Gnembon

Jacek Wołkowicz
Gnembon IRL.png: Infobox image for Jacek Wołkowicz the person in Minecraft
Real name

Jacek Wołkowicz

Occupation

Software Engineer[1]

Nationality

Polish

Languages

English, Polish

X (Twitter) username

@gnembon_mc

GitHub profile

gnembon

YouTube channel

https://www.youtube.com/@gnembon

Minecraft name

gnembon

Pronunciation

Nem-bon

Jacek Wołkowicz[2][3] better known as Gnembon, is a software engineer[1] at 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.[4]

Biography

Wołkowicz attended the Warsaw University of Technology from 2002 to 2007 where he got a M.Sc. in Computer Science.[2] He then attended Dalhousie University from 2007 to 2013 where got a Ph.D. in Computer Science.[2] Afterwards, he was an Adjunct Professor & Sessional Instructor at Dalhousie until October 2021.[2] In November 2021, he moved to Sweden and got a job at Mojang.[2][5]

Wołkowicz is capable of coding in both Java and C++ engines. He also knows the Python programming language.

Work on Minecraft

Gnembon and Kingbdogz worked together to add the sculk catalyst. In 23w43a, he added the /tick command, which was originally a feature from his mod Carpet Mod.

Trivia

  • Wołkowicz's nickname was taken from a character in a book he was reading for school,[6] which is most likely Gnębon Puczymorda from Szewcy by Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz. It was first used as his username in the video game Heroes of Might and Magic 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.[7]
  • When Wołkowicz first started playing Minecraft, he was afraid of squid for several months.[8]
  • Wołkowicz has a son, who he taught to use a mouse and keyboard by playing Minecraft.[9]
  • Some people misspell Gnembon's name, writing it as "Gnembom".[8]

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