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Crayon Physics

Derek Yu — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:16:00 +0000

A bit slow on the uptake with this one, but Kloonigames (aka Petri Purho) has released a wonderful game: Crayon Physics. Hot on the heels of Joakim Sandberg’s drawing shmup, Chalk, Crayon Physics lets you draw physical objects to help a little red ball collect stars.

Think Armadillo Run with drawing, and you kinda got it. Crayon Physics is must more simple, though, which is something that works to the game’s credit, I think. The idea is great, and it’s so well put together… it’s really like magic how easily the game pulls you in from the opening tutorial level.

The only problems with this game are a) the ugly black font on the title screen, and b) the lack of levels (only seven at the time of writing). But good news! A level editor is on its way (possibly). Go, Petri, go!

"Crayon Physics" by BenH

Fri, 15 Jun 2007 05:39:44 +0000

I really hope this gets made into a full game, I love puzzles which don’t have a single definitive solution!

"Crayon Physics" by papamook

Thu, 14 Jun 2007 08:20:01 +0000

I’m a huge fan of this prototype as it shows so much potential and the news of crayon being extended has seriously brightened up an otherwise dull week for me, great great news.

"Crayon Physics" by fish

Thu, 14 Jun 2007 07:13:47 +0000

argh, i wanna try to so bad but for some reason it wont do anything on my PC. nothing at all. god damn i hate PCs.

on a more positive note, i met Petri at the EGS at GDC and he’s all kinds of awesome.

you guys should check out his parody of ron humble’s the mariage… Petri Purho’s the divorce.

"Crayon Physics" by haowan

Thu, 14 Jun 2007 03:23:00 +0000

It won’t take you long to play through and it’s definitely worth checking out.

"Crayon Physics" by nullerator

Thu, 14 Jun 2007 02:24:53 +0000

“Think Armadillo Run with drawing, and you kinda got it.”

Damn, that’s evil. Now I HAVE to download it. And I was going to finish FEAR today :-/

"Crayon Physics" by haowan

Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:36:00 +0000

Really very good for a game made in a week! I wished I was able to draw triangles though, I think that was the main thing that I wanted to do but couldn’t and got in my way a bit.

"Crayon Physics" by Petri Purho

Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:11:14 +0000

Thanks for blogging the game.

The black font on the title screen was supposed to be a place holder, but I forgot it there. Thanks for reminding me :)

@konjak: Crayon Physics is no were near the polish and quality of Chalk. Chalk is a real game and Crayon Physics is more like an ugly prototype. So my congrats on making Chalk, it’s amazing.

"Crayon Physics" by isador21

Wed, 13 Jun 2007 21:16:24 +0000

Awesome! I want mooore!

"Crayon Physics" by konjak

Wed, 13 Jun 2007 20:02:46 +0000

Sure looks better than my game.

Not gonna try the game today though!

"Crayon Physics" by Neon

Wed, 13 Jun 2007 15:48:27 +0000

is it worth the download, any one?

"Crayon Physics" by jkd

Wed, 13 Jun 2007 15:37:20 +0000

Pretty cool. Waaay too short, though.

I think it might be better if it didn’t let you draw boxes that intersect other objects, because when you that, the simulation tends to blow up.