Crayon Physics Deluxe Comments by John Walker
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agree with pirotic
it's good to see EG pay some attention to these kind of things. why not also do some interviews with professors of students at game / multimedia design universitys. just to get some input on what they think about gaming and the process of becomming a professional in that area. XNA is also an area that EG is quit on... |
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I loved the demo of this, limitations and all. The recent video (that I'm too lazy to hunt for a link for) showing it running on a tablet PC with more complex shapes looked absolutely awesome. I can't wait to get my hands on it.
Also - agree that it's great to see these games covered on Eurogamer. Good work, fellas. |
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DanWhitehead
18/01/08 @ 09:00
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I tried the demo and found it charming but nothing more than a tech demo.
That's why they call it a demo, you see. Early versions of these types of games are almost always tech demos, because that's what the programmer is working on. It's for proof of concept, rather than try before you buy. The bells and whistles come later. |
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zoidberg, the original Version was a one-month project. Kloonigames is one guy from Finland who makes one short, experimental game every 30 days. That's why Crayon Physics was such a simple, relatively unpolished game.But it turned out to be so popular that it's being done properly now.
Can't wait! |
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schachmatt
18/01/08 @ 10:05
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This is my absolute favourite!
If a tech-demo is so much fun, the whole updated game must be incredible. |
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Danbojones
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18/01/08 @ 10:29
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Agreed, Armadillo Run is one of my top 10 games ever. Brilliant fun, although you will dream about it.
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Yep - this game is a bit like Armadillo Run and that just goes to show how fun (clever) physics games are - I mean games, in which physics really ARE the central element of the gameplay, not in the "I'll put this box on this switch" kind of way.
Half-Life 2 got the balance almost perfectly, because it's obviously not a physics-based but a physics-heavy game. =) All similarities aside Crayon Physics plays differently from Armadillo Run. In Armadillo Run you're limited by what you are given by the game mechanics and that requires some careful planning and strategic thinking. Crayon Physics puts the stress rather on imagination (kinda like all the strange vehicles and "fun parks" players were making anyway in Armadillo Run =) and that simply requires different skills - it's more "free-form". |
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monkie_king
18/01/08 @ 14:31
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hmm, the physics in HL2 haven't aged very well though. I remember seeing an early video of it and going "OMG, he wobbled that table and a box fell off!", but playing it now you just take it for granted. And that means that coming across the 15th seesaw puzzle in a row actually quite tedious.
Physicsy toybox games are generally great fun though, probably because they map so directly onto our experience of the world. The challenge is building a game around the novelty. Looking forward to a full review (and DS port!) of Crayon Physics. Anyone remember Bill's Tomato Game, by the way? |
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CouldntResist
18/01/08 @ 20:05
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Someone emailed the earlier version of this to my entire team at work. For our lunchbreak, all you could see around the office was people frantically drawing rectangles, and swearing every time their star fell off the edge of the screen.
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Carpathian
30/01/08 @ 12:57
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Has anybody been able to get onto the Kloonigames site to grab Crayon Physics over the last day or two?
I'm guessing it's a "victim of it's own success" as the phrase goes ? If that is down then does anybody know of an alternative location to grab it from ? Sorry, all questions today ;o) |
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Hi, i am new to this site.
This article is simply amazing. Physics is my favorite subject. Now i could understand a wonderful application of physics. This article is very interesting since it describes about drawing. This is really a new information to me. ============================== Jessy Wide Circles |
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