The Message from Deep Space

Absolutely love this game so far. I'm an engineer and love science fiction and this is incredible. The retro-style for the computer, the music. It's great. And it feels very realistic for how first contact, with an alien probe that is rather than a full alien, would go. Slowly working from a common mathematical/physics ground and building up concepts first in math and then expanding. Testing for pattern recognition and critical thinking. It's just very cool.

The second game about translating an alien language to make me cry. All the hype is well deserved, especially if you're into the premise. Feels like a certain montage from Project Hail Mary built out to a full puzzle game, and in that way it's almost like building the theory of everything from nothing via universal truths. Every message you respond to builds on the next in some manner, and your in game colleagues are very well fleshed out and really make you feel like part of a team. My only real complaint is that there's occasional syntax mismatches, where the syntax you might be used to in a previous puzzle doesn't apply for seemingly no reason on a later similar one. but the story and feelings that come up as you translate the messages make up for that easily, especially if you're willing to check a guide when they come up. If you have [i] any [/i] interest in STEM, astrophysics, and puzzles surrounding those topics, you'll find a lot to love in this game.

Genuinely a brilliant game! If you’re a fan of the movie “Arrival” or the book “Project Hail Mary”, (also the movie, but the book goes much more in depth in how the main character’s process of communicating with another character) you will almost certainly love this. If you’re unsure the free demo has more than enough to tell you if you’ll like it or not.

This game is fantastic start to end. The narrative and rule exploration married witha fair hint system and killer sountrack. I am in love and can't recommend enough at such a great pricepoint

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I would absolutely buy more games like this.

Really enjoyed this game. Great soundtrack, deeply moving message, fun puzzles and logic. Even the four NPC characters you crack the message with are well thought out and push the story along with their dialogue and interactions. I will miss talking to them and the aliens. I got stuck in a few spots and needed to use the discord for help. Some of the requested responses are a little too abstract or a little too narrow in my opinion. But overall it was awesome.