Petri Purho | |
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 Purho at the 2010 Game Developers Conference | |
| Born | 1983 (age 42–43) |
Petri Purho (born 1983 in Kouvola, Finland1) is a Finnish game developer and a cofounder of the game studio Nolla Games.2 He maintained an independent studio, Kloonigames, and 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. The most common element of these prototypes is 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. It was publicly and commercially released under Purho's studio name of Kloonigames.5
Noita
Noita, a rogue-like platformer developed by Nolla games (of which Purho is a member), was released for Windows 10 on Steam, GoG, Itch and Humble on October 15, 2020. It currently sits at a 76% on Metacritic and an 8/10 on Edge.6
References
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.
- "2008 Independent Games Festival Winners". Independent Games Festival. Think Services. Archived from the original on November 5, 2008. Retrieved March 30, 2018.
- Nolla Games. "Noita, a roguelike physics engine". noitagame.com.