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71668 No.521  

Well what the fuck is it? Seems to me to be a mishmash of Steampunk and Cyberpunk aesthetics slammed into a wall of the earlier 20th Century. Basically between 1900 and 1940. I like the sound of it, and I've heard that Skycaptain and the World of Tomorow is considered to be very Dieselpunk, but is that it? Others say Mad Max.
Any ideas /s/teampunkers?

>> No.522  

Personally, I think of it more as an alternative name for whatever-the-fuck genere that the two Crimson Skies games take place in.

>> No.523  

It's steampunk but steam engines replaced with diesel engines (/IMHO)

>> No.525  

Then again, I feel that Deiselpunk always had a bit more of a Noir setting to it. Sort of like that Animatrix short... The Detective was it?

>> No.603  

I agree with Clauss.
Generally seems to be the sound of it.
Maybe a bit more emphasis on capitalism and industry.

>> No.952  

retropunk

>> No.1259  

If steampunk was how the 19th century actually was, then dieselpunk is how the early 21st century would have been like.

>> No.1263  

Steampunk is more Victorian era

Dieselpunk is WW1-Interwar period-WW2-and perhaps a little after too.

The style differences and technology differences are very clear in reality and those can be built upon for the fantasy worlds too.

>> No.1276  

how come a year ago when i was talking about dieselpunk i was told it was made up and there was no content and now all the discussion, so i propose a /d/ieselpunk board once again.

>> No.1279  

>>1276
A fair enough proposition these days, now that we're slightly more alive. Look forward to me adding /d/iesel in the near future.

God, I might have to redesign the navigation interface...

>> No.1295  

>>1263

This would be my understanding of what it means too.

>> No.1306  

raygun gothic

>> No.1307  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raygun_Gothic
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retro-futurism

>> No.1308  
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Dieselpunk is more like Nazi-ufos + Raygun gothic meets WWII
Mostly WWII themed things and the fear of atomic war...

>> No.1310  

>>1308
Hooly wow. Source/More?

>> No.1311  

>>1310
I'm pretty sure it's some Polish guy from CGSociety, look for it there.

>> No.1323  

Crimson Skies is sometimes considered Dieselpunk, but I think that apart from the planes there isn't much Dieselpunk in it. Cars, buildings and other technology pretty much stay as they were in that era....
Imo DP is set in 1920 - 1940 and has the Noir-thingy like
>>525 said.
Also robots, machines look sleek (few to no exposed gears) gangviolence, possible prohibition, cities are dirty...

>> No.1343  

Well, by request of this thread, there is now a /d/-Dieselpunk. Enjoy folks.



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