Cory Scheviak
Senior Game Designer at Mojang Studios
Stockholm, Sweden
Summary
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Top SchoolCory Scheviak is a senior game designer and multi‑disciplinary software engineer with 12 years of experience shipping core features for Minecraft at Mojang Studios, including beasts, biomes, and combat systems used by hundreds of millions of players. He blends hands‑on design and implementation with cross‑functional leadership—chairing Minecon Live, driving quality initiatives, and fixing hundreds of live bugs—to reliably deliver player‑facing systems. Beyond game systems, Cory leads studio sustainability as Social Impact Advisor, building emission‑reduction plans in collaboration with Xbox Studios and external partners. He also founded the Tropicraft mod and runs Love Tropics, a charity that has raised over $250k while showcasing his full‑stack dev, modding, and community management skills. Driven by a mission to leave the world better than he found it, he selectively joins projects aligned with social and environmental impact and brings uncommon breadth across design, engineering, and program leadership.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science w/Concentration in Game Design, Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science w/Concentration in Game Design at North Carolina State University
English, Spanish
Github Skills (45)
minecraft10
minecraft-forge10
forge10
java10
utility-mod9
paypal-ipn9
computercraft9
fabric9
pong9
paypal8
directives8
compatibility8
epic8
css8
puzzle7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
Tropicraft/Tropicraft
Mar 2019 - Jan 2022
A Minecraft: Java Edition mod that adds a tropical vacation dimension to your world
Contributions:1 review, 170 commits, 100 PRs in 2 years 10 months
minecraftminecraft-forgesailjavaminecraft-mod
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