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Gamers had been waiting to get their hands onStarfieldfor many years, and their patience finally bore fruit on September 1 as the game’s early access launched. Throughout release history, developer, Bethesda, has ensured its titles are a safe space for modders to unleash their creativity to create something extraordinary. Which is why the studio has called its anticipated space RPG a “modder’s paradise” because of the extent to which the game allows its players to modify it.
Bethesda’s love and appreciation for its modding community can clearly be seen, as a modder was hired by the developer to work on lighting and other graphics forStarfield.
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A Modder Worked on the Lighting and Clutter for Starfield
Bethesda just came up with the best way to give back to its modding community by hiring a well-known modder to work on clutter and lighting forStarfield. Just a while after the early access of the game was released, the modder announced to the “community” that she’s now officially “a Starfield developer.” This should give a lot of motivation to other modders as well, especially those who want their work to be properly recognized by the studio.
If you’re someone who enjoys playing video games and wants to work for the studio behindStarfieldas well, modding Bethesda’s games seems like an effective starting point. This is not even the first time that the studio has hired a member of its huge modding community. Ryan Johnson, who created mods forFallout: Londona few years ago, was hired by Bethesda as a level designer forFallout 76.
Elianora, or Emmi Junkkari, was a member of Bethesda’s modding community, and she just shared that the developer hired her as an additional lighting artist for its latest title,Starfield. Elianora’s notable work includes creating mods for player homes and outfits in previous Bethesda titles, such as the Breezehome replacement she made forSkyrim Special Edition, which has been downloaded a whopping 1.5 million times.
Another one of her popular modding contributions was Eli’s Armour Compendium forFallout 4, which basically consisted of 20 accessories and 50 armor suits, and that has been downloaded around three million times from the Nexus Mods page.
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Elianora: From a Skryim Modder to a Starfield Lighting Artist
Prior to her involvement inStarfield, another mod created by Elianora that should be mentioned may be smaller in size, but is quite famous among the community. Players found out that while using Inigo in the Anniversary Edition/Creation Club forSkyrim, the Bloodchill Cavern’s entrance became inaccessible. However, with the help of Elianora’s Bloodchill Manor Patch mod, that issue was swiftly taken care of, which is why it is so appreciated by many players.
Elianora announced herStarfieldhiring through apost on X, admitting she had known a lot about Bethesda’s game even before its early access launched. She continued by saying that she “faked” her “surprise” at various aspects of the RPG, including “the awesome level of detail of the environments.” Moreover, she stated that she had been pretending to be in “total unexpected awe” of the game’s “clutter,” further admitting that she “placed” a lot of it in the game herself.
Does Elianora’sStarfieldstory motivate you to give modding a shot? Will you try to get hired by Bethesda for future titles as well? Let us know in the comments!
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Osama Farooq
Senior Gaming Content Editor / Critic
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Ever since Osama was gifted the glorious PS2 more than two decades back, video games have formed a major part of his life, ranging from spending hours playing through every single Dragon Ball game he could find to witnessing the gaming industry evolve into something extraordinary in modern times. Building his collection of PlayStation consoles throughout the years all the way up until PS5, he prefers single-player experiences like The Last of Us and Persona, while also letting off steam on a daily basis with casual EA Sports FC matches. But the current rise in online multiplayer shooters will never really appeal to his old-school self.
