Petri Purho
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Born | 1983 |
Petri Purho (born 1983 in Kouvola, Finland[1]) is a Finnish game developer and a cofounder of the game studio .[2] He has previously also worked at Finnish independent video game developer studio Frozenbyte.[3] He is best-known for the roguelite Noita and the puzzler Crayon Physics Deluxe, which won the Seumas McNally Grand Prize at the Independent Games Festival 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 open-source technologies.
Crayon Physics[]
Crayon Physics was Purho's tenth rapid game prototype and was coded in five days.[4] It is a slow-paced puzzle game based on rigid bodies physics.
References[]
- ^ Interview about crayon physics
- ^ "Kloonigames » Blog Archive » Nolla Games".
- ^ IGF finalists at TIGSource
- ^ Chris Baker (2008-03-19). "Crayon Physics Deluxe, an ingenious video game that looks like it was designed by a third-grader". Slate. p. 2. Retrieved 2008-03-20.
External links[]
- Kloonigames - Homepage of Petri Purho
- Petri Purho at MobyGames
- 1983 births
- People from Kouvola
- Finnish video game designers
- Video game programmers
- Living people
- Finnish computer programmers