worked as an assistant doctor in a hospital located in Bollnäs, Sweden, between June and August of 2011.[9]

In 2017 he joined Mojang Studios as a user interface artist, but later became a developer and principal prototype specialist, where he still works today (likely alongside Daniel "thewreck" Brynolf).[9]

In 2020 he worked as a level designer on Minecraft Dungeons.[8][10]

References

  1. Bergensten, J. jeb. (2009, December 1). Oxeye Game Studio " Blog archive " (not) announcing “project B.” Oxeye Game Studio. http://www.oxeyegames.com/not-announcing-project-b/
  2. 2.0 2.1 Bergensten, J. jeb. (2010, March 5). Oxeye Game Studio " blog archive " Birthdays and postcards! Oxeye Game Studio. http://www.oxeyegames.com/birthdays-and-postcards/
  3. Hammarberg, P. K. (2011, December 12). Oxeye Game Studio " blog archive " cobalt pre-orders around the next bend! Oxeye Game Studio. http://www.oxeyegames.com/cobalt-pre-orders-around-the-next-bend/
  4. 4.0 4.1 Bergensten, J. jeb. (2012, April 28). Oxeye Game Studio " Blog archive " ten years! Oxeye Game Studio. http://www.oxeyegames.com/ten-years/
  5. Brynolf, D. thewreck. (2012, October 11). Oxeye Game Studio " Blog archive " thewreck’s developer musings 2. Oxeye Game Studio. http://www.oxeyegames.com/thewrecks-developer-musings-2/
  6. Brynolf, D. thewreck. (2012a, May 9). Oxeye Game Studio " blog archive " cobalt V105 alpha change-log. Oxeye Game Studio. http://www.oxeyegames.com/cobalt-v105-alpha-change-log/
  7. Trif. (2014, April 4). Oxeye Game Studio " Blog archive " intel report: Every battlefield needs a solid bar. Oxeye Game Studio. http://www.oxeyegames.com/intel-report-every-battlefield-needs-a-solid-bar/
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 Pontus Hammarberg - Mobygames. (n.d.). https://www.mobygames.com/person/362107/pontus-hammarberg/
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 Pontus Hammarberg | linkedin. (n.d.-a). https://www.linkedin.com/in/pontus-hammarberg-33667543/
  10. Minecraft youtube channel. (2020, February 21). Minecraft Dungeons Diaries: Environments. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4k8CzSaReU8