
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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absolute peam, extremely difficult for someone with poor pattern recognition ability, or for someone who has trouble with abstracting things, since that's the basis of this entire game. but if you can do that, you're good! (also the ending is adorable asf)
Downloaded a demo and went in completely blind and got immediately hooked in the first few messages. I've never played or even heard of a game like this before but its now one of my favorites of all time. I can see this game not being for everyone but go in as blind as you can, try to avoid any gameplay showing solutions and if it hooks you like it did me it is easily worth the money.
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Languages: English
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This is a certified Man... game, absolutely recommend! -245 -30 -243
Fantastic puzzle game for anyone who likes math and science. Loads of content.
cool message game
A deep dive into science and liguistic! How to creat words with nothing else? math, physics and so. Keep trying until you feel the "click" in your mind figuring out the solution
This game was beautiful and such a joy to play and experience. Even though at times, the calculations and translations felt impossible to solve, I am glad I played till the end. Definitely one of the best games I have ever played.
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I'll update this probably as I continue or finish, but so far I fully recommend. I suspect you'll know already if you like this game, to describe the actions I'm doing so far doesn't sound much fun (doing some math), but figuring out what math you need to do is quite engaging, and the style and music to go along with all of that is very smooth. Inputs are sometimes frustratingly strict, but most of those so far have been brief. Great so far, check it out if it looks like you'd like it.
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