Chip's Challenge DX

Chip's Challenge DX

Modern browser-playable Chip's Challenge remaster with touch, gamepad, mobile, and WebAssembly support. Inspired by the classic Chip’s Challenge released for Windows. Built with Rust, WebAssembly, and WebGL.

Features

• Instant browser play with no installation required
• Designed for keyboard, touch, and gamepad controls
• Mobile-friendly interface and responsive controls
• Smooth movement and responsive gameplay
• Retro aesthetic: 2D graphics displayed as 3D models and sprites
• Includes decades of the best community-created level packs
• Built-in level editor for creating and modifying levels
• Supports additional levelsets in the game's native .DAT level format

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/19000227-1337-484a-8a81-2710e5f87b1f

Play instantly in your browser on desktop or mobile:

Getting Started

Play in Your Browser

1. Play instantly in your browser with no installation required.
2. Supports keyboard, touch, and gamepad controls on desktop and mobile devices.

Download and Play

Precompiled binaries for Windows are available on the Releases page.

1. Download and extract the latest release.
2. Run chipplay.exe to start the game.
3. Select a levelset from the menu to begin playing.
4. Place additional levelset files in the levelsets directory to play them.
5. Create your own levels with chipedit.exe.

Build from Source

Other platforms must be built from source code.

1. Install Rust and clone this repository.
2. Run the game: cargo run --release --bin chipplay
3. Level editor: cargo run --release --bin chipedit
4. Rebuild the sprite atlas: atlaskit build gfx/MS/sprites.ini --output data/spritesheet

Publish from Source

1. Run cargo run --release -p publish -- target/publish from the repository root.
2. Find the packaged release files in target/publish.

Controls

Playing with a Gamepad is recommended for the best experience, but keyboard controls are also supported.

Action	Keyboard	Gamepad
Navigate menus / Move Chip	Arrow keys / WASD	D-pad / Left stick
Confirm / Interact	Space	A
Back / Close menu	Backspace	B
Pause menu	Enter	Start
Scouting mode	Shift	Select
Toggle music	M	-
Toggle fullscreen	F	-
Exit fullscreen	Esc	-

Installing Additional Levelsets

Visit https://sets.bitbusters.club/ to download additional levelsets.

Place the downloaded .dat files in the levelsets folder.

Note that some levelsets are made for specific engines and may not be fully compatible.

Level Editor

The game includes a level editor that can be used to create and play custom levels.

Editor Mode

Action	Keyboard
Load level	F2
Save level	F5
Edit level title	F6
Edit chips required	F7
Edit time limit	F8
Edit hint	F9
Edit author name	F10
Pan camera	Arrow keys
Select Terrain Tool	T
Select Entity Tool	E
Select Connection Tool	C
Select Ice Path Tool	I
Select Force Path Tool	R
Undo	U
Redo	Y
Toggle Play ↔ Edit	Enter
Toggle music	M
Toggle fullscreen	F
Exit fullscreen	Esc

Terrain Tool

Action	Keyboard
Place terrain	Left click
Sample terrain	Right click

Entity Tool

Action	Keyboard
Select entity	Left click
Place entity	Left click
Rotate entity	Right click
Remove entity	Delete

Connection Tool

Action	Keyboard
Place connection	Left click

Play Mode

Action	Keyboard	Gamepad
Move Chip	Arrow keys	D-pad / Left stick
Toggle Play ↔ Edit	Enter	Start

Community Resources

• Bit Busters Wiki
• Community levelsets
• Andrew E.'s Chip's Challenge Page
• pieguy's site

License & Credits

Chip's Challenge

Chip's Challenge was created by Chuck Sommerville and is owned by Niffler Ltd.
This project is an independent, open-source remaster inspired by the original game and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Niffler Ltd.

Source Code

This remaster is released under the GNU General Public License v3.0.
See the license file for more information.

Graphics

Default tileset: Kayu's Enhanced Interface

• Sourced from https://tilde.town/~magical/chip/#kayu

Animated tileset: The Architect's brother created an animated version of this tileset for Tile World.

• Sourced from Animated MSCC Tileset

Additional graphics: tileworld

• Sourced from retrofw/tileworld

Music

Music files written by chaozz of gp32x.com and am-fm's music is used under Creative Commons License.

• Sourced from retrofw/tileworld

Sound Effects

The sound effects included in this distribution were created by Brian Raiter, with assistance from SoX. Brian Raiter has explicitly placed these files in the public domain.

• Sourced from SicklySilverMoon/tworld

Community Level Packs

This remaster is distributed with several community-created level packs.

These packs were designed and maintained by the Chip’s Challenge community and are distributed freely for use with compatible engines such as Tile World.

• Chip's Challenge Level Pack 1
• Chip's Challenge Level Pack 2
• Chip's Challenge Level Pack 3
• Chip's Challenge Level Pack 4
• Chip's Challenge Level Pack 5