Premise
The Message from Deep Space is an odyssey of incremental puzzle-solving with real-world purpose. 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.Â
Scenario
Set in 1973, Earth is the recipient of a meteorite that broadcasts radio waves, a technological feat beyond human capabilities. In the role of the mission's Translator, the player is responsible for designing radio wave 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
+600 in-game dialogues
+1-hour OST
+30 hours of gameplay
Voyager I
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. In this environment, players are faced with the Herculean task of constructing meaning between two species that have never met --- fraught with all the difficulties of communicating without prior context, and championing all of the discovery that follows. 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 a challenge, but with the support of the game's meticulous linguist, the computer scientist with a one-track mind, and the affable astronomer, it is a challenge fit for anyone with curiosity and perseverance.Â
