Opus Magnum

I got this game ages ago and I'm still playing it. It helps to take a break every once in a while, though I had to go back and re-solve earlier puzzles to get myself back in the mindset. This might be the easiest Zachtronics game to get into (aside from the new Visual Novel), but to me it's very pleasing. They give you the tools and solution to the puzzle: you just have to figure out how to get there. There's something very cool about that, and it looks like it has an active community still going. There are challenge puzzles that are published every once-in-a-bit that you can access in game. For me, this game scratches a crafting game unlike any other. It's very satisfying to see a solution come together and then try to optimize it even further.

- Interesting plot, subtle humor - User-friendly interface - Excellent stylized graphics - Great control over the result of solving the puzzle - Qualitative russian translation

This game looks great. Plays like other Zachtronics, but looks a world better than some. As usual, always makes you wonder how much you can improve on your design.

This is a superb introduction to the puzzle-centric concepts behind most of Zachtronics' games. While some of their works (TIS-100, Spacechem, SHENZHEN I/O etc.) can be very...blunt, this contains a much gentler approach to puzzles, and allows you to seamlessly export gifs to share with other friends that might be interested in trying to beat your best scores. If you're a fan of puzzle games and/or Zachtronics, DEFINITELY pick this one and give it a go!

But I love it, it doesn't give me headaches like Infinifactory (ah, the trials of motion sickness) and it's much more understandable than Shenzhen I/O, which I need to get back to, but I'm beating my head on a wall in there. I really do enjoy the plot in all of them! And the plot layout in this game is much easier to take in, clear conversations, not random emails, and the like. Feels more interpersonal. And ah, the controls, it feels clear, and how everything lines up, beautiful. Though, the return command doesn't work as advertised If you try to be cheeky and clever and use it in the middle of instruction sequence it won't work at all.