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, as those it’s reverently lifting from.
We’ll get into all that, but put the highbrow, high concept references to the side for a moment. It’s maybe easier to think of Signet City as a bit like Monsters, Inc, but with more mushrooms.
