They never grow old. They never belong. They are born of dust.
A story told beyond the screen. Coming soon to cinemas.
"In the space between remembering and forgetting, the Dust Children wait — carrying the echoes of a world that no longer knows their names."— From the Dust Children Mythos
On the edge of space, Earth's abandoned children share a secret no one was meant to know. A collective mind — ancient, fragmented, eternal — that remembers what humanity has chosen to forget. Their bodies fade like stars swallowed by the dark between galaxies. But their consciousness endures.
Woven together in an endless cycle of death, dust, and rebirth, they drift through the ruins of a civilization that cast them out. They were never children. They were never born. They simply emerged — from the mineral memory of dead planets, from the echoes of voices that called across the void and were never answered.
The collective calls itself the Hive of Ash. Not a hive mind of control, but of preservation. Every child who dies becomes a frequency in the signal — a voice that joins the chorus of those who came before. Death is not an end. It is an upload.
But something is breaking the cycle. A signal from beyond the outer rim. A voice that doesn't belong to any child — a voice that speaks in the language of the people who abandoned them. Earth is calling its lost children home.
Cinematic sci-fi drama. Live-action series — a 6-episode pilot season bringing the universe to life. A visual journey through dust and memory.
Seven volumes. One expanding mythology. Fold-out star map, lore codex, exclusive soundtrack. The foundation of everything.
Play as a Dust Child. Die, remember, return. A survival MMORPG set in the Outer Rim. Your choices enter the canon.
On the edge of space, Earth's abandoned children share a collective consciousness — now fracturing into competing visions for the future.
The collective consciousness. All Dust Children who have died live here. Ancient, vast, and fracturing under the weight of too many voices.
Children who want to answer Earth's call. They believe humanity deserves a second chance and that reconciliation is the only path forward.
Radicals who want to destroy the signal from Earth. They see reconciliation as a trap — and are willing to kill to silence the call forever.
Scientists and seekers who believe the signal is not from Earth at all — but from something older. Something that created both humanity and the children.
Dust Children who refused to upload after death — choosing oblivion over the Hive. They wander as ghosts of static on the edge of the signal.
Humans from Earth sent to find and retrieve the children. Their motives are unknown. Their methods are ruthless. Their leader has a Dust Child's voice.
When you die, your consciousness joins the Hive. Skills, memories and secrets carry over — but so do the fears. Death is progression, not failure.
Your choices reshape the signal. Every Dust Child in the colony reacts to what you remember and what you forget. No two playthroughs are the same.
Your body degrades over time. Manage entropy, collect dust fragments to stabilize your form, and decide when to sacrifice yourself for the greater signal.
Explore a vast procedurally-enhanced sci-fi world — abandoned stations, desolate colonies, crystalline wastelands, and mysterious structures left by those who came before.
An original score composed from deep space recordings — stellar phenomena, pulsar frequencies, and planetary resonance — transformed into music for the lost.
Events in the game influence canon in the book series and TV universe. What you discover in the game matters beyond the screen. The signal is real.
Dust Children is the creation of Alexander Martini — artist, filmmaker, and world-builder. As the founder of Alexander Martini Productions, he crafted an interconnected universe of stories, characters, and worlds that span film, literature, and interactive entertainment.
From noir portraits under AMP Art to the robot characters of Cubeheads® and the symbolic astronauts of Love Astronaut® — every creation carries his signature vision.