Crayon Physics Deluxe Comments by John Walker

Hmmmm quite fancied this as something to play on my lunchbreaks but with the current exchange rate as it is I might wait a while. Any chance of this coming on Steam?

20 USD? that is a little steep. :( I'd defo buy it for a tenner tho. Lovely little distraction. Shame it's doesn't inspire as much innovation as it could have done. :/

I was excited about this game - but when the video on its web site basically consisted of the player drawing circles again and again to have stuff knock into other stuff it soon became clear that it wasn't exactly what I'd pictured in my mind it would be.

Still beautifully presented, though. At the right price I can see myself picking this up out of curiosity if nothing else.

I picked thus up for 15 USD as it was a cheaper pre-order price. It's very calming to play :)

Is there a demo anywhere ?

So how come something which is as ingenious, creative, charming and easy to play as this gets lower marks than that bag of poorly controlling overhyped shite called LBP?

This would surely be a perfect fit for WiiWare. World of Goo's done pretty well as far as I'm aware, so surely the developer should be considering it?

@farticus:

Different reviewers?

"Stars, it's always f-ing stars"

@farticus.

You obviously haven't played LBP for any length of time or you would realise you are talking utter shite :)

Nah offence like.

I'm torn on this. Loved the demo, even in it's early more limited style, and other physics games that game along after have had loads of time from me. Now I finally get to buy the one that started my interest and I find that it's maybe a bit on the easy side for the most part and a bit dearer than I thought it would be.

I *know* I'll get plenty of fun out of it through general messing around in silly ways (best way to play these things) but somehow it feels a bit like they missed the goal by a yard or two.

May still stump up for it...........

@jonsaan

I played LBP for a good while, until I could no longer stand being popped off my 3d plane or fighting the horribly vague controls to get to some switch or platform. It has bad controls. Looks good, but plays bad.

A bit expensive compared to other PC titles.

Shame.

It does look interesting, but not $20 interesting. I also find a game where I can do anything I like to complete a level a bit daft. I like to be challenged by a puzzle that is tricky and requires serious thought to solve... this game seems to allow you to decide if you would rather invent an elegant device for completing a level or cheat a bit and do the simplest thing possible - not really my cup of tea.

With all due respect Farticus you did see very little of the full game to be make such statements. You didn't get on with the controls - fair enough - plenty of people do and find it to be a fine game. Besides which you're not really complaining about review scores are you?

"You didn't get on with the controls - fair enough - plenty of people do and find it to be a fine game."

Interesting inversion there. The fact of the matter is it is a game with bad controls, but a great many people put up with the controls because of the other aspects of the game. The cuteness did not outweight the bad controls for me.

Controls are a matter of opinion though not fact. They suffer from the same issues as any other platformer based on a 3d engine - including Banjo, Mario etc - in fact the restriction of the planes makes them better in some respects. The best parts of the game are the inventiveness in the main story levels, and the creation side - both of which you saw very little of.

"both of which you saw very little of."

I wouldn't have minded seeing more of the game. I just wouldn't want to have to play it.

@farticus

Why always so negative? Bad Xmas holidays? There must be a LBP thread somewhere waiting for your insightful banter. Jog on.

(Hits ignore poster)

Ok next time I lug the brick round I'll show you some more. I got the MGS pack too - which features very few cut scenes you'll be pleased to hear :D - adds some nice new content and features to the game (paintonator and tools to enable shooting of stuff).

Meh 20 dollars is less than a round down the local. I like this, looking forward to combining it with my graphics tablet :)

I love LBP tho, it is excellent, the create tools are very rewarding

Better than a demo

http://www.bubblebox.com/game/Puzzle/975...

...and free;-)

20 USD is a little bit much imho...

I wonder if you can you play it with a Wacom tablet..

You can play it with a cintiq.

/plays

Braggart!

:)

Daymare, yes you can. And the game comes with special options for tablet players so you don't have to "right mouse" click.

Ah, great then. Tablet should make this game even more fun as I remember it from the demo.

Been waiting for this for so long now! Got a Cintiq for christmas aswell! :D

A three point difference to World of Goo???

Did you sleep with 2d boy, Johnny?

WANT.

Tablet support, you say? Should have mentioned that in the review, as that's made it suddenly even more interesting.

No

this is an absolute ripp off!!!

any one who wants to play a game like this for free its called magic pen and is great fun.

maybe it was made by the same people!

turnget, and someone else I think:

There's *so* much more to it than Magic Pen, or the original concept of Crayon Physics. The restrictive nature of the shapes has completely vanished, so you can draw things as complex as you like, and they function exactly as you'd expect. John - I'm actually surprised to see you "only" give it a 7. You're right that some of the level design is a little exploitable, but CPD made me smile more than any game since (and possibly including) World of Goo. Including such a brilliantly intuitive level editor in a package like this is a great idea too, opening up all sorts of community-driven doors. Well worth the (still relatively low) entry fee.

I pre-ordered it and I'm happy I did. Fun and relaxing - it's true the difficulty level is rather... casual, (I ran through the first 30 levels in less than an hour) but nothing stops me from creating my own mind-bending puzzlers and share them with the world. Oh, yes, something does - I don't have that much time, actually.
Still, I had a lot of fun drafting up a cute little puzzle, because the level editor is awesome and the controls are perfect; I imagine meticulously drafting something bigger is even more fun.

[later edit] For turnget - Magic Pen is the rip-off, Crayon Physics was here first. I played the DS version an year ago, and the PC version was available since spring 2007, I think. It took that long to go from a proof-of-concept to a full game because it's done by a single guy in his spare time.

About the $20 - it's standard price for all "casual games" these days. I agree it's a bit much, and that's why I pre-ordered - I knew I'll want to play it to completion, and $15 is much closer to what I perceived as a "right price".