
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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genuinley cannot recommend this game enough. the puzzles can be challenging but none of them ever felt unfair, there is a decent amount of maths involved especially at the beginning but all of it is easily solved with online tools, and I promise if you hate maths like I do it is so worth sticking through it. you really do feel like you're part of the team with Collins, Bautista, and Akers (and Doppler I guess) and the ending made me cry ;-; insanely impressive work dev, adding you to my "play everything they release" list, alongside Lucas Pope ❤
Wonderful experience. Approx 8 hour hurdle of math to get over to really get into the fun. Worth it.
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Languages: English
Hours played at review time, across 1.1K reviews with recorded playtime.
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Excellent ! Le début est très "mathématique", j'attends de voir si le jeu se diversifie un peu dans la suite
Ce jeu est une oeuvre d'art. La sensation de découverte, de récolter des briques de compréhension, et de former une histoire, je ne les ai vécues qu'avec Outer Wilds et The Message from Deep Space. Ici, pas de vaisseau, de guidage automatique qui vous envoie dans le soleil ou de traducteur. Vous êtes le traducteur. Assis devant un écran rempli de texte, il ne vous reste plus qu'à utiliser votre logique et parfois appeler à l'aide (le discord a une communauté très bienveillante). Ne vous laissez pas intimider par l'anglais du jeu, les informations sont compréhensibles avec un petit traducteur à côté. Ce jeu est une pépite qu'il ne faut pas rater.
A terrific game that makes the most of a simple idea, that you're building up this shared list of concepts with tutoring from an extraterrestrial source. I am actually shocked at how addictive the gameplay is. I was always trying to decode one more transmission. It was very satisfying to make it to the end. I will echo some of the QOL stuff mentioned by other commenters (I had to get outside help a handful of times where the solution just didn't make sense in context) and add that as some of the concepts become more abstract, there are fewer clues in context about what they mean, leading to some serious deductive leaps that feel impossible. Looking back over my sizable dictionary, I see opportunities for more information to be shared without giving it all away.
this game is incredible if you are a fan of doing math homework
好评 | 佐助:这家伙说什么呢.jpg 通过发射电磁波,在语言完全不通的前提下与来自外星的飞行器对话,从数理学科的宇宙通用常识开始建立共同语言 个人第二个没全成就就写评测的游戏(有四个成就需要在特定日期打开游戏) / (编写评测时)无中文,理论上剧情文本应该能翻译,细节上的本地化可能比较麻烦 +++ 核心玩法充实,流程推进合理 ++ 剧情不错 / 流程设计有优化空间,前期有些过于详细,中期过于简略,后期又有些过于重复 / 不知道是不是设计如此,外星语明明定义了 [spoiler]词类[/spoiler] 但实际使用中 [spoiler]词类[/spoiler] 基本是混用的,大部分 [spoiler]词类[/spoiler] 相当于白定义了 - 许多对话的回复指代不明,猜出题人想要什么类型、什么结构的回复疑似成为本游戏最大难点;个人游玩过程中有部分问题有错误(官方 Discord 上也有相关讨论),不知道修了没 Tips: * 建议加一下官方 Discord,解不出来说不定是题出错了 * 注意 Transmission Group 的命名,能提供一些有效信息 吐槽: * [spoiler]取整函数明显没法十进制化吧[/spoiler] * [spoiler]发送回复时的音效数量是把数字按照十进制记数的(发送 8 好像只响一声),但是事实上发送的信号是八进制吧[/spoiler]
I emphatically recommend this game. One of the most beautifully meaningful and innovative games I've ever played. It puts you in the shoes of a scientist undergoing first contact; first contact by a method that felt oddly realistic? Or plausible, at least. The one thing I will say is that this game is not fast-paced. It builds, slowly, and does so masterfully, but just be warned that it does take its time. Still, if you like this kind of game at all, do yourself a favor and try out 'The Message from Deep Space'.
The best edutainment game I've ever played
An excellent game about constructing a shared language from scratch. Remarkably un-frustrating given the complexity of what it's trying to do.
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