Jane Ng is a Chinese-American 3D environment artist, best known for her work on ''

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'', '' The Cave'', and ''

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''. She previously worked at Campo Santo, a game studio that is part of

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, as a Senior Environment Artist. Other notable works include '' Stacking'', '' Costume Quest'', '' Spore'', and ''

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''. She graduated from Swarthmore College in 2001 having studied Studio Arts and Engineering.

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Ng has worked in the

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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

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and began work on ''

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''. 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 ''

''.

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* 1987 births Living people American digital artists Women digital artists Swarthmore College alumni 21st-century American artists 21st-century American women artists American artists of Chinese descent Valve Corporation people {{US-artist-stub

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