dieselpunk · decopunk · new york · authoritarian regime · dystopian · noir · grimdark · alternate history · urban setting · oppressive atmosphere
The midday sun struggles to pierce the thick, oily smog hanging over early 20th-century New York. On the sidewalks below, a sea of pedestrians moves with eerie, synchronized uniformity, like clockwork dolls. Above, the rhythmic chug of steam trains vibrates through the imposing steel viaducts and gray concrete, blotting out the dim sky. In this suffocating, industrial maze, who is you, and what brings them to this depressing jungle?