Crayon Physics Deluxe

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Before settling down to create the full length Crayon Physics Deluxe, Petri Purho, of the one-man game studio Kloonigames, wrote one minigame a month. You can really see that creativity and adaptability in the finished Crayon Physics. Each level of Crayon Physics Deluxe is a new crayoned picture, and players interact by drawing ramps, levers, spinners, stairs and other contraptions to complete the brilliantly simple objective of bringing the red ball over to the star. In the first couple of levels, the red ball reaches the star by means of stairs or a slide, while later levels involve levers, weights and all kinds of moving parts, for an irresistible mix of coloring outside the lines and Rube Goldberg contraptions.

Remember those old Sierra games, where you'd go to cross the road and get hit by a car? Get into an elevator and plunge to your death? Pet a cat and contract a particularly virulent strain of rabies? Well, you see where I'm going with this. Games that screw players for creative problem-solving or exploration just aren't fun.