Rebuild the Joke Shop as the Sunset Strip block

- Replace the alley with the 27 m Comedy Store-inspired hall, signature canopy, circular blade sign, red curtain bays, west entrance, low-rise neighbours, dry hillside and opposite frontage.
- Add day/night/across-street concept frames and real-site mapping notes.
- Expose the Joke Shop day stage in the realism captures and refresh the gallery shots.
- Render multiline HUD/wand strings correctly and list carried items in the wand panel.
- Add the Joke Shop layout/budget tests and update docs, roadmap and changelog.

DONE.md

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 - [x] Architecture/status/README/changelog/roadmap updated with the 0.9 scope and decisions.
 - [x] Exit: 0.9 production scope is closed, the 24-NPC budget is measured, the engine matrix is
       documented, and release-candidate-only reviews are tracked separately.
+
+## Map optimization — completed 2026-11-02 (promoted from 0.9.5)
+
+Goal: streamline the maps, refactor geometry to match the images in `docs/screens/concepts`. Only two maps are needed for the major version: `Hollywood Boulevard` and `Joke Shop`.
+
+### Map 1 — Hollywood Boulevard
+
+- [x] Audit and optimize geometry for the Hollywood Boulevard map.
+- [x] Research geometry for the real Hollywood Boulevard location "6840 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, CA 90028, United States" and create an accurate representation of the building, neighboring structures and streets, building facades, buildings across the street and other relevant elements on the map.
+- [x] Research current imagery and references for Hollywood Boulevard to ensure the map reflects the real-world location accurately.
+- [x] Generate more accurate images using the python AI tools for reference and alignment with the real-world location, save to `docs/screens/concepts/hollywood_boulevard/`.
+- [x] Verify alignment with other `docs/screens/concepts` images of the Hollywood Boulevard map.
+- [x] Remove unnecessary or hidden geometry to improve performance.
+- [x] Ensure texture and material consistency across the map.
+
+Completed: the Hollywood venue is rebuilt from the real 6840 Hollywood Blvd references (six-column Masonic/El Capitan facade, eight steps, neighbours, Ovation arcade, Walk of Fame, four-lane street). The map-budget test measures 58,884 triangles across 409 meshes; Day/Night menu variants start in `EARLY`/`LATE`; the realism judge gaps are 0.148 (day) and 0.278 (late). See `docs/hollywood-boulevard-map.md`.
+
+### Map 2 — Joke Shop
+
+- [x] Audit and optimize geometry for the Joke Shop map.
+- [x] Research geometry for the real Joke Shop location "8433 Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90069, United States" and create an accurate representation of the building, neighboring structures and streets, building facades, buildings across the street and other relevant elements on the map.
+- [x] Research current imagery and references for the Joke Shop to ensure the map reflects the real-world location accurately.
+- [x] Generate more accurate images using the python AI tools for reference and alignment with the real-world location, save to `docs/screens/concepts/joke_shop/`.
+- [x] Verify alignment with other `docs/screens/concepts` images of the Joke Shop.
+- [x] Remove unnecessary or hidden geometry to improve performance.
+- [x] Ensure texture and material consistency across the map.
+
+Completed 2026-11-02: the Joke Shop is rebuilt from the real Comedy Store block at 8433 Sunset Blvd (27 m black hall, signature canopy, circular blade sign, red curtains, west entrance, low-rise neighbours, dry hillside and opposite frontage). The map-budget test measures 22,680 triangles across 454 meshes. The day/late captures and real-site notes are in `docs/joke-shop-map.md` and `docs/screens/concepts/joke_shop/`; the final gallery passed 13 good / 0 bad and the screen-design judge (13/13 match, 0 diff), with a 0.454 realism gap on the photoreal night reference.
+
+### Scenery Change (Day/Night) for Hollywood Boulevard
+
+- [x] Capture reference images for Hollywood Boulevard during the day and night.
+- [x] Adjust lighting and environmental settings to match the day/night cycle.
+- [x] Verify that all textures and materials respond correctly to the lighting changes.
+- [x] Ensure that any dynamic elements (e.g., streetlights, signs) behave appropriately for the time of day.
+- [x] Test performance and visual consistency for both day and night scenarios.
+- [x] Offer the day map and the night map as distinct scenarios in the game menu when selecting a location.
+
+Completed: the venue menu now has Day and Night Hollywood rows; the night row runs a full shift in the late phase and survives checkpoint restore. Local-light attenuation was corrected so the night facade reads as stone with sconce pools instead of a flat yellow wall.
+
+**Exit:** both promoted maps are audited, optimized and visually aligned with their reference sets, with day/night Hollywood variants exposed in the venue menu.
+
+Completed 2026-11-02: both promoted maps are audited and aligned; the Hollywood Day/Night rows and the Joke Shop block share the phase system. Map 1 is 58,884 triangles / 409 meshes; Map 2 is 22,680 / 454. The map tests, screen captures and docs are green.