- Petri Purho
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name = Petri Purho
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birth_date =1983
birth_place =Kouvola ,Finland
occupation = StudentPetri Purho (born
1983 inKouvola ,Finland [http://www.binaryjoy.co.uk/games/features/crayon-physics-deluxe-interview/ Interview about crayon physics] ] ) is a Finnishcomputing science student and rapid game prototyper. He has worked at Finnish independent game studioFrozenbyte . In September 2006, he made a promise to himself, that he "will create a new game every month" [http://www.kloonigames.com/blog/general/the-first-post/ Post on Petri Purho's blog] ] based on the experimental gameplay development model. This effort eventually ended in the creation of Crayon Physics Deluxe, which was nominated for the Seumas McNally grand prize from theIndependent Games Festival in December 2007 [http://tigsource.com/articles/2007/12/03/10th-annual-igf-finalists-announced IGF finalists at TIGSource] ] and subsequently won this category at the 2008 IGF Awards on February 20th. Many of his games are developed for various competitions such as Assembly.Games
Almost all of Petri Purho's games are created within one week as a project exploring the idea of massive prototyping. Most common element of all games are various bonuses for successful combos and/or chain reactions. His games are created using many
open-source technologies (for example SDL library orBox2D physics engine) andXML configuration files. Thanks to this, many players created various mods, replacing graphics and even adding new levels or music.Pluto Strikes Back
In this game player is in control of planet Pluto, which has attached a big baseball bat to itself. In order to score points, player must hit the meteors so that they will cause damage to other planets in solar system.
The Amazing Flying Brothers
The Amazing Flying Brothers is game that is controlled only by one button. Player is controlling a circus artist, who is performing
flying trapeze acts. Goal of the game is to chain various circus tricks on two moving trapezes to get bonus points.A Tribute to the Rolling Boulder
In a direct flipside of movies like
Indiana Jones , the main protagonist of this game is the rolling boulder, whose mission is to protect two golden statues representing idols of fertility. In order to do so, player must roll over increasing amount of archeologists, as they try to humiliate these idols by touching them, decreasing the player's honor meter. This game was created for assembly demo party game competition, where it won the fourth place [http://www.kloonigames.com/blog/general/assembly-2007/ Assembly 2007 gamedev compo results] ] .Crayon Physics
Crayon Physics is probably Petri Purho's most popular game. It was Purho's tenth rapid game prototype and was coded in five days. [cite web|url=http://www.slate.com/id/2186848/ |title=Crayon Physics Deluxe, an ingenious video game that looks like it was designed by a third-grader |accessdate=2008-03-20 |author=Chris Baker |date=
2008-03-19 |pages=2 |publisher=Slate ] It is a slow-paced puzzle game based on rigid bodies physics. The main objective of every level is to collect a star with a red ball. The player is only allowed to create solid boxes, from which he must construct a path for the ball. To create a box, a player must draw either a diagonal line or 2 adjacent sides with a mouse.See also
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Crayon Physics References
External links
* [http://www.kloonigames.com Kloonigames] - Homepage of Petri Purho
* [http://www.kloonigames.com/crayon/ Crayon Physics Deluxe]
* [http://www.experimentalgameplay.com/member.php?m=1697 gummikana] - Petri Purho's profile at Experimental Gameplay Project
*Interviews
* [http://jarkkolaine.com/2007/09/17/petri-purho-and-the-art-of-creating-a-new-game-every-month/ Interview with Petri Purho at jarkkolaine.com]
* [http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=16053 Interview with Petri Purho at gamasutra]
* [http://www.binaryjoy.co.uk/games/features/crayon-physics-deluxe-interview/ Interview with Petri Purho at binaryjoy]
* [http://tigsource.com/articles/2008/02/25/petri-purho-interview-in-level Translated interview with Petri Purho in LEVEL]
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