You may recall an early 90s adventure/platformer game entitled Another World, or Out of This World depending on where you lived. With the exception of the sound effects, every aspect of the game from programming to story to art was entirely the work of one man, Eric Chahi, who spent two years finishing his creation. The game uses unique vector-based animations, an entirely new technique for games at the time, which gives Another World a distinctive visual quality even today. Chahi has updated the game with higher resolution backgrounds and re-released it on PC. We've got the shareware up on FileShack (remember shareware?), and the full version is unlockable for 7 Euro (~$8.47).

Upon the game's re-release, Chahi gave an interview with French language site Factornews. As a strong believer in preserving the history of the game medium, Chahi deliberately did not change the game too much. Nothing except the visual fidelity has been modified, and it is still possible to set the options to play the game in its original form. Encouragingly, he is currently working on a brand new game design for the first time in eight years. He is assembling a team, and is in preliminary talks with publishers. Interestingly, the new project is a strategy game. In keeping with his general aversion to sequels, it will be unrelated to Another World. (Speaking of sequels, there have been several games sometimes referred to as "sequels" to Another World, but none have had Chahi's involvement.)