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Jane Jensen (born Jane Elizabeth Smith, January 28th, 1963 in Palmerton, Pennsylvania) is a North American game designer and author. She is best known for her work on the Gabriel Knight series.
 
Jensen's technical background began with a degree in Computer Science from Anderson University in Indiana. Later, she became an engineer for Hewlett-Packard, and was employed there for six years. Her career in interactive entertainment began at Sierra On-Line, Inc. in 1991. She worked as a writer on Police Quest III and EcoQuest: The Search for Cetus in the same year. In 1992, she co-designed King's Quest VI with Roberta Williams.
 
Jensen's first major project was Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers (1993), followed by two sequels, all of which she designed and wrote. Jensen notably studied various aspects of occult sciences and mythology in order to add credibility and detail to the storylines of these games. She traveled to Germany in order to research local folklore, which was later incorporated into The Beast Within (1995). She acknowledges Stephen King and Anne Rice as her primary influences in writing.
 
In August 2006, at the Leipzig Game Convention, Jane Jensen announced her new game, Gray Matter, one in a planned series of games. Four years in the making, the game was eventually released in November 2010.


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Jensen also wrote two novel adaptations of Gabriel Knight and two independent novels, Judgment Day (1999) and Dante's Equation (2003).
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Jane Jensen currently owns a farm in Pennsylvania, where she lives with her husband Robert Holmes, who composed the music for the Gabriel Knight games. On April 5, 2012 the couple announced the establishment of the development studio Pinkerton Road.
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==<br /> Home Page ==
==<br /> Home Page ==


* http://pinkertonroad.com/
* [[wayback:20050207081356/http://janejensen.com/index0.html|janejensen.com/index0.html]] (web archive)
* [https://www.facebook.com/janejensenhomes ]
* [http://pinkertonroad.com/ ]
* [https://twitter.com/jensen_jane Jane Jensen on Twitter]


==<br /> Games by Jane Jensen ==
==<br /> Games by Jane Jensen ==


* [[EcoQuest: The Search for Cetus]] (1991) - Designer
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* [[Police Quest 3: The Kindred]] (1991) - Documentation, Additional Written Material
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* [[King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow]] (1992) - Director, Text & Dialog, Guidebook Writer
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* [[Dagger of Amon Ra|The Dagger of Amon Ra]] (1992) - Flapper
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* [[Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers]] (1993) - Designer, Writing/Dialog/Story, Director, Documentation
| [[EcoQuest: The Search for Cetus]] || align="center" | [[1991]] || Designer
* [[Pepper's Adventures in Time]] (1993) - Designer
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* [[King's Quest Collector's Edition]] (1994) - Thanks
| [[Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned]] || align="center" | [[1999]] || Designer
* [[Space Quest Collector's Edition]] (1994) - Video
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* [[Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery|The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery]] (1995) - Designer, Writer, Libretto Writer
| [[Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers]] || align="center" | [[1993]] || Designer & Creative Director
* [[King's Quest Collection Series]] (1997) - Thanks
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* [[Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned]] (1999) - Designer, Writer, Story
| [[Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers - 20th Anniversary Edition]] || align="center" | [[2014]] || Executive Producers
* Inspector Parker (2003) - Designer
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* Inspector Parker in Betrapped! (2004) - Designer
| [[Gray Matter]] || align="center" | [[2010]] || Designer
* A Series of Unfortunate Events (2005) - Designer
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* Saints & Sinners Bingo (2005) - Creative Director
| [[King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow]] || align="center" | [[1993]] || Designer, Directer
* Galapago (2006) - Thanks
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* [[King's Quest Collection (VUG)]] - Thanks
| [[Moebius: Empire Rising]] || align="center" | [[2014]] || Designer, Directer, Executive Producers
* Scrubbles (2006) - Thanks
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* Agatha Christie: Death on the Nile (2007) - Designer
| [[Pepper's Adventures in Time]] || align="center" | [[1993]] || Designer
* Agatha Christie: Peril at End House (2007) - Creative Director
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* James Patterson: Women's Murder Club - A Darker Shade of Grey (2007) - Creative Director
| [[The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery]] || align="center" | [[1995]] || Game Designed by
* Dr. Lynch: Grave Secrets (2008) - Designer
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* James Patterson: Women's Murder Club - Death in Scarlet (2008) - Designer
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* Agatha Christie: Dead Man's Folly (2009) - Creative Director
 
* James Patterson: Women's Murder Club - Twice in a Blue Moon (2009) - Designer
==<br /> Contributions by Jane Jensen ==
* Gray Matter (2010) - Designer, Writer, Characters by
 
* James Patterson: Women's Murder Club - Little Black Lies (2010) - Creative Director
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* Charlaine Harris: Dying for Daylight (2011) - Designer
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* Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller - Episode 1: The Hangman (2012) - Story Consultant
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* Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller - Episode 2: The Wise Monkey (2013) - Story Consultant
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* Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller - Episode 3: The Oracle (2013) - Story Consultant
| Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller - Episode 1: The Hangman || align="center" | [[2012]] || Story Consultant
* [[Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers - 20th Anniversary Edition]] (2014) - Designer & Creative Director, Executive Producer, Thanks
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* Moebius: Empire Rising (2014) - Designer, Writer, Director, "The Wheel", Thanks
| Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller - Episode 2: The Wise Monkey || align="center" | [[2013]] || Story Consultant
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| Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller - Episode 3: The Oracle || align="center" | [[2013]] || Story Consultant
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| Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller - Episode 4: The Cain Killer || align="center" | [[2013]] || Story Consultant
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| [[EcoQuest: The Search for Cetus]] || align="center" | [[1991]] || Design
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| [[Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned]] || align="center" | [[1999]] || Writer
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| [[Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers]] || align="center" | [[1993]] || Text & Dialogue, Manual Writer, Gabriel Knight by
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| [[Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers - 20th Anniversary Edition]] || align="center" | [[2014]] || Special Edition Contributor, The Phoenix Team would like to thank (Jane), With Thanks to the Original GK1 Team
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| [[Gray Matter]] || align="center" | [[2010]] || Story by, Dialogues by, Characters by
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| [[King's Quest Collection]] || align="center" | [[2006]] || Special Thanks Go To
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| [[King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow]] || align="center" | [[1992]] || Writer, Text & Dialogue, Guidebook Written by
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| [[King's Quest Collection Series]] || align="center" | [[1997]] || Special thanks go to
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| [[King's Quest Collector's Edition]] || align="center" | [[1994]] || Special Thanks go to
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| [[Moebius: Empire Rising]] || align="center" | [[2014]] || Written by, Executive Producer, "The Wheel" (Lyrics), Thanks
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| [[Police Quest 3: The Kindred]] || align="center" | [[1991]] || Documentation, Writer / Additional Written Material
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| [[Quest for Infamy]] || align="center" | [[2014]] || This game would not be possible without the help, advice, inspiration and guidance from the following people
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| [[Space Quest Collector's Edition]] || align="center" | [[1994]] || Video
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| [[The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery]] || align="center" | [[1995]] || Written by, Opera Libretto Written by
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| [[The Dagger of Amon Ra]] || align="center" | [[1992]] || Flapper
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* [[:Category:Releases by Jane Jensen|Releases by Jane Jensen]]
* [[:Category:Releases by Jane Jensen|Releases by Jane Jensen]]
* [[:Category:Contributions by Jane Jensen|Contributions by Jane Jensen]]
* [[:Category:Contributions by Jane Jensen|Contributions by Jane Jensen]]
* [[w:Jane Jensen|Jane Jensen on Wikipedia]]
* [[w:Jane Jensen|Jane Jensen on Wikipedia]]
* [[mobydev:2199|Jane Jensen on MobyGames]]
* [[mobydev:100008994061782|Jane Jensen on MobyGames]]
 
* [[imdb:nm0421497|Jane Jensen on IMDb]]
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Jane Jensen




About

MobyGames[1] wrote:

Jane Jensen (born Jane Elizabeth Smith, January 28th, 1963 in Palmerton, Pennsylvania) is a North American game designer and author. She is best known for her work on the Gabriel Knight series.

Jensen's technical background began with a degree in Computer Science from Anderson University in Indiana. Later, she became an engineer for Hewlett-Packard, and was employed there for six years. Her career in interactive entertainment began at Sierra On-Line, Inc. in 1991. She worked as a writer on Police Quest III and EcoQuest: The Search for Cetus in the same year. In 1992, she co-designed King's Quest VI with Roberta Williams.

Jensen's first major project was Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers (1993), followed by two sequels, all of which she designed and wrote. Jensen notably studied various aspects of occult sciences and mythology in order to add credibility and detail to the storylines of these games. She traveled to Germany in order to research local folklore, which was later incorporated into The Beast Within (1995). She acknowledges Stephen King and Anne Rice as her primary influences in writing.

In August 2006, at the Leipzig Game Convention, Jane Jensen announced her new game, Gray Matter, one in a planned series of games. Four years in the making, the game was eventually released in November 2010.

Jensen also wrote two novel adaptations of Gabriel Knight and two independent novels, Judgment Day (1999) and Dante's Equation (2003).

Jane Jensen currently owns a farm in Pennsylvania, where she lives with her husband Robert Holmes, who composed the music for the Gabriel Knight games. On April 5, 2012 the couple announced the establishment of the development studio Pinkerton Road.


Home Page


Games by Jane Jensen

Title Year Credits
EcoQuest: The Search for Cetus 1991 Designer
Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned 1999 Designer
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers 1993 Designer & Creative Director
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers - 20th Anniversary Edition 2014 Executive Producers
Gray Matter 2010 Designer
King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow 1993 Designer, Directer
Moebius: Empire Rising 2014 Designer, Directer, Executive Producers
Pepper's Adventures in Time 1993 Designer
The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery 1995 Game Designed by


Contributions by Jane Jensen

Title Year Credits
Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller - Episode 1: The Hangman 2012 Story Consultant
Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller - Episode 2: The Wise Monkey 2013 Story Consultant
Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller - Episode 3: The Oracle 2013 Story Consultant
Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller - Episode 4: The Cain Killer 2013 Story Consultant
EcoQuest: The Search for Cetus 1991 Design
Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned 1999 Writer
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers 1993 Text & Dialogue, Manual Writer, Gabriel Knight by
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers - 20th Anniversary Edition 2014 Special Edition Contributor, The Phoenix Team would like to thank (Jane), With Thanks to the Original GK1 Team
Gray Matter 2010 Story by, Dialogues by, Characters by
King's Quest Collection 2006 Special Thanks Go To
King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow 1992 Writer, Text & Dialogue, Guidebook Written by
King's Quest Collection Series 1997 Special thanks go to
King's Quest Collector's Edition 1994 Special Thanks go to
Moebius: Empire Rising 2014 Written by, Executive Producer, "The Wheel" (Lyrics), Thanks
Police Quest 3: The Kindred 1991 Documentation, Writer / Additional Written Material
Quest for Infamy 2014 This game would not be possible without the help, advice, inspiration and guidance from the following people
Space Quest Collector's Edition 1994 Video
The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery 1995 Written by, Opera Libretto Written by
The Dagger of Amon Ra 1992 Flapper


References

  1. ↑ https://www.mobygames.com/person/2199/jane-jensen/


See Also

 

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