## Description

_Pingus_ is an open source, cross-platform, and free Lemmings clone. The
gameplay is the same: the player must help a group of creatures (in this case,
penguins) to reach the exit and escape the level.

Each penguin has to be assigned a task, represented by a series of icons at
the left side of the screen. Blockers stop the other penguins, and are best
deployed near dangerous environments and chasms. Jumpers spring upwards,
arcing through the air, covering a small distance. Bridgers build diagonal
bridges across chasms. Bombers explode, removing a chunk of the terrain with
them. Diggers go downwards, mining deep in the ground, or sideways, tunnelling
through walls. Sliders lunge forward, passing under low roofs and escaping
some traps. Climbers have the reusable ability to scale vertical walls, and
floaters have the reusable ability to survive any fall.

As in the original, each level has a set number of penguins that have to cross
the portal (sometimes with a time limit). Three icons at the bottom pause the
game, make it run faster, or explode all the birds (useful if the level was
made unsolvable by wrong actions).

The game has a built-in level editor, that can be accessed directly from the
main menu. Extra unofficial levels can be found in several sites.

Pingus