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Gareth DAMIAN MARTIN | Jump Over the Age

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Writer, game designer, artist | Making SIGNET CITY | WISHLIST NOW - bit.ly/SC-Steam Creator of Citizen Sleeper series + In Other Waters | editor Heterotopias | IndieCade, GDCA winner | Hugo, BAFTA, IGF, DICE + TGA nominee | PhD | they/them |

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Gareth DAMIAN MARTIN | Jump Over the Age @jumpovertheage.com · 11h
Hello, good morning, get angry - gillaband.bandcamp.com/album/pugnello
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Pugnello, by Gilla Band
10 track album
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Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 29/09/2026
Only on Nebula, you also get this interview where I and @jumpovertheage.com talk way more about mushrooms and about how designing a game infects your brain (plus more Signet City details!!) nebula.tv/videos/jacob...
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Jacob Geller — Fungal Feelings: An Interview with Gareth Damian Martin
Jacob talks with Gareth Damian Martin, designer of In Other Waters, Citizen Sleeper 1 & 2, and the upcoming game Signet City.
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Gareth DAMIAN MARTIN | Jump Over the Age @jumpovertheage.com · 29/09/2026
Andrey Surnov's concept work for Jusant in my brain again this morning. Can't think of a game set among ruins that made me more desperate to see more of its world. So few games manage such an original and rich aesthetic, so sad the team never got to make more.
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Gareth DAMIAN MARTIN | Jump Over the Age @jumpovertheage.com · 28/09/2026
This is true
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Organic Matters - We Make Games @organicmatters.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Hey folks! Not in a position to hire *yet*, but looking for folks to keep in mind who are particularly good at UI art/design! Must have previous XP in making UI for games (even jam games). So if that's you, please send me a link to your portfolio/work so we can keep it on file. NO AI. <3 🎨 ~ ÚMK
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Fellow Traveller @fellowtraveller.games · 28/09/2026
🌟 Presenting the LudoNarraCon 2026 Official Selection 🌟 🎮 51 narrative indie games 🗓️ October 8–15 PT on Steam 💙 Supported by @jacobgeller.com, @lookingfor.game, @remapradio.bsky.social & @thisweekinvideogames.com 🌐 More info at bit.ly/FTLNC2026 📬 Sign up for our newsletter to stay updated!
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Gareth DAMIAN MARTIN | Jump Over the Age @jumpovertheage.com · 24/09/2026
Silent Hill Townfall is tame at first, its opening village chores a little too dry, but once part 4 begins it locks-in on a kind of architectural horror that makes real the implicit hostility and structural violence of pebble-dashed council flats and damp-cornered shopping centres. Powerful stuff.
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Gareth DAMIAN MARTIN | Jump Over the Age @jumpovertheage.com · 23/09/2026
I’ve infected Jacob 🦠
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Gregorios Kythreotis @eteogreg.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It’s Sable’s 5th Anniversary! I’ve written some reflections on what the game means to me, and to celebrate I’m delighted to announce that @lostincult.co.uk are reprinting the Sable Design Works Find out more here: www.eteogames.com/sable-turns-...
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Sable Turns Five with a Design Works Reprint
Reflecting on the Five-Year Anniversary of Sable, and announcing a reprint of the Sable Design Works art book.
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Fellow Traveller @fellowtraveller.games · 22/09/2026
ICYMI, @jumpovertheage.com shared their mood board for Signet City 🏙️ Packed with gorgeous references, it includes the two main textures of the game: grain and ink ✒️ See the inspirations that helped shape Signet City below Don't forget to wishlist the game on Steam! 🍄 bit.ly/SC-Steam
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Signet City - Signet City: Observing the City - Steam News
Welcome back, residents. This month, Gareth continues to explore the inspirations behind Signet City, this time showing various visual influences that have inspired them. The photo above is of…
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Gareth DAMIAN MARTIN | Jump Over the Age @jumpovertheage.com · 21/09/2026
Destiny 2 reaching into the vault gives me hope that I will see my beloved once again…
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EoinBT @eoinbt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Please watch this show. Top three of all time for me. Maybe top two. Oh God, maybe No. 1.
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Gareth DAMIAN MARTIN | Jump Over the Age @jumpovertheage.com · 20/09/2026
Fully expecting this to be my second consecutive GOTY from this team. Can’t wait!
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Gareth DAMIAN MARTIN | Jump Over the Age @jumpovertheage.com · 18/09/2026
Working through the autumn resonance trilogy: [x] Star Wars: Zero Company [x] Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy [ ] Control Resonant
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Gareth DAMIAN MARTIN | Jump Over the Age @jumpovertheage.com · 17/09/2026
I have a soft spot for the Plague Tale games and am having a great time with Resonance. Like the rest of the series it fires its characters down a grim and gorgeous spiral, marked with inventive encounters. The art direction is as standout as ever, blending classical motifs with some very cool ideas
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Gareth DAMIAN MARTIN | Jump Over the Age @jumpovertheage.com · 17/09/2026
An excellent and thoughtful piece on failure in RPGs, which I got to contribute some words to: "I'm putting you through failure in order to give you something that I think you will enjoy. I try to earn that trust from the player."
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Gareth DAMIAN MARTIN | Jump Over the Age @jumpovertheage.com · 15/09/2026
Me rushing to the website to buy this
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Tetsuo The Iron Man
ALT: Tetsuo The Iron Man
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Gareth DAMIAN MARTIN | Jump Over the Age @jumpovertheage.com · 15/09/2026
Shinya Tsukamoto is a key influence for Signet City, this is such a cool project!
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sunset visitor 斜陽過客 | Prove You're Human - Wishlist Now! @sunsetvisitor.studio · 15/09/2026
She will not remember you.
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Gareth DAMIAN MARTIN | Jump Over the Age @jumpovertheage.com · 12/09/2026
Some weekend reading 👇
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Gareth DAMIAN MARTIN | Jump Over the Age @jumpovertheage.com · 12/09/2026
Some weekend reading 👇
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Gareth DAMIAN MARTIN | Jump Over the Age @jumpovertheage.com · 10/09/2026
It’s newsletter day once again,! This time I’m diving into the visual inspirations for the “ink and grain” aesthetic of Signet City. 📷 Read here: jumpovertheage.substack.com/p/signet-cit...
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SIGNET CITY: Visualizing the City
Drowned in ink and grain.
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brendan mordheim @brendanmcleod.dev · 10/09/2026
www.70percentcomplete.com/the-greatest...
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The greatest storyteller is a six-sided cube
How Citizen Sleeper, Amberspire, and Mothership have me seeing the world through snake eyes.
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Gareth DAMIAN MARTIN | Jump Over the Age @jumpovertheage.com · 10/09/2026
It’s newsletter day once again,! This time I’m diving into the visual inspirations for the “ink and grain” aesthetic of Signet City. 📷 Read here: jumpovertheage.substack.com/p/signet-cit...
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SIGNET CITY: Visualizing the City
Drowned in ink and grain.
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Deconstructeam @deconstructeam.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I recommend you check the Steam page for Virtue and a Sledgehammer because the screenshot refresh we did is sexy af. store.steampowered.com/app/3743260/...
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Virtue and a Sledgehammer on Steam
Go back to your hometown and tear it down with a sledgehammer in this narrative exploration game. Confront your past in a devastating story about feeling like you no longer belong in the place you gre...
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Kitfox Games 🦊 @kitfoxgames.com · 09/09/2026
It's DAY 2 of Nintendo news and we launched a beautifully thrilling narrative game in the middle of it! Thank you to everyone who has already played. Please leave us a Steam review so we can reach the narrative sickos! store.steampowered.com/app/3794210/...
Encounter screen from Thousand Hells: The Underworldd Heists.

Where Exactly?

Up On Himor
Talk to Plague Victims
Talk to a GossipDialogue in Thousand Hells: The Underworld Heists.

The part is at camp, discussing the murdered princes by the hand of their uncle.

"He's not going to be very happy when they show up again."

"I believe the queen is thinking as a mother, not a power player."Three-headed spirit of a white haired woman expressing anger, fear and pain.A slight blue cave surrounded by mushrooms. A grey hairy beast with wing stands at the front.
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Gareth DAMIAN MARTIN | Jump Over the Age @jumpovertheage.com · 08/09/2026
Managed to squeeze in a quick run of this and it’s a very interesting streamlined narrative RPG, with a handful of Blades in the Dark-esque ideas (flashbacks, gear), an interesting resolution system, as well as a fun multidimensional setting. Feels like micro-dosing TTRPG one-shots 😅
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Ralka_geoid @ralka-egoid2.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
#citizensleeper #Fanart
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Ralka_geoid @ralka-egoid2.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
#citizensleeper #Fanart
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Gareth DAMIAN MARTIN | Jump Over the Age @jumpovertheage.com · 02/09/2026
I sincerely hope whoever is responsible for Kabbney Uppercut is enjoying watching him be unleashed upon the world. The best Star Wars character in a long time
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Úna-Minh's ✨ Open to Work ✨ @unaminh.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
MY HEART! We were waiting for the paperwork to finalise & it’s now OFFICIAL. Today @sirbeans.bsky.social & I are announcing our indie Irish #gamedev studio: ORGANIC MATTERS. We’re a lean, craft-led studio focused on human-made projects. www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1bX...
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Announcing "Organic Matters": Our Irish Indie Game Studio
YouTube video by Organic Matters
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Eteo Games @eteogames.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Today we are publishing the first article of Eteo Archetypes, Volume 2. Bringing you outstanding analysis of video game design, written by leading voices in games criticism and development - all for free. Sign up for the newsletter: www.eteogames.com
Black background with the text 'ETEO Archetypes Volume 2' and two geometric symbols.
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Gareth DAMIAN MARTIN | Jump Over the Age @jumpovertheage.com · 01/09/2026
Love to see people playing Cycles, really enjoyed designing the deck 🦾
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Gareth DAMIAN MARTIN | Jump Over the Age @jumpovertheage.com · 01/09/2026
Back in the studio after a month away, and so nice to be welcomed by @aurahack.ca sticker club and hellzines from @lovelyhellplace.bsky.social amongst the post-pile 💛
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Gareth DAMIAN MARTIN | Jump Over the Age @jumpovertheage.com · 31/08/2026
One of my all time favourite games, a singular vision that’s both deeply intelligent and endearingly playful
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Santa Ragione @santaragione.com · 31/08/2026
To all Mediterranea Inferno fans: we're releasing a physical edition in collaboration with @lostincult.co.uk www.lostincult.co.uk/shop/p/medit... There's a limited edition with an exclusive dev interview (and more), plus a regular retail version. Both for PS5. Lots of love poured into this one <3
Mediterranea Inferno EDITION and its contents: game, poster, sticker, essay, alt cover
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Fellow Traveller @fellowtraveller.games · 31/08/2026
Congratulations to @expedition33.bsky.social for winning Best Game or Interactive Work at the Hugo Awards tonight! 🚀 This year's nominees were outstanding. We're proud to have Citizen Sleeper 2 stand beside them 💛
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Gareth DAMIAN MARTIN | Jump Over the Age @jumpovertheage.com · 30/08/2026
Hugos tonight! 🚀 LA time, so I’ll be asleep, but so honoured to be up for an award who some of my biggest inspirations (from William Gibson to Becky Chambers) have won in the literary categories. If I win maybe I’ll finally be persuaded to write that Citizen Sleeper novel I’ve been considering…
List of Hugo nominations for Best Game, including Citizen Sleeper 2
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Gareth DAMIAN MARTIN | Jump Over the Age @jumpovertheage.com · 30/08/2026
Hugos tonight! 🚀 LA time, so I’ll be asleep, but so honoured to be up for an award who some of my biggest inspirations (from William Gibson to Becky Chambers) have won in the literary categories. If I win maybe I’ll finally be persuaded to write that Citizen Sleeper novel I’ve been considering…
List of Hugo nominations for Best Game, including Citizen Sleeper 2
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Jan Willem Nijman @jwaaaap.com · 25/08/2026
the thing about indie games is that if someone designs one single game I love, I’ll get whatever they make for the rest of their lives and pretty much always have a good time. people are so attached to ip but imo you really gotta know the creators.
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Gareth DAMIAN MARTIN | Jump Over the Age @jumpovertheage.com · 04/08/2026
Today is newsletter day! 🗞️ This month I explore the broad literary influences that have fed into the development of Signet City. 📖 Maybe you’ll find something fresh to read among them - open.substack.com/pub/jumpover...
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SIGNET CITY: Reading the City
A summer reading list for you all.
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Bullet Points @bpmonthly.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Bullet Points Monthly started 10 years ago. To mark a decade of the site, our editors--Yussef Cole, Reid McCarter, Astrid Anne Rose, and Ed Smith--looked at the state of the shooter. We also got nine contributors to do the same. bulletpointsmonthly.com/2026/08/19/s...
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Gareth DAMIAN MARTIN | Jump Over the Age @jumpovertheage.com · 19/08/2026
Consistently one of the best games criticism outlets out there, and it’s 10(!!!)
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Gareth DAMIAN MARTIN | Jump Over the Age @jumpovertheage.com · 18/08/2026
Entrope yourself
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Gareth DAMIAN MARTIN | Jump Over the Age @jumpovertheage.com · 17/08/2026
sickos assemble
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Gareth DAMIAN MARTIN | Jump Over the Age @jumpovertheage.com · 05/08/2026
ICYMI: A reading list for those interested in: Weird Cities, Invaded Bodies, The Street Itself.
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Gareth DAMIAN MARTIN | Jump Over the Age @jumpovertheage.com · 07/08/2026
Finally found time to catch-up with this haunting Citizen Sleeper-like! Really enjoyed the burroughs-esque tone and surreal urban wanderings it has to offer. I grew claws and an arrogant heart as I tried to find my place in the shifting city called Viscera. Recommend giving it a shot:
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Maddy Myers 🏳️‍🌈 @midimyers.com · 04/08/2026
love citizen sleeper and love this essay
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Gareth DAMIAN MARTIN | Jump Over the Age @jumpovertheage.com · 05/08/2026
ICYMI: A reading list for those interested in: Weird Cities, Invaded Bodies, The Street Itself.
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Gareth DAMIAN MARTIN | Jump Over the Age @jumpovertheage.com · 04/08/2026
Today is newsletter day! 🗞️ This month I explore the broad literary influences that have fed into the development of Signet City. 📖 Maybe you’ll find something fresh to read among them - open.substack.com/pub/jumpover...
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SIGNET CITY: Reading the City
A summer reading list for you all.
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