FAQ
What is Pingus? Last update:14 Jan 2007 [Up]
The Welcome page answers this question.
How much does it cost? Last update:14 Jan 2007 [Up]
We believe that you should answer this question for yourself. If you think this game is worth some amount of money, you can donate to Pingus via Paypal. Otherwise, you can get the game for no monetary cost. Pingus is Free Software and you are not forced to pay any amount of money for this game.
Where can I get Pingus? Last update:14 Jan 2007 [Up]
You can get Pingus from the download section.
Where can I find more levels? Last update:14 Jan 2007 [Up]
Foreword: Every level that isn't reachable via the GUI in Pingus is unsupported and might be completely broken. If you want to try them you are on your own.
Besides the 22 tested and cleaned up levels of the first island that come with Pingus. There are also around 120 levels that might be playable and another 100 levels that are incomplete at the moment. These levels can be found in the data/levels/playable and data/levels/wip/ (wip = work in progress). The levels in the playable/ directory might be playable, but there is no guarantee for that. They haven't been tested. They might be broken due to engine changes. They might be far too easy or far too hard or simply incomplete. The wip/ directory contains levels that are not playable at all. Some of them might even lack entrances and/or exits. Don't be surprised that you can't play them. Instead, these levels can be used as framework for levels you want to create yourself with the level editor. Yes, you heard it right, Pingus comes with a fully working level editor. It might not be 100% bug free, but it was used to construct all the levels that you see in the game, so don't hesitate to try it out and build your own levels.
What does it mean for Pingus to be Free Software? Last update:14 Jan 2007 [Up]
Pingus is licensed under a Free/Libre Software license called GNU GPL. Basically, this means that everybody is free to download, distribute, and modify it. Moreover, anyone can distribute modified works of Pingus, as long as those works are disributed under a GPL compatible license. In other words, Pingus respects your software freedoms.
I tried compiling it, but something didn't work! Last update:14 Jan 2007 [Up]
Technically, this isn't a question. You have to be more specific. A general suggestion is to search the Bug Tracker for similar problems.