A Message From the Stars

From Allplay:

Equal parts logic puzzle and deductive analysis. A Message From the Stars challenges you to think like an alien. Step into the shoes of a team of scientists at a top-secret agency, intercepting mysterious messages from beyond our known world.

Logic Game Turned Up To 11 - A Message From The Stars trusts your intelligence and lets you feel clever. It doesn’t hold your hand; instead, it lets you use every creative letter combination or funky word you can muster to convey the code. Have a “hail mary” idea? Try it out and be surprised at your teammates’ deduction skills! Or, laugh at hilarious bouts of miscommunication and try again. If you love riddles, sudoku, or tough IQ test questions, this one is for you. 

Competing Goals - With each clue you are trying to solve the cypher algorithm, but at the same time you need to give clues to your hidden message. Either one by themselves might be easy, but doing both is the real challenge.

A Different Kind Of Word Game - This is a word game people can love even if they don’t like “word games”. Instead of pitting you against each other to spell long, arcane words, A Message from the Stars asks you to be creative in a different way. You’ll need to think of words that both test certain letters and give a clue to your hidden message at the same time.

Strategy:

Go For The Easiest Deductions First: A negative clue value is a really great start: you know that one of the letters present is a "Suspicion" letter. Start with the broadest deductions, and be careful of making any logical leaps as you progress through the game.

Be Diligent With Your Note-Taking: A Message From The Stars comes with large note-taking consoles to help you keep track. Careful note-taking? Good. Scribbles like a mad scientist? Not good.

Don't Forget About Word Association: With all of the deciphering going on, it can be easy to ignore the three final words that need to be communicated to get a perfect score. A good balance between testing letters and giving good, thematic clues is the key to success!