Jane Ng Explained

Jane Ng
Birth Name:Jane Ng
Nationality:American
Alma Mater:Swarthmore College
Website:janeng.com

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.

She graduated from Swarthmore College in 2001 having studied Studio Arts and Engineering.[2]

Career

Ng 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.

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. News: How Jane Ng turned the real world into Firewatch - Kill Screen. 2016-06-22. Kill Screen. 2017-05-08. en-US.
  2. News: Making the World of Firewatch. 2017-05-08.
  3. News: Jane Ng on the Art of Firewatch - The Wayfaring Dreamer. 2015-06-03. The Wayfaring Dreamer. 2017-05-08. en-US.