
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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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.
AAAAAAAAAAAA- ahem, I mean, yes, absolutely recommend this, if you're into like, translation kinda games, absolutely! It's such a cool transition to go from 0 to talking, and yeah I got emotional, it's... I really like this game ^^ Achievement-wise the only thing of note is that there are some related to the real time date, so that's a bit of a pain to deal with, but other than that it's pretty straightforward
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Languages: English
Hours played at review time, across 1.1K reviews with recorded playtime.
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I have yet to actually finish the game, but I'll have you know, I have 7.4 hours in the demo, which is only act 1, and my demo progress was copied over into the game even before finishing the demo I was rambling on about how much I loved this game, and paid for it without hesitation as of writing this, I have gotten as far as week 10, but after a mistake on my part deleted my save, and am now re-playing up to that point, and guess what? the game saved my 38 words! this game is very very good, and I have found myself wanting to play it every chance I've gotten, and rambling everyone-around-me's ears off, this game is very nerdy and very fan, absolutely worth it for the money, I have sat at my PC with a notebook, graph-paper, pens, and highlighters, doing puzzles with a smile! Did I mention it has base-8, for act one, you get to do base-8 and I had such a smile doing it, I love this game, it's so good, I hope the creator has a splendid year, because just a good day is not nearly enough
玩了50多个小时,终于把所有谜题都解开了。 喜欢巴别塔圣歌和Project Hail Mary的朋友真的双厨狂喜。游戏还是有一点门槛的,最重要的是英语至少得过关。学过日语的话对游戏推进还是有一些些帮助的,至少是语法方面。 前面解出每一个信号时候真的非常快乐。游戏中期回到初高中数理化简直是噩梦再现,后期熟悉了规则之后会轻松不少。 已经很久没有如此沉浸的利用所有有空的时间来玩一个游戏了。 喜欢巴别塔圣歌和Project Hail Mary的朋友,无脑冲就对了!
Esta es una reseña precoz (hay que sumar unas 3 horas en la demo a mi tiempo de juego), dejo esta reseña para apoyar a dar a conocer este juego. De momento interesante, tiene más desafíos matemáticos de los que pensé pero creo que hasta ahora lo he podido resolver, espero que no se pongan más complejos. Es interesante que siempre quedan misterios y nunca estoy completamente seguro de lo que estoy planteando está bien, pero funciona y creo que es una linda analogía a lo que una comunicación extraterrestre sería. Los elementos narrativos son muy entretenidos también. Por ahora, completamente recomendado.
me scientist not do so me find_help do
really good :3
YAYAYAYAYAYAYA
must play. goty for me
Ça fait vraiment du bien de tomber sur un jeu aussi original. The Message from Deep Space propose quelque chose de vraiment différent, avec une vraie identité. On sent qu'il y a eu un énorme travail de game design derrière : tout est pensé avec soin, les énigmes évoluent naturellement et on n'a quasiment jamais cette frustration d'être complètement bloqué. Le jeu réussit à nous guider intelligemment sans nous mâcher le travail, et c'est extrêmement satisfaisant. J'ai aussi adoré les dialogues entre chaque énigme. Ils sont drôles, légers, souvent très intéressants et on apprend plein de choses au fil de l'aventure. Ils donnent beaucoup de personnalité au jeu et rendent la progression encore plus agréable. Franchement, c'est le genre de jeu qu'on aimerait voir plus souvent !
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