Sci-Fi / Punk Worlds

Choose one punk/sci-fi lane. Don’t mix chrome cyber with brass steam unless intentional mashup.

Lanes

Hard sci-fi · Space opera · Cyberpunk · Steampunk · Dieselpunk · Atompunk · Solarpunk · Biopunk · Clockpunk

Recipe

Pick one lane, then fix its light and material rules. Cyberpunk: neon_night, wet dark surfaces (roughness 0.2). Hard sci-fi/space: studio_3pt with hard single key, no atmosphere. Steam/diesel/clock: golden_hour or horror_practical with brass/iron. Solarpunk/biopunk: overcast/golden_hour with green emissive accents.

1. Light with lighting/light_rig.py: neon_night (cyber), studio_3pt (hard sci-fi), golden_hour (steam, solarpunk), horror_practical (biopunk).
2. Materials via materials/pbr_material.py: brass [0.7, 0.5, 0.2] metallic 1 roughness 0.35; painted hull [0.5, 0.52, 0.55] metallic 0.8 roughness 0.4; panel glow emission_color [0.1, 0.8, 1.0] emission_strength 5.
3. Panels and bolts: hard-surface/bevel_stack.py for beveled edges on hero parts.
4. Frame with camera-cinematography/camera_rig.py (lens_mm 35, aspect "2.39:1"), then compositing/comp_grade.py stylized_bloom (cyber/solar) or cinematic (steam/space).