French designer Eric Chahi, the man behind Another World and Heart of Darkness, has emerged from his secret hiding spot to work on a new downloadable title. Project Dust, according to Chahi, is a "spiritual heir to Populous" that will have its users playing God in a world ravaged by environmental catastrophes.

In Project Dust, you'll be interacting with the game's ravaged world by manipulating the earth, water, and even vegetation. You'll also be able to dig craters and breach lakes, all in the name of providing "a safe place" to Dusts' tribal denizens. 

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French designer Eric Chahi, the man behind Another World and Heart of Darkness, has emerged from his secret hiding spot to work on a new downloadable title. Project Dust, according to Chahi, is a "spiritual heir to Populous" that will have its users playing God in a world ravaged by environmental catastrophes.

In Project Dust, you'll be interacting with the game's ravaged world by manipulating the earth, water, and even vegetation. You'll also be able to dig craters and breach lakes, all in the name of providing "a safe place" to Dusts' tribal denizens. 

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Weird

Hoping to see the slim.

Oh man, he did Out of This World? And it's a spiritual sequel to Populous?
 
I am on board with that shit!

I enjoyed Out of this World.  Best of luck to Mr. Chahi and I hope the game turns out well.

I love Out of This World, and Joanie loves Chahi, so I hope this is good.

This looks very...strange

This is... uh... interesting.

This excites me oh so much. Out of This World is one of my very favorite games.

" I love Out of This World, and Joanie loves Chahi, so I hope this is good. "

Great character design.

Similarities to Populous and Black & White have me worried, but hell, if it's half as interesting as OOTW was, I'm in.

This shit totally reminded me of Black & White.  No wonder.

Wasn't there also a premiere of another game entitled " Dust" today?  Just before the Xbox 360 show.

Coolio

@BradNicholson said:

UPDATE: I really meant to type "Another World" instead of "Out of This World."  

game would be interesting if I knew what I would be expected to do or what the gameplay is like at all

I have no idea what this is, and I'm not sure I want to either.

Me want

by far the most exciting thing ive heard all day

wasn't too impressed. then again, we saw so little of it it may yet be good.

 
"UPDATE: I really meant to type "Another World" instead of "Out of This World."    "
 
Same thing.

on board with this

Huh.....
It could be good.....

lincoln force is better

This is some SERIOUS HOLY CRAP OMGWTFBBQ!!!!! news for me.  
I absolutely love OOTW, but I'm cautious because I remember that the creator of Delphine's other masterpiece, Flashback, went on to make  Shaq Fu.

I forgot about Heart of  Darkness

Looks really interesting.

Dude! Spiritual successor to Populous? I am down with that.

looks weird

Damn. Beaten to a Baio reference.

Where can I get a mask like that.

Both titles are accepted. The link to Another World is going to the wrong article.

weird 

I thought this was Black and White when I was watching it.

Most interesting game from Ubisoft's event. Perhaps a tie with Child of Eden.

Le Meh

The concept art is very intriguing. I'll definitely be keeping an eye on this to see where it goes.

This seems like an interesting concept.  I will be checking it out in 2011.

" by far the most exciting thing ive heard all day "

" I thought this was Black and White when I was watching it. "

Well, the concept art looks cool

Looks kinda interesting.. kinda

Looking forward to more info on this. I'm intrigued.

OH MAN. Heart of Darkness? YOU SHITTIN' ME?
*Nostalgia punch to the face*
 
This reminded me of Black & White a bit aswell. This is super interesting.

"spiritual heir to Populous"

Oh good!  I'm not the only one who thought Populous when I saw the trailer.  It screamed that to me and that's a good thing!

Don't forget guys that there is going to be a version on PC too.

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2010/08/17/chahis-project-dust-heading-to-steam/