Reaching Long-Awaited Perfection on Opus Magnum’s Final Level
It’s an exciting day. The 21st of September is already celebrated by fans of Earth, Wind and Fire, including the inaugural Opus Magnum tournament‘s host RP0 who included a themed puzzle called “Do you Remember”. But now it will also live as an anniversary within the Opus Magnum community. Because today, September 21, 2024, approaching 7 years after the release of Opus Magnum, the player Artem quietly uploaded the gif below to discord.
This is a big deal. The story of why it’s a big deal, is certainly not short. Welcome to biggieblog, where you’ll get the whole thing.
Over the 7 year history of this game, the community has spent a good chunk of its focus on custom puzzles made by community members. These are how we host tournaments where the players are all seeing a challenge for the first time. Often the designer makes a puzzle with particular design goals in mind, e.g. the cost hell that was Latch-Hook Fireworks.
But most players aren’t involved with these tournaments. For most players, the set of puzzles included in the main campaign makes up the entirety of their experience with the game. These are 36 puzzles across 5 chapters, telling the story of Anataeus Vaya, Concordia Lem, and warring alchemical houses.
