Dieselpunk is a genre similar to that of its more well-known cousin "steampunk" that combines the aesthetics of the diesel-based technology of the interwar period through to the 1950s with retro-futuristic technology and postmodern sensibilities, coined in 2001 by game designer Lewis Pollak to describe which of his role-playing game, created by the now defunct Misguided Games, Inc. in 2002?
Dieselpunk:  Coined in 2001 by game designer Lewis Pollak to describe his role-playing game "Children of the Sun", the term has since been applied to a variety of visual art, music, motion pictures, fiction, and engineering. Children of the Sun (role-playing game): Children of the Sun is a "Dieselpunk" role-playing game created by the now defunct Misguided Games, Inc. in 2002.
Children of the Sun