Jane Ng
@janeng.com
Director of Operations @ Gardens 🌳. Used to build game worlds and now building a game studio. Prev on Half-Life: Alyx (Valve), Firewatch (Campo Santo). Etc. Immigrant. She/her. Opinions are mine.
🐱 http://www.janeng.com
🌳 http://www.gardens.dev
🐱 http://www.janeng.com
🌳 http://www.gardens.dev
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Jane Ng
@janeng.com
· Nov 19
Hello! I've been a #gamedev for 20+ yrs. I was a Environment Artist for much of it but now I am the Operations Director at @gardens.dev. Prev I was Visual Director at Possibility Space, and worked on various cool stuff like Alyx at Valve. I'm probably most known for my env art work on Firewatch.
Finally I found a sport I would enjoy watching look at that run it’s beautiful
The Cardiff Lions do an annual Drag Rugby charity match for children’s charities and it’s as beautiful as you imagined
January 10, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Finally I found a sport I would enjoy watching look at that run it’s beautiful
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We're kicking off 2026 with a new website, a press kit, and a look back at the year just past which saw us running external playtests, hiking among the redwoods, and sleeping in racecar beds.
Here's Gardens Interactive's 2025 Year in Review! 🐸
gardens.dev/blog/gardens...
Here's Gardens Interactive's 2025 Year in Review! 🐸
gardens.dev/blog/gardens...
Gardens Interactive's 2025 Year in Review
We're kicking off 2026 with a new website, a press kit, and a look back at the year just past which saw us running our first external playtests, hiking among the redwoods, and sleeping in racecar beds...
gardens.dev
January 9, 2026 at 8:23 PM
We're kicking off 2026 with a new website, a press kit, and a look back at the year just past which saw us running external playtests, hiking among the redwoods, and sleeping in racecar beds.
Here's Gardens Interactive's 2025 Year in Review! 🐸
gardens.dev/blog/gardens...
Here's Gardens Interactive's 2025 Year in Review! 🐸
gardens.dev/blog/gardens...
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Any advice Tom has on making indie games is worth listening to, but I really want to highlight his thoughts on price point - it's well explained.
I do think that the movement to get indies to charge more mostly just hurt new indies - with fewer players, fewer/worse reviews, and lower sales.
I do think that the movement to get indies to charge more mostly just hurt new indies - with fewer players, fewer/worse reviews, and lower sales.
January 9, 2026 at 6:39 AM
Any advice Tom has on making indie games is worth listening to, but I really want to highlight his thoughts on price point - it's well explained.
I do think that the movement to get indies to charge more mostly just hurt new indies - with fewer players, fewer/worse reviews, and lower sales.
I do think that the movement to get indies to charge more mostly just hurt new indies - with fewer players, fewer/worse reviews, and lower sales.
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Flying through a bit of the first level of Keeper, directly in UE Editor. It's really important that editor view match the game as much as possible for faster iteration.
January 9, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Flying through a bit of the first level of Keeper, directly in UE Editor. It's really important that editor view match the game as much as possible for faster iteration.
Eating a happy hour dinner at one of my regular spots because eating like an old person is the best and the bartender asks “are you partaking in dry January”
It took me a second to even register the question and I just wide eyed answered “oh absolutely not”
It took me a second to even register the question and I just wide eyed answered “oh absolutely not”
January 8, 2026 at 1:49 AM
Eating a happy hour dinner at one of my regular spots because eating like an old person is the best and the bartender asks “are you partaking in dry January”
It took me a second to even register the question and I just wide eyed answered “oh absolutely not”
It took me a second to even register the question and I just wide eyed answered “oh absolutely not”
Gosh listening to this lovely business owner being so sincere about her joy of selling their sexual wellness goods to military bass “people love to get it on and we love it for them!” in this hilarious context is somehow extremely healing in these stupid times
January 6, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Gosh listening to this lovely business owner being so sincere about her joy of selling their sexual wellness goods to military bass “people love to get it on and we love it for them!” in this hilarious context is somehow extremely healing in these stupid times
This is the realest sentiment. Mine didn’t even have school yesterday, so rude. Today tho, the yeeting was done
I have successfully returned my children to school which means I can now officially declare that I survived Winter Break 2025
January 6, 2026 at 7:09 PM
This is the realest sentiment. Mine didn’t even have school yesterday, so rude. Today tho, the yeeting was done
I need another 2 week break but only to play Two Point Museum
January 5, 2026 at 8:09 AM
I need another 2 week break but only to play Two Point Museum
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January 4, 2026 at 3:44 PM
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Just realized that Emperor Qin Shi Huang's "Terracotta Army" of clay soldiers he kept in a vault in like 200 BC make him the first Warhammer Guy. he got some disposable income and started painting minis. totally get it
January 4, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Just realized that Emperor Qin Shi Huang's "Terracotta Army" of clay soldiers he kept in a vault in like 200 BC make him the first Warhammer Guy. he got some disposable income and started painting minis. totally get it
I love trains. Views from the Amtrak Cascade south to Seattle
January 4, 2026 at 7:06 PM
I love trains. Views from the Amtrak Cascade south to Seattle
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For all that the media has spent years freaking out about what social media does to our brains, I don’t understand why there appears to be little effort to grapple with the fact that these chatbots are, for some not insignificant portion of the population, literally psychosis machines
He put his complete trust in a chat bot that turned him into a savage murderer.
Disturbing Messages Show ChatGPT Encouraging a Murder, Lawsuit Alleges
A lawsuit against OpenAI reveals the chilling ChatGPT messages that drove a middle aged man to kill his 83-year-old mother.
trib.al
January 4, 2026 at 1:32 PM
For all that the media has spent years freaking out about what social media does to our brains, I don’t understand why there appears to be little effort to grapple with the fact that these chatbots are, for some not insignificant portion of the population, literally psychosis machines
What the fuck did I wake up to
January 3, 2026 at 5:53 PM
What the fuck did I wake up to
The Amtrak Cascade is making my seasonal depression feel very on point
January 1, 2026 at 7:12 PM
The Amtrak Cascade is making my seasonal depression feel very on point
My wish for 2026 is that it isn’t as intense a “look for them silver linings” exercise as 2025. I’ve gotten real fucking good at finding silver linings ok I’d like to just lay down on some aluminum it’s a low bar
January 1, 2026 at 2:29 AM
My wish for 2026 is that it isn’t as intense a “look for them silver linings” exercise as 2025. I’ve gotten real fucking good at finding silver linings ok I’d like to just lay down on some aluminum it’s a low bar
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Spoiler: They used the money just as wisely as anyone else would, and it's so frustrating that this still isn't a common sense assumption to make.
December 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Spoiler: They used the money just as wisely as anyone else would, and it's so frustrating that this still isn't a common sense assumption to make.
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THIS. Did you know sickle cell is curable, now? FULLY curable.
If you're feeling down or despairing about what FEELS like technology/advancement/science "standing still" or being fully malicious, I have great news: You're not paying attention to actual science. Just tech industry marketing.
If you're feeling down or despairing about what FEELS like technology/advancement/science "standing still" or being fully malicious, I have great news: You're not paying attention to actual science. Just tech industry marketing.
meanwhile.... medicine has taken INSANE leaps and bounds in the last 2 years.
we're out here curing HIV and leukemia and creating 100% efficacy vaccines against all sorts of cancers, and now this??
between this and renewable energy outstripping fossil fuels in efficiency, the future is bright
we're out here curing HIV and leukemia and creating 100% efficacy vaccines against all sorts of cancers, and now this??
between this and renewable energy outstripping fossil fuels in efficiency, the future is bright
Wanna see real-life miracles? Fund scientific research.
A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans.
futurism.com/health-medic...
A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans.
futurism.com/health-medic...
December 31, 2025 at 3:44 AM
THIS. Did you know sickle cell is curable, now? FULLY curable.
If you're feeling down or despairing about what FEELS like technology/advancement/science "standing still" or being fully malicious, I have great news: You're not paying attention to actual science. Just tech industry marketing.
If you're feeling down or despairing about what FEELS like technology/advancement/science "standing still" or being fully malicious, I have great news: You're not paying attention to actual science. Just tech industry marketing.
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every morning now, over coffee
I whisper the same prayer: my goddess,
please, let me love while hurting
I whisper the same prayer: my goddess,
please, let me love while hurting
December 30, 2025 at 4:10 AM
every morning now, over coffee
I whisper the same prayer: my goddess,
please, let me love while hurting
I whisper the same prayer: my goddess,
please, let me love while hurting
A gorgeous winter sunset in Seattle today
December 31, 2025 at 12:29 AM
A gorgeous winter sunset in Seattle today
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went to the austin kinokuniya and the store manager sure is Going Through Some Shit.
also man bro should not be running a bookstore bro should become an artist
also man bro should not be running a bookstore bro should become an artist
December 29, 2025 at 11:50 PM
went to the austin kinokuniya and the store manager sure is Going Through Some Shit.
also man bro should not be running a bookstore bro should become an artist
also man bro should not be running a bookstore bro should become an artist
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Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
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Akihiro Miwa perfects Moro's laugh in the recording sessions for Princess Mononoke
From: How Princess Mononoke Was Born (1998), dir. Toshiro Uratani, Buena Vista Home Entertainment
From: How Princess Mononoke Was Born (1998), dir. Toshiro Uratani, Buena Vista Home Entertainment
December 30, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Akihiro Miwa perfects Moro's laugh in the recording sessions for Princess Mononoke
From: How Princess Mononoke Was Born (1998), dir. Toshiro Uratani, Buena Vista Home Entertainment
From: How Princess Mononoke Was Born (1998), dir. Toshiro Uratani, Buena Vista Home Entertainment
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Show me what you can do with just a pen!
December 26, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Show me what you can do with just a pen!
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"Academics literally cannot make genAI go away" we also can't make underage drinking go away and we're not advocating for installing bar carts in every classroom.
December 27, 2025 at 11:46 PM
"Academics literally cannot make genAI go away" we also can't make underage drinking go away and we're not advocating for installing bar carts in every classroom.
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This photosynthetic magic trick allows for the big finale: some sacoglossan sea slugs can detach their own heads from their body (which contains the gut!) & live on photosynthesis for a few weeks while the body regrows from the head!
The body, unfortunately, cannot grow a new head.
The body, unfortunately, cannot grow a new head.
This Sea Slug Can Chop Off Its Head and Grow an Entire New Body--Twice
It is one of the “most extreme” examples of regeneration ever seen
www.scientificamerican.com
December 27, 2025 at 5:02 PM
This photosynthetic magic trick allows for the big finale: some sacoglossan sea slugs can detach their own heads from their body (which contains the gut!) & live on photosynthesis for a few weeks while the body regrows from the head!
The body, unfortunately, cannot grow a new head.
The body, unfortunately, cannot grow a new head.