Gareth Damian Martin

Gareth Damian Martin is a British indie video game developer, writer and artist known for their

Early life and education

According to their personal biography, Damian Martin is the holder of a PhD in experimental literature from Royal Holloway, University of London. , Rock Paper Shotgun and Frieze Magazine. They are the creator and editor of Heterotopias, an independent zine about architecture in video games published on itch.io.

They worked at 59 Studio as an animator and visual designer and taught at the Bartlett School of Architecture.

Following the success of Citizen Sleeper, Damian Martin collaborated with TTRPG designer Alfred Valley to create Cycles of the Eye, a tabletop sequel to Citizen Sleeper.

In June 2026, Damian Martin announced Signet City, "a first person fungalpunk RPG"

Reception David Wildgoose of GameSpot described Damian Martin's writing for In Other Waters as "excellent [and] concise". Eurogamer ranked Citizen Sleeper 5th out of its 37 best games of 2022, describing Damian Martin as "one of the most exciting indie talents around". Wesley LeBlanc of Game Informer praised their writing for Citizen Sleeper: Starward Vector as "incredible sci-fi writing". The Magic Rain described Damian Martin's storytelling as "deeply human".

Personal life

Damian Martin is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns.