Signet City

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Citizen Sleeper creator explains why they're taking a swing with their new RPG

It's clear from Signet City's reveal trailer that it's going to be an unusual game. After all, you'll be playing a fungal brain parasite that influences multiple hosts across an algae-powered city. But, when creator Gareth Damian Martin and I spoke, they didn't just want to talk about how their game worked – if anything, they seemed happy to leave that discussion until players could play it to find out for themselves. Instead, they wanted to say why they were making this game, and why they were

Rock Paper Shotgun / Julian Benson

Interview

Signet City is an RPG where you play a brain fungus feeding off the emotions of your host, like a mushroom-themed Monsters, Inc

The broil of ideas that make up Signet City have been growing in Gareth Damian Martin's head for years and they're about fit to burst. The creator of In Other Waters and Citizen Sleeper describes their new game as a first-person fungalpunk RPG, a game that draws inspiration from the history and culture of the northern England, the whalepunk tech of Dishonored's world, and lifts systems from cyberpunk tabletop game The Veil. But it's as much a manifestation of projects they're reacting against, a

Rock Paper Shotgun / Julian Benson

Announcement

Play a parasitic brain mushroom in Signet City, the first-person fungalpunk RPG from the creator of Citizen Sleeper

I'm afraid to tell you, dear reader, that you're a parasite. Living on the lifeblood of others, that's you. Or, you will be if you choose to play Signet City, the new game from Jump Over The Age, creators of In Other Waters and Citizen Sleeper. That's because it's a first-person fungalpunk RPG in which you're a spore-born parasite taking root in the brains of the inhabitants of a British coastal town.

Rock Paper Shotgun / Julian Benson

Announcement

Citizen Sleeper creator announces first-person ‘fungalpunk’ RPG Signet City for PC

Publisher Fellow Traveller and Citizen Sleeper series developer Jump Over the Age have announced Signet … Source

Gematsu / Sal Romano

Announcement