
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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Quel jeu ! Une idée très ambitieuse, exécutée quasiment à la perfection, ça donne un classique qui restera une référence pour des années et des années. C'est bien foutu, bien dosé, bien écrit, émouvant, passionnant. J'ai versé ma larme à la fin. Le jeu peut faire peur au début si on n'est pas fan de maths, mais je vous jure que ça vaut le coup de persévérer. Le jeu a tellement à offrir.
Really beautiful game. I crode
10 hours in so far and this is a good one. I'm gonna keep going and I suspect I still have a ways to go. It feels like this might be a love it or hate it type game, but as something I can play in small segments in the evening that also makes me think it's been really fun. Fair amount of math and logic (mostly actually), but its delivered in a pretty straightforward way delivering lots of little Eureka moments that make these kind of games satisfying. I also like the narrative, and the convo's between the scientists (and their kinda stupid boss).
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Languages: English
Hours played at review time, across 1.1K reviews with recorded playtime.
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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
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.
What a fantastic game this is. It's very easy to compare to Chants of Senaar (another excellent puzzle game) in that the gameplay is about understanding languages. But that is a game that will show you two green apples and then three symbols and you'll know that those symbols represent "two", "green", and "apple" in some order. The Message from Deep Space manages to build a large and expressive language from scratch. The demo is almost completely focused on arithmetic, but the game grows far, far beyond that. Probably no replay value, but there is so much content that I would easily recommend this game even at full price.
This is how I imagine Grace felt during Hail Mary, except harder
剧情写的很好,但后期有些题太要对脑洞了
tickles the brain in just the right way
So far, excellent. Long sequences, like if the game wants to make sur you understand the new words. Not so much it become tedious: if you understand, you can progress quickly; if you are stuck, you need to reassess your understanding. Story is surpinsingly good: just enough not to get in the way of the pleasure of progression; but not just filler. Characters have personnalities, and the way they help is part of that. Intermediary sequences are funny and provide a little break, a relief of the neverending sequence of transmissions.
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