
Mission: Translate an interstellar message, using the universal languages of math & science.
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The Message from Deep Space is an odyssey of puzzles. Take the role of the mission's Translator, working alongside a scrappy band of scientists, and venture headfirst into the world of deciphering an alien language --- completely from the ground up.
Set in 1973, Earth is the recipient of a meteorite that broadcasts radio waves. In the role of the mission's Translator, the player is responsible for designing responses to the meteorite's transmissions, which, if correct, will elicit new messages from the meteorite. Only through this radio wave dialogue will patterns, words, syntax, and meaning all take form, leaving but one question:
What is it the aliens want to say?
Translate an alien language
Learn about an alien civilization
Interface with a retro computer
Manage a user-driven dictionary
Design radio transmissions by frequency
Collaborate with scientists that respond to your actions
+1000 in-game dialogues
+30 minutes OST
+30 hours of gameplay
Inspired by The Golden Record aboard the Voyager I space probe, The Message from Deep Space takes a realistic approach to deciphering an interstellar message. Beginning with the limited universal constants available to technologically advanced civilizations, the message spans a range of real-world fields of math & science. Decoding the message is tough, but with the support of the game's meticulous linguist, the single-minded computer programmer, and the affable astronomer, it is a challenge fit for anyone with Curiosity and Perseverance.
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My brain is not braining. I like it.
Saving my full review for when I finish the full playthrough, but I've already gotten my money's worth.
must play. goty for me
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Languages: English
Hours played at review time, across 1.1K reviews with recorded playtime.
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An absorbing game, may at times feel a bit like reviewing your school education but juggling word definitions and trying to find words for things that clearly don't match 1:1 to English words is engaging. Sometimes a bit picky about answers but that's what you'd expect from an alien probe that's basically a recording of inputs and outputs.
My GOTY! I had so much fun playing through this game - the characters, the story, and the translation were all wonderful! If you have any intrest in space, science, lingustics or math you should 100% give this game a shot.
If hearing about the golden record on the Voyager probes makes you emotional, this is the game for you. An excellent thesis on why knowledge and feelings are inextricably intertwined. I don't know what else to say.
Nowhere close to the end, but I'm loving the game. It's tough but fair
I'm about 14 hours in (plus a few idle in the background) and man if this isn't all but build specifically for me. What an excellent concept and super well executed.
I should have gone to sleep hours ago, but I became so invested in solving the patterns and defining more words in my dictionary. When I think I have learned something the aliens introduce me to a new concept that requires me to revisit my words. I cannot put this game down, seriously just check it out. I'm 4 hours in, but this game already hit so many of my checkmarks.
Stunningly thoughtful game. It occasionally lacks a bit of polish but only in minor ways and this is almost certainly a simple consequence of the resource limitations inherent in an indie title of this caliber. If you enjoyed learning (or want to learn) the foundations of math and science in school, this game is absolutely worth your time and money. It can be quite challenging, particularly in the beginning and ~85% of the way through, but it is also very rewarding.
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