Crayon Physics Deluxe on January 7th

Posted by Derek Yu Fri, 02 Jan 2009 22:27:00 GMT

Crayon Physics Deluxe

Here’s something to be super excited about: Petri Purho’s long-awaited Crayon Physics Deluxe is finally heading to the PC on January 7th, and he’s doing a week-long series of daily updates to celebrate the release! Fans who pre-order the game before tomorrow will receive the game a few days earlier, on January 4th. It was also announced that CPD is now being published on the iPhone by none other than Hudson Soft (the creators of Bomberman and Adventure Island).

Crayon Physics Deluxe was the grand prize winner of the 2008 Independent Games Festival, and is undoubtedly one of the best indie games I’ve ever played. Congratulations, Petri!

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  1. AuthenticKaizen said about 1 hour later:

    great!

    btw what is the cheapest tablet which offers still reasonably good quality?

  2. falsion said about 1 hour later:

    AuthenticKaizen: “Genius MousePen 8x6” according to reviews from Newegg and Amazon.

    I’ve never tried it myself. I would buy a Wacom, but you’re right they’re expensive. Wacom patented all their technology which makes it hard for other companies to make tablets of the same quality as them. And since they have best technology by default, they are allowed to charge as much as they want for it.

  3. AuthenticKaizen said about 2 hours later:

    thanks falsion. 300$..probably its worth it if you are a designer but…i think if it is not used professionally thats pretty much.

  4. ssid said about 2 hours later:

    holy crap, Hudson Soft still exists?

  5. splotki said about 6 hours later:

    oh please dear god let this be actually good… my iphone is so hurting for a even half-decent game…

  6. reetva said about 6 hours later:

    The iPhone version is great. It has less than fifty-four levels, but totally worth five dollars. Sadly, however, the level editor kind of sucks: three save slots and no sharing. Still, if you buy it you’ll probably enjoy it.

  7. Rampancy said about 9 hours later:

    I want this. So… so badly.

  8. Rehbock said about 12 hours later:

    already have it for ipod its really worth the 4 euros =D

  9. Moose said about 19 hours later:

    Touch Physics != Crayon Physics Deluxe ;)

  10. Pierre said 1 day later:

    Isn’t this very close to Phun? It uses some of its iconography (X to mark pinned objects, a little round for an axle…)

    They’ve obviously simplified the interaction and replaced some menu with gestures… but it’s incomfortably close isn’t it?

  11. Phasma Felis said 1 day later:

    I’d thought the original Crayon Physics predated Phun, but it’s impossible to find any dates on Phun’s website, so I could be wrong.

    Anyway, it’s no surprise that games in a budding genre (physics construction) would have some similarities. 25 years ago, a side-scrolling platformer with inertial physics, air-steering, and stomp attacks for the main character would have seemed uncomfortably similar to Super Mario Brothers.

  12. MisterX said 1 day later:

    I’m pretty sure Phun was released at a later date than Crayon Physics. Also, as far as I know, those symbols are used rather commonly in more technical physics simluation applications. At least I’ve seen highly similar gestures used in an older video of such a program, so I think Crayon Physics and Phun are much more likely inspired by these.

  13. Loki said 1 day later:

    Moose: yes, they are not the same. fortunately, there is a version of crayon physics for the ipod.

  14. BMcC said 2 days later:

    Woo, Crayon Physics Deluxe preorders went out today! Congrats, Petri!

  15. PoV said 2 days later:

    Love that picture. Lets hang this on the fridge.

  16. bateleur said 3 days later:

    oh please dear god let this be actually good… my iphone is so hurting for a even half-decent game

    PC preorders are now out and I can confirm… yes, it’s very good! (At least on the PC, not sure about iPhone.)

    You have to approach it with a fun mindset, though. I got all 80 stars inside 2 hours, with none of the levels providing any significant puzzle challenge. It’s not really about trying to complete it.

  17. pnutz said 3 days later:

    “btw what is the cheapest tablet which offers still reasonably good quality?”

    Wacom has consumer and pro level stuff. If it’s $300, then it’s a pro tablet. You can get a Wacom Bamboo tablet (what used to be called Graphire) from amazon for about $70. It’s small (4x5), but it works fine for a mouse replacement, amateur graphics, and Crayon Physics.

    Don’t bother with the lesser brands (genius, aiptek).

  18. Moose said 3 days later:

    Yea, a lot of the challenge drops off once you realise that two pins will secure ANYTHING. :)

    Shame there’s no Download Level.

  19. falsion said 4 days later:

    Hmm, yeah. A Wacom Bamboo (small) is $62.08 on Amazon. But it a bit too small IMHO, at least for me. The decently sized medium Bamboo tablet still costs $200.

  20. matt said 4 days later:

    http://www.zanydoodle.com/index.php?lang=en is also a nice indie effort using Chipmunk physics. Some pretty impressive YouTube videos for this game exist, too.

  21. Sninnyer said 6 days later:

    I d/loaded Zany Doodle (demo) and it’s very, very similar to CPD. What’s up with that? It’s very enjoyable of course - but have the clones already started appearing?

  22. Sninnyer said 6 days later:

    ^^

    (tonight, on TIGNews, at 8 o’clock)

  23. Moose said 7 days later:

    ZD and CPD seem like different takes on the same thing. ZD has more objects, but CPD is a smoother game. ZD still makes you do the “drop an object on the ball” thing where as in CPD you can just push it - this is nice, as it removes something that wasn’t really puzzling anyone anymore. ZD has linear levels but CPDs are wide open - CPD far wins on that. CPD has random colors but ZD has colours representing different materials, which is intriuging. CPD breaks apart overlapping objects, which can be used as an exploit, but ZD rejects them - so the puzzles are harder.

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