Petri Purho
Purho at the 2010 Game Developers Conference
Born1983
Kouvola, Finland
Purho at the 2010 Game Developers Conference post-awards dinner

Petri Purho (born 1983 in Kouvola, Finland[1]) is a Finnish game developer and a cofounder of the game studio Nolla Games.[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.

Noita

Noita, a rogue-like platformer developed by Nolla games (of which Puhro 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. [5]

References

  1. ↑ Interview about crayon physics
  2. ↑ "Kloonigames » Blog Archive » Nolla Games".
  3. ↑ IGF finalists at TIGSource
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ Nolla Games. "Noita, a roguelike physics engine". noitagame.com.
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