Petri Purho (born 1983 in

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Interview about crayon physics
/ref>) is a Finnish game developer and a cofounder of the game studio Nolla Games. He has previously also worked at Finnish

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studio

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/ref> He is best-known for the roguelite '' Noita'' and the puzzler ''

Crayon Physics Deluxe ''Crayon Physics Deluxe'' is a puzzle video game designed by Petri Purho and released on January 7, 2009. An early version, titled ''Crayon Physics'', was released for Windows in June 2007. ''Deluxe'' won the grand prize at the Independent Games F ...

'', which won the

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at the

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in 2008. Purho initially made a name for himself as a rapid game prototyper. Almost all of his early games were created within one week as a massive prototyping project. Most common element of these prototypes are various bonuses for successful combos and/or chain reactions. These games were mainly created using

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technologies.

Crayon Physics

' ''Crayon Physics'' was Purho's tenth rapid game prototype and was coded in five days. It is a slow-paced puzzle game based on rigid bodies physics.

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- Homepage of Petri Purho * {{DEFAULTSORT:Purho, Petri 1983 births People from Kouvola Finnish video game designers Video game programmers Living people Finnish computer programmers Indie game developers