# Scene concepts: the realistic target look

These are AI-generated example frames for the realism pass. They are art direction, not assets.
`tools/scene_concepts.py realism` pairs them with the in-game shots from `src/test/capture_realism.gd`
(see `SHOTS` in the tool). New generations never overwrite a file here; they are saved as
`<name>-vN.png`.

Concepts are organised per venue in the two subfolders below. The older top-level single-frame
concepts were removed on 2026-11-03 in favour of the per-venue boards, which carry photo-anchored
generations with a `.refgen.json` provenance sidecar each (source photo, licence, model).

## Real-world Hollywood block

The map-optimization references for the El Capitan Entertainment Centre block
(6840 Hollywood Blvd) are in
[`hollywood_boulevard/README.md`](hollywood_boulevard/README.md). The real-site
facts and game mapping are documented in
[`../../hollywood-boulevard-map.md`](../../hollywood-boulevard-map.md).

## The Joke Shop — Sunset Strip

The current Joke Shop map is based on The Comedy Store at 8433 Sunset Blvd.
The real-site mapping and simplifications are in
[`../../joke-shop-map.md`](../../joke-shop-map.md); the frames are in
[`joke_shop/README.md`](joke_shop/README.md).

![Joke Shop entrance in daylight](joke_shop/joke_shop_entrance_day.png)

![Joke Shop entrance at night](joke_shop/joke_shop_entrance_night.png)

## Cross-cutting targets

For comparison with locally generated realism runs (`docs/screens/realism/`, gitignored):

- **Exposure.** The concepts keep the ground mid-grey; the game's sidewalk reads lighter, so it
  overexposes against the reference.
- **Night means dark.** The night/dusk concepts are lit by practical lights only (marquee,
  signage, street lamps), with wet pavement reflections.
- **Depth.** The concepts show a layered skyline fading into haze; the v2 skyline strips supply
  this at the boulevard boundary.
- **Geometry and foliage.** The facades have plinths, cornices and deep window reveals, and the
  trees and shrubs are organic; the venue-realism passes close these gaps incrementally.