r/noir

Post #423 for the LA Noire Freeroam Explorer Project — posting locations replicated by Team Bondi for LA Noire (currently touring the downtown area) that are not considered landmarks (either official or historic) but do have real-world equivalents.

Hotel ValDemar

606 South Hope Street

Originally opening in 1919, the Hotel ValDemar (sometimes spelled as Val De Mar) would serve as a rooming house and hotel along with retail storefronts before being demolished in 1955 to make way for the new Lincoln Savings headquarters (later the site of the current Library Court building).

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Mandated Fate is a dark, dystopian and retro-futuristic story-driven game, inspired from 80's sci-fi movies. You play as a weary inspector, a man out of place in a newly established authoritarian regime.

In 1985, a rising technological empire has seized power, driven by a single ambition: to discover the anti-gravity particle and surpass its global rivals by conquering space. The regime demands absolute unity, framing this race as a matter of national destiny. But one old district continues to resist, no one knows quite how, or why. Assigned to investigate a strange murder there, you quickly find yourself entangled in a deeper web of political intrigue and ideological tension.

Through multiple narrative paths, your choices will shape your loyalties, and determine who you truly trust. Explore a highly detailed open world where the stark contrast between modern authoritarian architecture and decaying remnants of the past reveals a society caught between control and collapse.

1st AND 3rd person camera available.

Post #422 for the LA Noire Freeroam Explorer Project — posting locations replicated by Team Bondi for LA Noire (currently touring the downtown area) that are not considered landmarks (either official or historic) but do have real-world equivalents.

Hotel Trenton

427 South Olive Street

Built in 1905, the seven-story Hotel Trenton featured 165 rooms, along with offices and cafés. To reduce insurance costs, the elevator shaft was enclosed in fireproof glass. The hotel also offered a rooftop garden, steam heat from the basement, and both hot and cold water.

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Hi everyone,

I’m currently building ViennaShadow, a 125-episode noir series set in the ruins of post-war Vienna. It’s a time where identity, secret files, and old guilt are still buried under the rubble – the perfect backdrop for a noir narrative.

Why I’m posting this right now: The final episode of Season 1 just went online, and Season 2 is set to launch on August 22. So right now is the absolute best time to jump in and read through the entire first season!

About the atmosphere: I’m aiming to capture that specific grey, fractured mood of a city trying to find itself again.

A note on the creative process & AI: I want to be fully transparent about how I make this. I use AI as a creative partner for initial drafts and visual concepts (like the one above), but it is far from a "one-click" generator. The core narrative, the historical context, and the heavy lifting are done by me. Every single episode goes through an intensive, rigorous manual editing and rewriting process to ensure historical accuracy, emotional weight, and that distinctive human noir voice.

• Languages & Context:
  • The stories themselves are written in German, as they are deeply tied to the local historical language and context of Vienna.
  • To anchor the historical background properly, the project also includes Lilas Welt (Lila’s World), exploring the deeper layers of the era.
• Free Access:
  • Two new episodes are released every week directly on the website.
  • Both the episodes and Lilas Welt are, and will remain, completely free to access with no hidden paywalls, no tracking, and no cookies.

If you want to check out Season 1, you can find everything here: www.viennashadow.com

I’m curious to hear what you think about the atmosphere of this shot!

This animated series did a one off season dedicated to noir. Fans of the show hate it, as a fan of noir, its one of my faves.

Any thoughts?

(Also the Led Zeppelin Physical Graffiti album cover location)

Post #421 for the LA Noire Freeroam Explorer Project — posting locations replicated by Team Bondi for LA Noire (currently touring the downtown area) that are not considered landmarks (either official or historic) but do have real-world equivalents.

Hotel Sequoia

619 S Olive Street

The Beaux-Arts Hotel Sequoia was a single-room occupancy hotel owned by Dorothy Dorr. Originally opening in 1907, the building also included retail tenants on the ground floor (including a sandwich shop around the time of the game).

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