Signet City: A Unique Fungalpunk RPG Experience

The next game from Gareth Damian Martin, the lead developer for Citizen Sleeper and its sequel, is a drastic shift away from playing as a sentient android desperately trying to survive while managing resources and relationships.

Signet City is a first-person fungalpunk RPG where you play as a sentient spore infecting individuals to shape events in the city. As the spore, you influence hosts' emotions to guide their actions, similar to Disco Elysium. The game involves choosing hosts daily, each with unique city parts, and using emotions to progress.

Like Citizen Sleeper, Signet City incorporates dice rolls, adding chance to decisions. Actions can fail, leading to trying different hosts. Each host requires a tailored approach based on their emotions. The game's storytelling style plays with perception, switching between first-, second-, and third-person perspectives to engage players in a unique narrative experience.

Developer Martin aims to explore tabletop RPG concepts in Signet City, focusing on player perspective and narrative structure. The game challenges players to navigate conflicting viewpoints and offers an innovative approach to storytelling not commonly seen in video games.