
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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tl;dr - I cannot emphatically recommend this game enough. If you liked Chants of Sennaar, if you liked The Witness, if you liked Outer Wilds, if you liked any kind of game that starts you with nothing and makes you build meaning from the very start... you will love this game. No puzzle element ever outstays its welcome: when things start getting too cognitively burdensome, the programmer will build a feature to circumvent it. There's a reference section so it doesn't matter how much you know externally, the answers are available. Hard science in the same way as the Martian or Project Hail Mary, if you were fascinated by the Voyager discs and just how we planned to communicate with something beyond our own understanding... try this game. I'm barely a tenth of the way through and I'm utterly hooked. The only sad part is that I know it must end at some point. Oh, and it runs on a system with integrated graphics, so no excuses there. Fair warning though, there is a good amount of math, at least at the start. That said, I have dyscalculia (number dyslexia) and I've handled it quite well. If you're able to mentally track multiple unknowns from something like programming (or maths itself), you'll do fine. There's a built-in notepad, but you could also just use physical pen and paper like I have. An online tool that might help intermediary puzzles: [spoiler]Desmos is a graphing calculator that can visualize points accurately.[/spoiler]
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Languages: English
Hours played at review time, across 1.1K reviews with recorded playtime.
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If you want to wildly oscillate between feeling really smart and really stupid, this game is great! 10/10 You'll stare blankly at your screen for ten minutes, then get hit by a brain surge and solve ten in a row. It's awesome!
LOVING IT I have played only one session for this game and will likely continue to update this as I keep playing. Here is what I can say from the outset: This game is so creative, and has such an enjoyable atmosphere! If you're good with math, you're going to have a blast, but even if not you should be fine. I did the entire first week with the complete wrong symbols and still managed to solve the puzzles!! The music is great, the dialogue is funny, the puzzles are challenging at times but rewarding. There are plenty of quality-of-life adjustments that get added throughout the story to make the game more enjoyable: Solving problems means you can build on your solutions. In only one session this game has risen high up in my favorites list.
Only a few hours in and I am hooked. What an interesting and engaging concept!
I don't know what to say. 30+ hours of absolute peak. A few annoying glitches and typos still here and there, but those will likely be resolved soon! This game has changed my life. It's probably my favourite game of all time now. This is Arrival (2016) the game. Everyone is such a sweetheart!
One of the most unique and confidently-made puzzle games I've ever played with a surprising amount of heart. If you like brain teasers and aren't scared by a little bit of math/science stop reading about it and just play the demo. Definitely my GOTY so far.
FINALLY A FRESH GAME WITH A FRESH CONCEPT. CLEAN CLEAN CLEAN.
It's the "translation montage" scene from Arrival or Project Hail Mary except it's 50 hours long
Leaving negative review just for punishing me for so long with the base 8 ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
Really fun game, and the progression from the humble first transmission all the way to the last is really cool, without (as i think) any leaps of logic Still got stuck in certain transmissions because of my dumb ass though It might run on old laptops quite slowly, but i don't think it's a really big problem for this particular game
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