The Message from Deep Space

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What a cool concept of a game. This really feels unique in the way it wants to present the concept of an unknown transmission from outer space and untangling the mysteries around it. Loveable characters and good music! Total playtime was around 40 hours for me. In the end the game did overstay its welcome a little. Also, be prepared to do a lot of math, physics and chemistry.

Wow, this game was incredible. A game about aliens, that serves as a commentary about what it means to be human. "The stars were beautiful tonight. Leave it the astronomer to point that out." I'd be lying if I said this game didn't make me emotional. Control might have some competition as my favorite game. (jk control is still my fav but this is 100% 2nd)

Excellent ! Le début est très "mathématique", j'attends de voir si le jeu se diversifie un peu dans la suite

An excellent game about constructing a shared language from scratch. Remarkably un-frustrating given the complexity of what it's trying to do.

This is a brilliant puzzle game where you translate messages received by an alien species. The game info says the game offers 30+ hours of gameplay. I have hit the 30 hour mark and still have plenty of puzzles left to go through. This was recommended to me because I enjoyed Chants of Senaar, and while I do think this scratches a similar itch, I think there is enough difference here that fans of other puzzle games would enjoy this as well. There is also an extensive demo you can try to see if it's for you.

The Message from Deep Space is one of those kinds of games that you will only get to experience once. Similar games include Chants of Sennar and Heavens Vault in that you are decoding alien transmissions into something legible, but I could also make very loose comparisons to The Outer Wilds just in the sort of mood that's set. Roughly the first quarter of the game is dealing with a lot of math and trying to rationalize concepts using just math, but as the game goes on you start deciphering actual alien language and grammar. Saying much more than that would spoil too much of the game. The game is paced in a way that you learn about a few concepts which culminates in some cool revelation, followed by an 'end of week' summary, after which your colleagues will provide suggestions for words you've defined in case you were still struggling with them. There's also plenty of incidental dialog between your colleagues which can either serve as important hints or just funny banter. If you aren't afraid of doing some math or getting help from the steam forums or discord then 10 [u]MONEY[/u] [u]UNIT[/u] is worth the price of admission. There is also a free demo which covers the first 'act' consisting of about 70 transmissions, and progress from the demo rolls over into the main game (it did for me at least. I heard it didn't for others, but even so you can breeze through those transmissions if you have to once you've already seen them)