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ElPascal
@elpascalmods.bsky.social
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Stuttgart-based mod author/indie dev with a focus on writing & level design. Historian in training.
Current project: "Westside Story - A New Vegas Noir"
DE/EN/FR
My mods: https://www.nexusmods.com/users/12727018
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Oh snap, 700k unique downloads! Thanks everyone
November 18, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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Decided to rewatch the 2011 hit film Drive and the BluRay gave up the ghost right as the 'Under Your Spell' scene started
November 12, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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Checking in half a year later: another side quest folded into a MQ, some overly optimistic estimates retracted, some goalposts (such as the 50% completion mark) surpassed. Looking likely I'll complete another 2-3 quests before January. All goes well, 2026 will be the year 🤞
November 8, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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October 29, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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We do a little trolling
October 26, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Today's project: implementing a metric shit ton's worth of side quest dialogue for these two particularly loquacious characters
#gamewriting #falloutnewvegas #gamedev #indiedev #modding
October 23, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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I see the Pathologic 2 devs took some inspiration from my Fallout 4 settlements' rich style of architecture
A floating entanglement of staircases which appear like the last remnants of some ruin but defeat the laws of physics by resting soleley on the bottom set of stairs.
October 22, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Absolutely, love that the show represents both the strong communist and queer presence Berlin 100% had before the nazi takeover. Especially fond of Ilya Trechkov, that one-off Belarusian lounge singer character who keeps going "Ich hasse ihn!" lol
October 21, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Since I'm stuck at home with a cold, I dedicated the day to kitbashing Thespis Hall, a ruined theater, out of 3 or 4 different tilesets that weren't really meant to be used this way but proved unexpectedly cooperative in the process!
#leveldesign #falloutnewvegas #gamedev #indiedev #modding
A ruined, very tall theater hall with Spanish colonial-style balconies, some collapsed into red brick piles on the ground, blue curtains on the walls and moody lighting to boot
October 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer
An overturned dead tree in a misty, autumnal mountain landscape. You can see for 50 meters at max. Dark countours of conifers on a cliff side, obscured by thick white fog. There is no horizon. Conifers on a moss- and fern-covered high plateau. A tree under which a group of people stands gathered. The scene seems almost black-and-white or like something from a shadow play due to the thickness of the fog enveloping it.
September 27, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Share your favorite black and white movie
Das Weisse Band (2009)
September 25, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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True to the Malkavian spirit, I got the dancing werewolf easter egg ending, aka the only real ending. Shoutout to Wesp5 for making the game remotely playable!
September 6, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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Costume party
Fallout: New Vegas screenshots; multiple men in suits donning goat skull helmets engaging an unseen foe in combat
August 23, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Finished the writing and editing process for two side quests today! Wasn't even planning on continuing after completing the first, but hey, I'll take it! Here's some excerpts from various characters and situations that are now ready to materialize in-engine
2. What happened here? I figure it's self-evident, no? The Jackals crashed this shindig and turned it into a cannibalistic all-you-can-eat delight. Being the sterling detective I am, I blindly stumbled into this mess, upon which the gentleman downstairs hit me first with some catalogue of colorful expressions, then a lead pipe. It appears they’ve been saving me for afters - so if you could be so kind as to untie me before the rest returns... 1. I'm not sure I could forgive and forget if I were in your shoes. {Softly but firm}Honey, on any given day I do at most two hours of work. That leaves me with plenty of time to ponder. I've played out every revenge scenario there is in my mind, against those kids and everyone like 'em, against the man who fired first, against the entire world for being like it is. None of it changed the bottom line. So I chose to let go and live what's left of my life as best I can. 2. I wouldn’t count the Tampicos out. I’ve been to their HQ, they outnumber you. {Rolls eyes}Agree to disagree, I guess. Maybe Tampico etiquette demands advance warnings before the gloves come off, but this is west Vegas. In this town, if you don’t step up and send the competition screaming to hell the second they rear their heads, that means you can’t. You want my appraisal, business-minded entrepreneur that I am? The Tampicos are goners and their whole rinky-dink op is ready to be flensed and divvied up like a beached RAD-whale. 5. I don't drink alcohol. Water alright? {Scoffs}I'm rushing headfirst into my forties, I left the peer-pressuring with my acne. Here you go, one bottle of Adam’s Ale, fully compliant with your puritan principles.
August 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Attention, #voiceactors! My buddy @ashtonlouis.bsky.social just posted a #castingcall for a Fallout: New Vegas mod in need of voice acting! More roles to be added, so keep an eye out!
www.castingcall.club/projects/for...
#castingcallclub #fallout #newvegas #falloutnewvegas #modding #falloutmodding
August 13, 2025 at 5:10 AM
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One of the more esoteric groups introduced in "Westside Story" are the Thespians, a post-apocalyptic cult descending from a pre-war theater troupe, obsessively waxing poetic, wiedling swords and masks and treating Shakespeare & Co as unrecognised prophets. A very dramatic bunch.
1. You and the other Thespians keep using quotes rather than just speaking naturally. Isn’t that exhausting? The great conflagration inflicted unfathomable damage on human culture; the knowledge lost could fill these shelves a thousand times over. Luckily, just as the old Greek fables were passed on through centuries of illiteracy by way of oration alone, our King had committed the canon to memory, sparing it from erasure. He decreed that we must memorize it all by way of recital, weaving forth the tapestry. Our dialect is a living library. Even if another firestorm were to consume this theater and our transcripts with it, we’d carry forth the beacon, for the word always outlasts paper. 4. Why are you wearing that mask? "Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth." Theater is a ceremony of truth - and the Thespian its selfless vessel. We mustn't let our vanity interfere with this sacred arrangement. Thus we mask ourselves, and become blank canvases. 1. A ceremony of truth? Isn't acting just a form of pretense, lying? All is performance. Are we not mere animals playing at civility? Beneath the facade of culture, etiquette and dignity, we are apes at the mercy of our naked passions and desires. In emphasizing the artifice of this masquerade, we unearth the human condition in its raw form, say that which is left unspoken. 5. Is “Auspex” your given name or some kind of title? There is no difference between these things - my appellation denotes my lifelong duties of priesthood, scholarship and divination. It is my birthright. 1. Divination? What, like scrying, soothsaying? The ancients employed haruspicy and augury, the observation and interpretation of animal behavior and anatomy for the purpose of uncovering divine will and foretelling the future. {Emph}I glean signs and portents from theater - in its unfettered expression of the soul lies the story of all man; echoes of its past, signs of its present, and omens of its becoming. Though my main responsibility lies in sharing and preserving the arts, I attend our performances as a captive querent, examining each stroke of spontaneity in the interplay of our Thespians for the divine touch of Lord Dionysus. 1a [INT 6] Are you... saying you genuinely believe in the Greek pantheon?
August 6, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Indeed, very well worth the price of admission
July 29, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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Fantastic news: you can buy ad space on the Milan Cathedral
The sacred The profane
July 29, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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Alright, it's 90% implemented and mostly working as intended now. Have a screenshot, as a treat
A Fallout: New Vegas screemshot of a dingy basement bar. A microphone is positioned directly in center of the shot, a motley audience stands gathered between the old tavern's prominent brick arcades, waiting for the player to address them.
July 21, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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POV: you caught me pissing in the sink
Andrej from VTMB: "Revulsion is instinctual, and instinct is a powerful level to work toward; to evoke it, a glorious accomplishment. Revulsion is a striking color on my palette. I see wonderment in your dead eyes; you long to wield such power as deftly as I."
July 4, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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Giving this girthy boy a read starting today, let's see what the fuzz is about. Get back to you in about, uhh, 10 months
July 1, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Been working on implementing the dialogue for one of my favorite capital C Characters I've written these last few days. Darlene, failed actress turned failing drug dealer. Her convo features lots of fun skill interactions, malapropisms and foul language. Looking forward to getting this lady voiced.
June 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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It's never been more joever
June 20, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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Pray for me, I'm in a really bad place rn (until I cross the border that is, WALES BABYYY 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 😎)
June 6, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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June 5, 2025 at 7:27 PM