Sven van Huessen

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Realistic map

This was my first time modding a game. Cyberpunk 2077 is one of my favorite games, and after playing it for hundreds of hours I wanted to add something to the game. I decided to create a map that is more realistic than the one in the game.

The original shows a 3D silhouette of the buildings. While cool that it is 3D, it wasn't really useful for me and it felt it was missing a lot of detail. So I decided to replace the default map with a high resolution 2D Render of the actual map.

My showcase video on Reddit blew up! This gained a lot of attention and positive feedback to the mod. Because of this, my mod was on the front page on Nexus for a while. And gained over +100,000 downloads.

It was even highlighted in articles by TheGamer.com and GamingBible.com.

Paweł Sasko, associate game director at CD Projekt RED and someone I greatly admire, reacted to the mod on Twitter with the comment: "Banger Mod, very cool!"

As a programming student, my ultimate goal is to work at CD Projekt RED and contribute to their upcoming Cyberpunk sequal, "Project Orion."

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Paweł Sasko

The Gamer

"The creator is currently pursuing a game programming degree, and if we had to hedge any bets, their future is extremely bright."

Gaming Bible

"Also, the Realistic Map mod seems to be SvenVH’s first mod. Pretty impressive debut, so I’ll be watching this guy’s career with great interest from this point onwards."

Before / Original

After / My Mod