Creative Director / Systems Architect

Dragnoz
Johan Kruger

Minecraft pioneer. AI systems architect. Builder of things that don't exist yet. Employee #6 at Mimecast. 100M+ downloads. Two Guinness World Records.

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100M+ Minecraft Downloads
108+ Marketplace Products
2× Guinness World Records
20+ Years Building
About

Two identities,
one signal.

Most people know one side. The full picture is rarer — and more interesting.

🎮 Dragnoz

One of Minecraft's earliest command block engineers and Redstoners. Taught a generation of map-makers through YouTube before official scripting tools existed. 108+ Bedrock Edition products on the official Marketplace. MineCon 2013 panelist. Collaborated with Mojang, Disney, BBC, Sony, and Tate Modern.

Command Blocks Redstone Minecraft Education Marketplace Partner We Are the Rangers

🧠 Johan Kruger

AI systems architect and Creative Director. Built Perseus — a personal cognitive operating system. Designed signal ethics protocols for AI interaction. Employee #6 at Mimecast (scaled 6→500+). International speaker at Cyberport Hong Kong and Sonar+D Barcelona. Builds what doesn't exist yet.

AI Architecture Perseus Signal Ethics Node.js / React Ollama / LLMs
Timeline

The path here.

From Pretoria rooftops to Barcelona. From command blocks to cognitive architecture.

1993–1997

BA Entertainment Technology

Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa. The foundation.

2005–2011

Employee #6 at Mimecast

Built the brand from a 6-person cybersecurity startup to 500+ employees. Wrote the brand rules before the brand manual existed.

2013–Present

Noz Studio — Creative Director

Founded and runs Noz Studio in Barcelona. Educational game worlds, narrative trailers, interactive systems for Microsoft/Mojang, Disney, BBC, Sony, Tate Modern.

2013–2025

Minecraft Pioneer

Command block educator, 108+ Marketplace products, MineCon panelist, We Are the Rangers (United for Wildlife), Great Fire 1666 (Museum of London), Tate Worlds, Playcraft Live.

2024–Present

AI Systems Architect

Built Perseus — a personal cognitive operating system. Designed signal ethics protocols. Created Nozbook, the three-brain architecture, and the training loop for autonomous AI agents.

Projects

Things I've built.

From Minecraft worlds to AI systems. Everything is connected.

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Perseus

Personal cognitive operating system. Node canvas, local AI, messaging, smart home, voice, mobile. 86+ node types, 24 route modules. Self-hosted.

Node.jsReactOllamaTailscale
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Nozbook

Local-first project management with agents, skills, souls, memories, harnesses, boards, feed, inbox, and Ollama chat. The workspace you're reading this from.

Node.jsJSONRAGAgents
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We Are the Rangers

Conservation-focused Minecraft narrative across the African savannah. Co-created with 116 volunteers. Built with United for Wildlife. Live on Minecraft Education.

MinecraftEducationConservation
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Voxel Architect 2.0

3D voxel tool with custom greedy mesh algorithm, texture atlas baking, and Hytale .blockymodel export. Built for the Hytale creator community.

3DVoxelHytaleMesh
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Playcraft Live

World's first play performed live simultaneously on a physical stage and inside Minecraft. Derry Playhouse Theatre. Covered by Euronews, Mental Floss.

TheatreMinecraftLiveInnovation
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Great Fire 1666

Lead game designer for Museum of London's three-part interactive historical experience. Digital reconstruction of 1666 London for education.

MuseumHistoryEducationMinecraft
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