Pingus - more than 300 playable levels

Pingus...

Hello Pingus-friends around the world!
Welcome to my personal Pingus-webseite and have fun ...

The Levelsets
The Installation
Functions
Pingus-Links
What's new?

Think sharp and try hard.
Be smart enough to find a solution
and skillful enough to play it.
And bring all Pingus home safely.

First of all a big THANK YOU to all those who have programmed phantastic Pingus-games with so much diligence, creativity and love for detail - especially to Ingo-"Grumbel" Ruhnke.

The Levelsets:

Why a new structure? When I started playing Pingus I was torn inbetween "this is simply impossible" and "this simple?". So I started structuring the levels I had already mastered into catagories: "Fun" - "Tricky" - "Taxing". There is also a category for the levels I was unable to master: "Impossible". I would be grateful for any help on those. Just send me a mail. So all the mastered levels are being stored and I can chose my personal levelset according to how I feel.

So this is the list where I am going to add levelsets and levels (being programmed by dedicated Pingus players around the world). Whenever I've played (and hopefully mastered) a few more I will update the list.

Levelset	Levels	remarks	mastered?

Originals (visible)
Desert	14 Levels	part of the original version	all of them
Factory Campaign	13 Levels	part of the original version	all of them
Halloween	8 Levels	part of the original version	all of them
Halloween 2011	10 Levels	part of the original version	all of them
Xmas 2011	10 Levels	part of the original version	all of them
	55 Levels

Originals (not visible)
Alien	11 Levels	part of the original version but not automatically visible there	all of them
Crystal	18 Levels	part of the original version but not automatically visible there	all of them
Easter	3 Levels	part of the original version but not automatically visible there	all of them
Forest	1 Level	part of the original version but not automatically visible there	yes
Hellmouth	21 Levels	part of the original version but not automatically visible there	20 of them
Jungle	11 Levels	part of the original version but not automatically visible there	all of them
MysteryIsland	14 Levels	part of the original version ("revenge 1" is incomplete)	13 of them
Pacman	3 Levels	part of the original version but not automatically visible there	all of them
Tutorial	21 Levels	part of the original version but not automatically visible there	all of them
Volcano	1 Level	part of the original version but not automatically visible there	all of them
Xmas	3 Levels	part of the original version but not automatically visible there	all of them
Total:	107 Levels

Additional levelsets
Big Vertical	5 Levels	new levelset programmed by Robert Loftus (Thank you!)	all of them
Wuzzy	11 Levels	new levelset programmed by Wuzzy (Thank you!)	all of them
Total:	16 Levels

My personal choice
Tutorial-Marys-Choice	26 Levels	my choice of levels that teach the basic functions	all of them
Fun-Marys-Choice	128 Levels	my choice of easier levels	all of them
Tricky-Marys-Choice	159 Levels	my choice of levels that are a little bit more tricky	all of them
Taxing-Marys-Choice	68 Levels	my choice of levels that are really challenging	all of them
Impossible-Marys-Choice	0 Levels	any help would be appreciated ...	no
Total:	381 Levels

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Installation

On the 10th of October 2011 Grumbel (Ingo Ruhnke) has released a new version: 0.7.4. This version does elminate some bugs, brings about improvements and the design is even more sophisticated than before. There is also some new original levelsets. And here's the good news for the users of Windows: on the 12th of October 2011 the windows-version did follow. This is a preliminary but I have tested it and it did function smoothly. Then, on the 23rd of October 2011 the version 0.7.5 did follow - with further improvements. Here you can go into developer-mode and have access to levels that have not been published yet.

On the 24th of December 2011 Grumbel published the version 0.7.6. According to him there's not much changes to the core game, but a brand new levelset. Shortly afterwards a Mac-version did follow. Unfortunately, I'm not familiar with the system so all I can do is give you the link to the respective page.

So you can now play PINGUS on Ubuntu as well as on Windows. Here's a short guide for the installation:

Simply download the version of you choice on the Pingus page of Ingo Ruhnke.
Here's the link 0.7.6 for Ubuntu.
Here's the l ink 0.7.6 for Windows.
Copy the zip-file to your home directory and unpack it there.
For Unix-systems there is then a guideline for the installation ("INSTALL.Unix").
Under windows there's a guided installation that results in an exe- and an uninstall-file.
Under Ubuntu you start the game with "pingus" (link).
Under Windows you start the game with "Pingus.exe".
Link the exe-file to your desktop and you've got Pingus-to-go ...

To get hold of the levelsets in my list - in addition to the original levelsets - this is what needs to be done:

Download the zip-file of your choice from my list "Levelsets".
For Ubuntu: Copy the zip-file into the folder where you have stored pingus and unpack it there. You've then got a new folder "data(2)". Copy the content of this folder ("levels", "levelsets" and "images") and paste it into the folder "data". You're then being asked if you want to merge / replace the data. Confirm this. Finally you can delete the zip-file and the folder "data(2)".
For Windows: Copy the zip-file into the folder where you have stored pingus and double-click it. You've then got the folder "data". Double-click it and you've got the folders "levels", "levelsets" and "images". Copy these folders and paste them into "pingus-.../data". You're then being asked if you want to replace the folders / files. Confirm this. Finally you can delete the zip-file.
If you restart Pingus now the included levels will be displayed in the game.

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Functions

Here's some newsful functions that could come in handy:

Taste	Funktion
arrow left, right, up, down	moves the visible part of the game
"p"	pauses the current game (press "p" again and the game continues)
space button	hold it and you've got fast forward
"s"	single step mode - advances the game frame by frame (pressing "p" ends this mode)
TAB	changes the function of the Pingu (downwards in the list)
"1", "2", "3", "4" ...	selects the desired function of the Pingu directly (in order of their listing)
"F12"	produces a screenshot which is stored under "-/pingus/screenshots/"
"a"	ends the current game
"Strg-m"	click that in the main menue and you change into developer mode
"c"	indicates permeable and impermeable material (only works in developer mode)

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Pingus-Links

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What's new?

When?	What?	Why?
2013-06-29	"...-Marys-Choice"	added 6 new levels (2 Fun, 4 Tricky)
2013-06-29	"Big Vertical"	added a levelset programmed by Robert Loftus
2013-02-05	the 3.000th visitor	Because it's great to see you all here!
2012-06-23	"...-Marys-Choice" in 0.7.6	added 7 new levels (3 Fun, 2 Tricky, 2 Taxing)
2012-03-03	"...-Marys-Choice" in 0.7.6	added 13 new levels (4 Fun, 6 Tricky, 3 Taxing - including "Dire Descent"!)
2012-02-11	new chapter "Functions"	because maybe not everybody knows them
2012-02-10	videos of walk throughs	new link - thanks to Gary from Puerto Rico
2012-01-29	"...-Marys-Choice" in 0.7.6	added 23 new levels (Fun)
2012-01-19	"...-Marys-Choice" in 0.7.6	added 8 new levels ('Tricky)
2012-01-11	"...-Marys-Choice" in 0.7.6	added 8 new levels (2 Tutorial, 6 Taxing)
2012-01-10	redesigned this page	because it was time ...
2012-01-09	"Pacman" in 0.7.6	new
2012-01-04	"Wuzzy" in 0.7.6	added a levelset programmed by Wuzzy
2011-12-30	"...-Marys-Choice" in 0.7.6	added 20 new levels (9 Fun, 4 Tricky, 7 Taxing)
2011-12-30	"Xmas 2011"	new
2011-12-30	Installation guide for 0.7.6	Release of the new version
2011-12-06	"...-Marys-Choice" in 0.7.5	added 8 new levels (1 Fun, 6 Tricky, 2 Taxing, -1 Impossible)
2011-12-05	"Halloween 2011 - Reach that switch" solved	Thank you, Peter and Toni !!!
2011-11-15	"...-Marys-Choice" in 0.7.5	added 2 new levels (Tricky)
2011-11-15	"Jungle" in 0.7.5	new
2011-11-08	"Crystal" in 0.7.5	new
2011-11-01	"...-Marys-Choice" in 0.7.5	added 10 new levels (2 Fun, 7 Tricky, 1 Taxing)
2011-10-27	"...-Marys-Choice" in 0.7.5	added 11 new levels (2 Tricky, 8 Taxing, 1 Impossible)
2011-10-27	Installation guide for 0.7.5	Release of the new version
2011-10-23	"...-Marys-Choice" in 0.7.4	added 12 new levels (1 Fun, 5 Tricky, 6 Taxing)
2011-10-19	"...-Marys-Choice" in 0.7.4	added 3 new levels (2 Fun, 1 Tricky, 1 Taxing, -1 Impossible)
2011-10-16	"...-Marys-Choice" in 0.7.4	added 16 new levels (6 Fun, 7 Tricky, 3 Taxing)
2011-10-15	Levelsets in 0.7.4	because of new version
2011-10-15	Installation guide for 0.7.4	Release of the new version
2011-10-12	"...-Marys-Choice" in beta-version	added 5 new levels (3 Tricky, 2 Taxing)
2011-10-08	"...-Marys-Choice" in beta-version	added 14 new levels (2 Fun, 9 Tricky, 3 Taxing)
2011-10-07	"...-Marys-Choice" in beta-version	added 32 new levels (15 Fun, 15, Tricky, 2 Taxing)
2011-10-04	"...-Marys-Choice" in beta-version	added 24 new levels (7 Fun, 11 Tricky, 5 Taxing, 1 Impossible)
2011-09-26	"...-Marys-Choice" in beta-version	added 7 new levels
2011-09-26	"...-Marys-Choice" in beta-version	reorganised my personal choices since levelsets are not limited
2011-09-24	"Impossible-Marys-Choice" in beta-version	it's official: I need help ...
2011-09-24	"Taxing-Marys-Choice" in beta-version	added 1 new level
2011-09-24	"Tricky-Marys-Choice" in beta-version	added 13 new levels
2011-09-24	"Fun-Marys-Choice" in beta-version	added 5 new levels
2011-09-23	"...-Marys-Choice" in beta-version	added new folders since levelsets are limited to 48 levels on display
2011-09-23	"Hellmouth" in beta-version	new
2011-09-21	"Taxing-Marys-Choice" in beta-version	new
2011-09-19	"Forest" in beta-version	new
2011-09-19	"Tricky-Marys-Choice" in beta-version	added 10 new levels
2011-09-19	"Fun-Marys-Choice" in beta-version	added 21 new levels
2011-09-19	updated all levelsets "...-Marys-Choice"	programmers have improved graphics for some levels
2011-09-19	"Alien" in beta-version	new
2011-09-18	"MysteryIsland" in beta-version	new
2011-09-18	"Volcano" in beta-version	new
2011-09-17	"Xmas" in beta-version	new
2011-09-17	"Easter" in beta-version	new
2011-09-15	"Factory Campaign" in beta-version	new
2011-09-15	"Desert" in beta-version	added 6 new levels
2011-09-13	"Tricky-Marys-Choice" in beta-version	new
2011-09-13	"Halloween" in beta-version	new
2011-09-13	"Fun-Marys-Choice" in beta-version	new
2011-09-12	"Tutorial-Marys-Choice" in beta-version	new
2011-09-08	"Desert" in beta-version	new
2011-09-08	"Tutorial" in beta-version	new
2011-09-07	installation guide for the beta-version	this version is a "must have"
2011-09-04	opened my own Pingus-forum	for players from players (programmers welcome)
2011-09-03	"Tricky-Marys-Choice" in 0.7.3.5	27 (!) new levels
2011-09-03	"Tutorial-Marys-Choice" in 0.7.3.5	5 new levels
2011-09-03	"Fun-Marys-Choice" in 0.7.3.5	3 new levels
2011-09-03	finished the English version of this site	Otherwise it wouldn't be "around the world", would it?
2011-08-31	"Tricky-Marys-Choice" in 0.7.3.5	new
2011-08-31	"Volcano" in 0.7.3.5	new
2011-08-30	"Fun-Marys-Choice" in 0.7.3.5	corrected descriptions
2011-08-29	"Tutorial-Marys-Choice" in 0.7.3.5	restructured levels that teach you the basic functions of the game
2011-08-29	"Desert" in 0.7.3.5	detected a file with a bug (Sandstorm), no problems with the same file under 0.7.2.0
2011-08-28	"Tutorial" in 0.7.3.5	detected a file with a bug (Miner's Heaven), no problems with the same file under 0.7.2.0
2011-08-28	"Fun-Marys-Choice" in 0.7.2.0 und 0.7.3.5	corrected descriptions
2011-08-27	the first levelsets	You have to start somehow somewhere ...

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