
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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must play. goty for me
Really scratches my puzzle itch in a unique way. The math, science, and coding are integrated into the puzzle solving in an enjoyable way that is not at all contrived. It's not a sandbox Zach-like, but it pushes the same buttons for me. Highly recommended.
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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Languages: English
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A clever game though fiendishly difficult at times - for me anyway!
I can already tell this game is brilliant
This feels like a landmark game, what The Roottrees are Dead did for corkboard deduction games, this will do for translation games. The puzzling and the storytelling weave together wonderfully, and what really makes it click is that it really feels like you're building the whole thing, piece by piece, and all the insights and revelations flow from what you've built. It's really able to look clear-eyed at the material realities of the universe and the challenges of communicating with completely alien life, but it's also really optimistic about the whole thing and that really helped carry me through. It feels like something really valuable in the moment we're all living in.
Lots of math so far but its exactly how you think a first contact scenario would go in real life!
Saving my full review for when I finish the full playthrough, but I've already gotten my money's worth.
Makes me feel so so stupid 10/10
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