Petri Purho

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.

Petri Purho
Purho at the 2010 Game Developers Conference
Born	1983 Kouvola, Finland

Purho at the 2010 Game Developers Conference post-awards dinner

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

Main article: 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

Main article: Noita (video game)

Noita, a rogue-like platformer developed by Nolla games (of which Purho 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]