Opus Cortex: a Nonogram Puzzle Story

Devlog

• Opus Cortex updates!
  April 07, 2025 by Rainier Games

  Hi Puzzle Lovers! The game has been out for a month now on Steam, and I'm super excited to see that almost 40% of the players who played the game ended up completing the full story! I only know that b... Continue reading
• Credits screen re-worked + minor improvements = final build
  February 23, 2025 by Rainier Games

  I've added some final touches to the game and reworked the credits screen to look a bit more cool, hope it works! I've also added a bunch of quality of life improvements to the menu navigation - you c... Continue reading
• Official Steam release date - March 7th, 2025!
  February 16, 2025 by Rainier Games

  The title says it all! After a little bit over a year in development, I'm finally releasing the game also on Steam. The only difference between the games is the Steam achievements implementation, so i... Continue reading
• Option to restart level + additional tutorial level
  January 20, 2025 by Rainier Games

  I have just uploaded a new build for the game, which features something that many of you asked for - an option to restart the level or remove just the hint marks from the board. Previously this exclus... Continue reading

  
• Final touches to the game
  January 05, 2025 by Rainier Games

  Dear Puzzle Solvers! I have a new update for the game, which brings quality of life improvements. Firstly, I have updated the message history view to look nicer, and include names of the characters wh... Continue reading

  
• Holidays! Demo now available on Steam too!
  December 16, 2024 by Rainier Games

  Hi Nonogram Lovers! While I don't have any new game build updates, I just wanted to take this moment to wish you Happy Holidays and Happy New Year ! I'm personally going back to Poland to spend the re... Continue reading

  
• Updates for the December
  December 02, 2024 by Rainier Games

  Can you believe it's already December? I still can't. But it doesn't stop me from making more updates to my game. This time around I have added the controls overlay, which should change appropriately... Continue reading

  
• Guessing system implemented + Linux version available
  November 24, 2024 by Rainier Games

  Guess the box! Today's update brings you the guessing system implementation! With that, whenever you are uncertain about the boxes, you can use Shift + left/right click to mark them with a "guess" - a... Continue reading

  
• Officially released on Itch.io!
  November 14, 2024 by Rainier Games

  Hello fellow Puzzle Lovers! With todays update, I'm happy to say that the game is Itch.io-released. What does that mean, you ask? The game is now fully playable, with all the story content that I desi... Continue reading
• Full story available now!
  November 03, 2024 by Rainier Games

  Dear Players, I'm super happy to say that the full story is now available in the game! It contains 52 puzzles and the overall story arch is wrapped up together, so if you were curious how Opus Cortex... Continue reading
• Highlights!
  October 26, 2024 by Rainier Games

  Today I'm doing another quality of life improvement - highlights! Whether you use mouse or keyboard or controller, the rows and columns with requirements will now be nicely highlighted for you to easi... Continue reading

  
• Major update - new chapter!
  October 21, 2024 by Rainier Games

  Today I'm uploading another set of puzzles, alongside a new chapter - introducing a new character and a new scenery. There's also a new piece of music that will rotate playing during the solving of th... Continue reading

  
• Quality of Life improvements & Polish language support
  October 09, 2024 by Rainier Games#localization

  I have updated the game with some major Quality of Life improvements! Among many are: - replaced the annoying click SFX when you confirm a message with something less annoying :D - being able to progr... Continue reading
• Saving made a breeze!
  September 21, 2024 by Rainier Games

  Today's update brings in a convenience feature - the game will now store the progress of current level, so you never lose progress on your game. The game board will now also render slightly bigger, as... Continue reading
• Steam page + next chapter with new puzzles!
  September 14, 2024 by Rainier Games

  The game will be eventually available on Steam - you can wishlist now! Today I'm also releasing an update to the main game only, with 7 new puzzles and a new location to explore. Don't be fooled - the... Continue reading
• Pantheon is now Opus Cortex!
  August 20, 2024 by Rainier Games

  Today I'm making it official - the game will be called Opus Cortex from now on! That's not all! I have just uploaded a new build, that adds 9 more levels and tells more of the story. You will also mee... Continue reading

  
• Gamepad & Keyboard now supported!
  July 04, 2024 by Rainier Games

  I have worked on adding support for gamepad, as I heard that often games that are mouse only are not accessible to folks who cannot use the mouse - sounds logical, right? Hence, the new versions now s... Continue reading
• New chapter with new puzzles, new characters!
  June 24, 2024 by Rainier Games

  This is one of those big moments. A whole new chapter has been added to the game, with new puzzles, further story development and characters that you will get to meet or become. Let's start with them!... Continue reading

  
• Meet new characters!
  June 16, 2024 by Rainier Games

  Today's update is not changing the existing gameplay, but rather introducing two characters, but... you only will be able to see one of them for now. Hopefully you can figure out who he is from the st... Continue reading

  
• And a trailer!
  June 08, 2024 by Rainier Games

  I did my best to avoid spoilers, enjoy! I have also slightly modified one of the final levels, as it was a bit too hard if I'm honest... Continue reading
• Final build of the prologue
  June 07, 2024 by Rainier Games

  Ready and loaded! Here is a quick list of changes: Added SFX effects for some dialogue options Added visual effect for hacking activity You can now toggle to fullscreen by pressing F (press again to g... Continue reading
• RoboCorp: the "bad" company
  June 02, 2024 by Rainier Games

  Welcome to the world of Pantheon, where a single company has been manufacturing microchips that end up in every device that was ever made. And what happens if that chip malfunctions? Well... there's o... Continue reading

  
• Autosave + second room updates
  May 25, 2024 by Rainier Games#shaders, #savegame

  The day is today, and today is the day to save! I have finally implemented the system to save your progress in the game - it's not ideal, it might be buggy, but it seems to be working just fine. The m... Continue reading

  
• Hacking devices + minor UI scale update
  May 02, 2024 by Rainier Games#random levels

  Todays update is adding an important part for the game - hacking devices! What is that you ask? It's a moment in the game where you will have to solve few smaller levels one after another in a given t... Continue reading
• Prologue is now pretty!
  March 05, 2024 by Rainier Games#art

  Hey Puzzle-Lovers! I have worked together with TwoPennyDoodle on overhauling the visual aspect of the game. It looks gorgeous! 😍 Here's the idea - as you navigate the game world and jump between th... Continue reading