Skyline Backdrop

Specs

Size: 117.4 × 117.1 × 41.6 m
Triangles: 762
Draw calls: 1
Knobs: 5
Night lights: 1

Passed the validator: real scale, rests on y = 0, front faces +Z, deterministic.

Use it

Code for the specimen as it is set up above; it follows your knobs.

JavaScript

import { createAsset } from 'https://gaitkit.com/cdn/skyline-backdrop.mjs';

const skylineBackdrop = createAsset();
scene.add(skylineBackdrop);                      // rests on y = 0, front faces +Z

JSX

import { useMemo } from 'react';
import { createAsset } from 'https://gaitkit.com/cdn/skyline-backdrop.mjs';

export function SkylineBackdrop() {
  const model = useMemo(() => createAsset(), []);
  return <primitive object={model} />;
}

GDScript

# Import skyline-backdrop.glb (download below). It is a static mesh, one material per colour.
add_child(preload("res://skyline-backdrop.glb").instantiate())

// Import skyline-backdrop.glb with glTFast (com.unity.cloud.gltfast).
// Drop it in the scene: 1 unit = 1 metre, +Z is its front.

Prompt

Use the gaitkit MCP server: get_variant({ "id": "skyline-backdrop", "want": "default look" })
then place the result.

# MCP endpoint
https://gaitkit.com/mcp

More in the docs; agents can fetch all of this through MCP.

Knobs

Knob	Type	Values	Default	What it does
`style`	choice	`downtown` `old city` `harbour`	`downtown`	downtown (glass towers with setbacks, spires, antennas and slanted crowns), old city (lower blocks with domes, steeples, gables and a clock tower), harbour (long warehouses with sawtooth roofs and gantry cranes in front of a few towers).
`length`	range	60 to 240, step 20	`120`	Length of the strip along X in metres, 60 to 240. Tile several with different seeds for a panorama.
`height`	range	0.5 to 1.5, step 0.1	`1`	Height multiplier for every building: 0.5 (small town) to 1.5 (megacity). At 1 the tallest back towers reach about 75-110 m.
`tint`	choice	`day` `dusk` `haze` `night`	`day`	Colour of the silhouette layers, each fading toward the sky colour with distance: day (blue grey), dusk (purple against orange), haze (pale grey), night (dark navy with warm windows).
`seed`	range	1 to 999, step 1	`11`	Reshuffles building widths, heights, crowns, landmark positions and which window bands are lit.

Presets: dusk downtown {"style":"downtown","tint":"dusk","length":160,"seed":11} · old town horizon {"style":"old city","tint":"haze","height":0.8,"seed":4} · night port {"style":"harbour","tint":"night","length":200,"seed":23}

Files

File	What
skyline-backdrop.glb	GLB, default look · 71 KB
skyline-backdrop.mjs	ES module, every knob live
skyline-backdrop.obj	OBJ, static, no colour
skyline-backdrop-params.json	knob schema, presets, night zones

Licence

Use it in games, apps, renders and client work, commercially and without credit. Do not resell it as an asset or train a 3D generator on it. The full licence.

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