Genre: Soulslike

Monumental ruins. Melancholy grandeur. Fog gates. Landmark shortcuts. Enemy silhouettes lethal-clear.

Recipe

Monumental melancholy: structures 3-5x human scale, desaturated palette with one warm bonfire light, heavy fog, low-key 5:1 contrast.

1. Light with light_rig.py preset moonlight (cold low-key); a rig replaces its own previous lights, so build the bonfire last (step 6).
2. Add fog gate / bonfire smoke with smoke_domain.py (emitter target, flow_type SMOKE, resolution 48).
3. Dress ruins with debris via scatter_props.py (count 12, clusters 4, max_dist 8).
4. Wide dramatic camera with camera_rig.py: lens_mm 24, elevation_deg 5.
5. Grade with comp_grade.py preset noir, vignette 0.5.
6. Bonfire / checkpoint with blockout.py: a ring of 9 rock pieces (0.35 m), a sword box (0.08 x 0.02 x 1.1 m) and a warm light piece with flicker True (Noise F-modifier on energy); run it after light_rig so the rig does not remove it. Move at / center next to your target.