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The Message from Deep Space

Decipher an alien language through a back-and-forth of short radio wave transmissions.

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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?

Features

  • 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
  • +1-hour OST
  • +30 hours of gameplay

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