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Gears of War II will take several years, hundreds of people, and tens of millions of dollars to create. Crayon Physics Deluxe was made by Petri Purho, a 24-year-old student at Helsinki Polytechnic. He makes games at the rate of about one a month and offers them as free, PC-only downloads on his personal site. Purho says his hobby was inspired by the Experimental Gameplay Project, the equivalent of Dogme 95 for indie game makers.

   * Each game must be made in less than seven days.

   * Each game must be made by exactly one person.

   * Each game must be based around a common theme, i.e., "gravity," "vegetation," "swarms," etc.