Minecraft wiki entry for Lydia_Winters, associated text: Over time, Winters' job has evolved from being a community builder to a more senior role toward merchandising, licensing, and events. Winters says that she also had an instrumental role in adding Alex, the predominantly female character, to Minecraft.[3] As with licensing, Winters tends to avoid using gendered typecasting as a way of making Minecraft accessible to everyone, saying that she wouldn’t approve descriptions of Steve and Alex if they weren’t gender neutral.[3]