Thread on Minecraft board game character designs!

When creating Minecraft: Builders & Biomes, we needed 4 characters. We started with the iconic Steve/Alex, then added Valorie/Hex from Dungeons. It was on-brand and the head color mostly matched player pieces, so it felt right.

There was a gender split (as much as these skins have one) but you might notice there isn't much variance in skin tone in the game. If I was still on the Content Team and this was a Marketplace skin pack in review, we might raise it as a potential issue. Ok, noted for the future.

When we made the expansion's characters we kept this in mind, but we didn't need to direct the art in this way; the artists naturally went in different directions. We intentionally reached out widely to Mojang Studios artists. Instead of one artist, we asked for help from six.

The six skins were made by artists with a range of backgrounds, from both the Redmond & Stockholm studios. We naturally ended up with different designs. More skin tones, some hair color, one is older, there's a bee oneside, and The Pig Whisperer has opted to wear a pig mask.

These skins were created in early May, so where we landed with the skins wasn't in response to any one event, but instead because a diverse group of people created them, a diverse group of people would be playing with them, and so it felt correct to do.

Here are the six new character skins for the upcoming Minecraft: Builders & Biomes expansion. I hope that you'll enjoy playing with them later this year!