Petri Purho

Designer

Petri Purho is a Finnish independent game developer and a co-founder of Nolla Games.

Career

In 2005, Purho interned and then worked part-time at Frozenbyte on Shadowgrounds and Shadowgrounds: Survivors.

In 2006, Purho began making one game per month on his Kloonigames blog.

Crayon Physics Deluxe won the Independent Games Festival Seumas McNally Grand Prize in 2008.

Nolla Games publicly announced its formation in July 2017 with Purho, Olli Harjola, and Arvi Teikari as its founders.

Interesting Facts

  • Crayon Physics began as a five-day prototype.
  • Purho traced Noita’s long development path back to his earlier monthly game Bloody Zombies.

Credited Games

Noita

October 15, 2020

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