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Signet City preview - 80s-inspired sci-fi from the maker of Citizen Sleeper
Gareth Damian Martin, the creator of Citizen Sleeper, has unveiled their next game, Signet City, a first-person sci-fi title inspired by 80s social realism and British culture. The game features a unique art style and mechanics where players control a parasite inhabiting different characters, with gameplay and narrative decisions intrinsically linked. Signet City is slated for a 2027 release.
Citizen Sleeper creator explains why they're taking a swing with their new RPG
Gareth Damian Martin, creator of Citizen Sleeper, discusses the risks involved in developing their new RPG, Signet City, which features a fungal brain parasite influencing multiple hosts. Martin explains their design philosophy, drawing parallels to their previous games In Other Waters and Citizen Sleeper, and highlights the importance of innovative RPG structures and unique world-building in an industry they feel is lacking in risk-taking.
Reach the roof before your toe fungus reaches your brain in Moldrise, my favourite horror demo in ages
Moldrise is a new horror game from developer Raffaele Picca, featuring audio design by Mike Klubnika. The demo presents a tense race to the roof of an apartment building while battling a brain-eating fungal infection, requiring players to manage resources and interact with unsettling neighbors. The full game is set to release on July 16th.
Signet City is an RPG where you play a brain fungus feeding off the emotions of your host, like a mushroom-themed Monsters, Inc
Signet City is a first-person fungalpunk RPG where players control a brain fungus that feeds on the emotions of its human host. Creator Gareth Damian Martin discusses how the game draws inspiration from northern England's industrial history, Dishonored's whalepunk aesthetic, and tabletop RPGs like The Veil, while also reacting against common RPG tropes like protagonist syndrome.
Signet City emerges from the PC Gaming Show
Jump Over the Age and Fellow Traveller have revealed Signet City, a first-person narrative RPG inspired by post-punk Britain and fungalpunk themes. Developed by Gareth Damian Martin, the game features a parasite inhabiting human minds in a declining coastal city and is set for release on PC via Steam.
Play a parasitic brain mushroom in Signet City, the first-person fungalpunk RPG from the creator of Citizen Sleeper
Jump Over The Age, known for Citizen Sleeper, has announced Signet City, a first-person fungalpunk RPG. Players will embody a parasitic spore inhabiting the brains of residents in a British coastal town, influencing their lives and uncovering stories. The game draws inspiration from the industrial collapse of UK cities in the 1980s and ecological concepts.
