Crayon Physics Combines Science and Puzzles 78
IamAHack writes "NPR covered a new game that seems like it would have great appeal to Slashdot readers: Crayon Physics. Quoting: 'A new computer game went on sale this week. It's not a blockbuster like Halo or World of Warcraft. There's no first-person shooting, no sports, no guitar, no microphone. Instead, there's a crayon. The game is Crayon Physics Deluxe. It's a simple, mesmerizing game created by a 25-year-old independent games designer from Finland named Petri Purho. "It's a game where your crayon drawings come to life,' Purho tells NPR's Melissa Block. 'You draw stuff and your drawings behave physically correctly. As soon as you release the last button, the laws of physics are applied to your drawing."' A demo is available, and Opposable Thumbs has a review of the game."
magic pen (Score:2, Insightful)
sounds like the author is
fan of the flash game Magic Pen.
Re:Crayon Physics was new in 2007 (Score:5, Insightful)
But the upgraded/final release came out just now and Penny Arcade covered that as well (just 6 days ago).
http://www.penny-arcade.com/2009/1/9/ [penny-arcade.com]
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2009/1/9/ [penny-arcade.com]
also you find what a rhombus is.
Re:magic pen (Score:3, Insightful)
I wonder if Alejandro Guillen could go to courts over this...
He certainly could but as Crayon physics was released first (as stated in the review you linked), I don't fancy his odds of winning.
Does not work under Wine (Score:2, Insightful)
Gets the music but black screen.
Too bad the author did not develop the game multi-platform :(
For an independent game developer it is quite sad to lose the opportunity to cater an audience (OSX and Linux users) that is lacking (AAA) games and probably quite interested in this kind of physics-based yet casual game altogether.