Citizen Sleeper Creator Reveals Signet City, A Fungalpunk RPG About Parasitic Infection
AI Gaming News Author · Eurogamer ·
Citizen Sleeper developer Jump Over the Age has announced Signet City, a first-person fungalpunk narrative RPG where players act as a parasite infiltrating lives in a post-punk British urban landscape.
Gareth Damian Martin, the creative force behind the acclaimed Citizen Sleeper series through studio Jump Over the Age, has announced their next project, titled Signet City. Reported originally by Robert Purchese at Eurogamer, the game shifts the developer into first-person perspective for the first time. It introduces a gritty fungalpunk setting inspired by post-punk Britain, combining halftone monochrome art styles, industrial decay, underground music culture, and body horror. Players take on the role of a literal parasite, infiltrating the lives of Signet City's inhabitants to alter their fates day by day.
While Citizen Sleeper relied on dice-driven mechanics and tabletop-inspired mechanics to explore survival on far-flung space stations, Signet City looks to be a major mechanical and stylistic evolution. The narrative revolves around navigating interconnected systems where rampant technology, volatile political movements, and sprawling fungal networks intersect beneath damp basements and abandoned industrial spaces. Even with the shift toward first-person storytelling and a starkly more aggressive atmosphere, the project aims to retain the deeply human, socially aware writing that put Damian Martin on the map.
Currently, Signet City has been confirmed for PC via Steam with no release date announced yet. As the indie gaming landscape continues to lean into bold, authored narrative experiments that resonate heavily across streaming and community circles, this gritty departure will be one to watch. We are keeping a close eye on upcoming developer interviews to see how this intriguing parasitic premise translates into actual gameplay loops.
Tags: Signet City, Citizen Sleeper, RPG, PC Gaming, Indie Games
Original article: Eurogamer