
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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A recommendation with warnings. The puzzles start off making sense but after I got to groups in the 70s I started to need more and more help and unfortunately there aren't really any hint guides for this so I just ended up getting answers for the interesting puzzles and then passing the simple pattern recognition puzzles, which started to kill the joy I was getting out of it, but the story is still good and the A B C D characters are all entertaining. I came up with wilding different words and concepts which I was just following on from previous groups but the actual puzzles took wild tangents in my mind. Check it out use provided answers from other players when you get stuck for longer than 10 minutes.
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Languages: English
Hours played at review time, across 1.1K reviews with recorded playtime.
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剧情写的很好,但后期有些题太要对脑洞了
This is the only game that has scratched my itch for games Similar to Outerwilds. Loved the characters, the way the communiation happens , and how we learn their language. it is so much fun.
One of the few successful instances of the "language deciphering" genre!
This is how I imagine Grace felt during Hail Mary, except harder
What a unique and touching game. I won't say much else.
One of the best games I've ever played. Thought-provoking and intellectually stimulating. Truly a beautiful look at what alien life could be.
Wonderful experience. Approx 8 hour hurdle of math to get over to really get into the fun. Worth it.
An excellent game about constructing a shared language from scratch. Remarkably un-frustrating given the complexity of what it's trying to do.
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