Agnes Larsson

### Known for

Designing llamas, turtles, pandas, ocean ruins, icebergs, lush caves, tadpoles and frogs
 Appearances in Minecraft annual votes
 Conduct Minecraft talks

## Additional information

### Minecraft name

LadyAgnes

**Agnes Larsson** (born June 13, 1989) is a Vanilla Minecraft Game Director at Mojang Studios.

## Biography

Larsson was born in Falkenberg, a seaside city located in southwest Sweden, and she started to enjoy games since she was three years old. Larsson has a daughter born between 2016 and 2017, and three cats, named Magnolia, Isacco and Gemina.

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: Configura, in Linköping, Sweden, for six months (from January to June 2013); and Scania Group, in Södertälje, Sweden, for two months (from June to July 2012).

As an employee who was introduced as a gameplay developer for *Minecraft: Java Edition* in August 3, 2016, Larsson led designs of 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, on March 3, 2021, she was promoted to *Minecraft* Vanilla Game Director.

Larsson serves as a spokesperson for Mojang Studios as she holds *Minecraft* workshops for children, for example. 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. 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, 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". 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

* Larssons' cat, Magnolia.
* Larssons' second cat, Isacco.
* Larssons' 3rd cat, Gemina.
* Larssons' official Mojang avatar from 2016 to 2021.
* Larssons' official Mojang avatar from 2021 to present.
* LadyAgnes' skin in *Minecraft*.
* Her profile picture on Twitter, featuring her cat named Magnolia.
* Her photo in 2021.

## References

1. ↑ "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, June 13, 2019
2. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20190710133617if\_/https://www.forbes.com/profile/agnes-larsson
3. ↑ "@M124367 It's LadyAgnes :)" – @\_LadyAgnes (Agnes Larsson) on X, August 17, 2016
4. ↑ "Minecraft 1.20: New Blocks and Their Functions!" – Minecraft on YouTube, February 24, 2023
5. ↑ a b "The Awesome Potential of Many Metaverses" – TED on YouTube, June 3, 2022
6. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20190710133617if\_/https://www.forbes.com/profile/agnes-larsson
7. ↑ "@AVirtualHuman Thanks! It's my cat Magnolia :D" – @\_LadyAgnes (Agnes Larsson) on X, August 3, 2016
8. ↑ a b "Isacco is celebrating #InternationalCatDay with an always appreciated moment of rest ^\_^" – @\_LadyAgnes (Agnes Larsson) on X, August 8, 2016
9. ↑ "@RealWitherer\_ I have three cats ;) ... a purrfect number of cats I guess? ^\_^" – @\_LadyAgnes (Agnes Larsson) on X, August 9, 2016
10. ↑ a b "Awwrr my dear cat Gemina decided to sit in such a cute way today" – @\_LadyAgnes (Agnes Larsson) on X, January 3, 2021
11. ↑ "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, August 3, 2016
12. ↑ Agnes Larsson on Linkedin
13. ↑ https://www.forbes.com/profile/agnes-larsson
14. ↑ https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2021/11/17/minecraft-update-release-date/
15. ↑ Nir Vaknin on Linkedin
16. ↑ "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, May 1, 2021