Signet City Is A New 'Fungalpunk' RPG From The Creator Of Citizen Sleeper

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Following an early teaser in May, Citizen Sleeper creator Gareth Damian Martin has revealed Signet City. Martin describes their new game as a "fungalpunk" RPG. In an all too brief trailer, we're introduced to the game's stark monochrome visuals and mushroom-infested City 17-esque setting as the post-punk drone of the band SPRINTS plays in the background. "You are a parasite, in a city where strange technologies and radical ideas are taking root," says the game's YouTube description. "Grow into and through its inhabitants, uncover and change their stories, and witness the terminal season of the Signet City."

"Unlike traditional RPG protagonists, players in Signet City exist as a parasite moving through the city's social body, shaping conversations, influencing inhabitants, and navigating the games beautifully crafted locations," publisher Fellow Traveller Witness writes in its press release for the...

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