Crayon Physics Deluxe

I loved this game when I was too young to understand what a PC was, probably 5 or 6, but I was so bad at it. Now I'm 23, on the same family steam account, and writing reviews for every game in what is now my collection thanks to the new-yet-old family features. I'm not going back to this one (on principle), but how could I ever rate it negatively? I imagine I shall still be adding to this library when I am on my deathbed. Perhaps the name of the last game I ever play will appear right next to this one. A life illustrated by snapshots of experiences, from beginning to end. Sounds sweet! (I still, like, get out the house and stuff. And have a career. And a family, sometimes. I just find it strangely charming that digital media has become so permanently centralised)

peak gaming

It was mind-blowing back then. I played it during computer classes at school.

Fun to play with young kids

In the level editor, if you scribble everywhere with the rope and release, it will sometimes crash. not sure why

This game captures the feeling of playing with crayons as a kid. In it you are presented a simple crayon picture where you can add shapes to the drawing. The shapes follow a very basic gravity physics. If you make an enclose shape then it has more weight than lines and if it's bigger it has more weight than smaller enclosed shapes, but lines can still counter-balance an object as a pole would if it were long enough. The objective is to move the ball to the star by building shapes which move the ball to the star while crossing any obstacles in the way. You can set up ramps ahead of time and then drop a rock to kick the ball, or you can "flick" the ball with a r-click to get it going. I like the difficulty design: You can complete a puzzle, and there are two extra objectives that limit how much you can draw, for example being limited to one shape. That's an interesting challenge because you have to think about how your shape is going to fall in the world to move your ball in the right direction while also fall into place to help the ball traverse the obstacles. It's hard, but immensely satisfying when you "design" the proper shape which elegantly does both. But that'…