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Signet City: Gareth Damian Martin Reveals First‑Person 'Fungalpunk' RPG

The reveal signals a tonal shift for the designer by using a parasite's point of view to probe urban decay and anti‑capitalist themes.

Overview

  • Fellow Traveler and Jump Over the Age officially unveiled Signet City with a hand‑drawn world‑premiere trailer shown at the PC Gaming Show on Sunday, June 7, 2026.
  • Players will control a spore‑born parasite that inhabits human minds and steers conversations and choices through first‑person exploration and tabletop‑inspired narrative systems.
  • The game uses a stark black‑and‑white, brutalist visual style to create a 'fungalpunk' coastal city that draws on 1980s British post‑punk and weird fiction for mood and setting.
  • Fellow Traveler lists Signet City as 'coming soon' for PC with no release date announced and asks players to wishlist the title on Steam to receive updates.
  • The project marks a clear departure in form from Gareth Damian Martin's Citizen Sleeper games while keeping ecological and anti‑capitalist themes, a shift that may change how players experience political storytelling in Martin's work.