Jane Ng is a Chinese-American[1] 3D environment artist, best known for her work on Firewatch, The Cave, and Brütal Legend. She previously worked at Campo Santo, a game studio that is part of Valve, as a Senior Environment Artist. Other notable works include Stacking, Costume Quest, Spore, and The Godfather.
Jane Ng | |
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Born | Jane Ng |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Swarthmore College |
Notable work | |
Website | janeng.com |
She graduated from Swarthmore College in 2001 having studied Studio Arts and Engineering.[2]
Career
editNg has worked in the video game industry for more than 10 years. She started her journey into the video game industry through a summer internship position at Ronin Studios.
After Ronin went out of business, she moved on to working at Electronic Arts and began work on Return of the King.[3]
After three years of working at Electronic Arts, she moved to Double Fine Productions where she worked on titles such as Stacking, Costume Quest, and Brutal Legend. Then after 6 years of employment, she moved on to her most notable role as the lead environment artist at Campo Santo as they made their flagship title Firewatch.
References
edit- ^ "How Jane Ng turned the real world into Firewatch - Kill Screen". Kill Screen. 2016-06-22. Retrieved 2017-05-08.
- ^ "Making the World of Firewatch". Retrieved 2017-05-08.
- ^ "Jane Ng on the Art of Firewatch - The Wayfaring Dreamer". The Wayfaring Dreamer. 2015-06-03. Retrieved 2017-05-08.
Further reading
edit- Helper, Jennifer Brandes (2017). Women in game development : breaking the glass level-cap. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. pp. 59–66. ISBN 9781138947924.
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