Key Facts

• Signet City is created by Gareth Damian Martin, known for previous sci-fi indie games.
• The game presents a first-person view through hosts’ minds, with players shifting between multiple hosts.
• Players complete daily actions influenced by a dice-based system, combining storytelling and gameplay mechanics.
• The city setting faces various crises, and characters each have their own emotional storylines.
• The visual style uses black-and-white hand-drawn characters with photographic backgrounds inspired by 1980s British social photography, especially Tish Murtha’s work.
• The game blends elements of 1980s northern English city life and science fiction.
• Signet City aims to integrate narrative and game mechanics tightly rather than treating them separately.
• This marks a break from the norm by announcing the game many years before its release.