Hi Translators! New patch landing for the demo & beta! 

I hope you all are continuing to enjoy the game! It’s really cool seeing how much this game resonates with people. It seems like you all really get it. 

Now, the problem with having a community that has an astounding attention-to-detail is that YOU GUYS CATCH EVERYTHING!! SERIOUSLY!! NO STONE LEFT UNTURNED WITH YOU ALL!! 

But I love it. And I’m happy to listen to feedback and make the game better. So thanks for having an eagle eye. 

General Changes

• Mark Ideas as Read button

• Computer boot and shutdown sequence

• Reference tab - NEW Linguistics tab added

• Reference tab - Physics tab updated with 2 new tabs

• Reference tab - NEW section that will remain a mystery here muahuahuah...

• Solar Breeze no longer louder than every other song

• Journal Entries now add to log!

• Several Journal Entries past week 29 have been added

• Auto-Log text no longer can bleed out of the frame

• Oscilloscopes now display longer wavelengths for lower frequencies (as they should)

• Reformatted End of Week Progress Log (better for different resolutions)

Specific Changes

• Fixed Act titles for 6+

• Fixed dictionary words -138 through -141 being out of order and updated Transmissions in correspondence

• Updated hypotheses for signal -38

• Fixed a series of dialogues in Act 6 that erroneously included the wrong speaker

• Fixed typo in reference tab (3D Shapes) where it said the formula to graph a "CIRCLE" instead of "SPHERE"

• Fixed Antimony in the periodic table so it is no longer a placeholder element (with an atomic number of 119)

• Visual Window labels properly writes SIG-52 instead of SIG-49 when highlighting a sphere

• Dictionary Compile settings no longer appear 12 transmissions before the compiler update

Transmissions & Ideas

• Transmission 78 fixed

• Transmission 82 added Ideas

• Transmissions 104-106 minor reformatting

• Transmission 104 added Idea

• Transmission 147 added Idea

• Transmission 179 added Ideas

• Transmission 180 fixed

• Transmission 191 fixed

• Transmission 199 updated

• Transmission 261 updated

• Transmission 277 updated for clarity

• Transmission 308 added Idea

• Transmission 400 updated for clarity

• Transmission 414 fixed

• Transmission 418 fixed

• Transmission 420 fixed

• Transmission 421 updated for clarity

• Transmission 433 fixed

• Transmission 476 refers to the proper transmission (darn 0-indexing aliens)

• Transmission 497 refers to the proper transmission (darn 0-indexing aliens)

• Transmission 502 is no longer empty (I apologize if you got stuck here)

• Updated many many dialogues & journal entries in small ways (and added more arm gestures to them!! yay!)

Once again, thanks for all the feedback, and I hope you all continue to enjoy the translation. 

Together, we’re doing something pretty cool. 

Cheers,

Applesinmypants

(P.S. We’re only 1 month out from full release!!)

It's been a great 3 weeks since the demo released, and the response has been amazing! Thank you all sharing your feedback, letting me know the transmissions that were overbearing or inconsistent, the dialogues that were especially funny, and of course, the bugs ya found! (Sorry about the calculator's base-conversions being so buggy. I guess I'd prefer Dr. Bautista's base-10 update, too)

Both the demo version and the beta version (contact us for a Steam key!) have received updates.

Let's go over the highlights:

• Dialogues make use of the scientists' gestures (they point more often, yay!)

• Many many many dialogues improved & rewritten

• Idea popups trigger more quickly (less puzzle submissions required, less time elapsed required)

• New Icons to highlight Idea & Dictionary dialogues in the Log

• Calculator Window massively improved (better rounding, base-conversions fixed, custom variables, more digits, copy-paste buttons)

• Reference Tab improved with more information, better formatting, and copy-able fields

• Added a quiet ambience to the control room

• All music is now quieter

• 2 new songs (1 in Act 3, 1 in Act 6)

• MANY transmissions reformatted to be more consistent

• Fixed a bug where the log did not properly update with dialogues throughout play

• Fixed Achievement Window scrolling

• Fixed a bug where Idea dialogues would log when the Idea was acknowledged, rather than when it first appeared.

• Fixed a game-breaking bug if your name included "Translator" (Thanks to a certain Dr. TranslatorGuy-- you know who you are.)

• Fixed a bug where clicking on your journal entry before typing would cause a soft-lock.

The experience should be smoother, but as always, let me know if there are any stumpers or chokepoints. Your feedback continues to be extremely valuable and actively shapes how the game is made!

I hope you've all enjoyed the demo, or if you've finished already and want more, I hope you enjoy playing the secret beta version. Hehehe. (Contact my email themessagefromdeepspace@gmail.com or reach out on Discord for access to the full beta version. I'm happy to send a Steam key your way)

For now, I must get back to developing! Thanks all!

-Applesinmypants ːsteamhappyː