Chip's Challenge Level Pack 5

Chip's Challenge Level Pack 5 or CCLP5 is the fifth community level pack for Chip's Challenge 1. It was released to the community on 1 March 2024 following several years of development.

History and Development

Initial discussions regarding the pack began in October 2018, although these plans were put on hold in favor of creating a CC2 pack instead. After a few additional false starts, discussions resumed in January 2021, with a call for applications to join the staff. Submissions opened on 10 April 2021 and closed on 10 October 2021, with a total of 3,587 levels across 65 unique levelsets submitted.

Shortly after submissions closed, a deadline for mandatory TWS solution files was announced. Unlike previous CCLP installments where no solution files were required, it was viewed as a general success for the newest pack, CC2LP1, and would later serve as a helpful option to provide voters a solution for more fair reviewing. This deadline was set at 31 January 2022, however, was later extended to close 7 February 2022.

To narrow down the vast submission pool, a pre-voting culling was done by the staff, eliminating such levels that were not eligible or compatible, or did not receive solution files in time. In addition, this consisted of eliminating levels that were lacking in some standard of design quality, having gameplay that was focused too much on tedium or complex elements (i.e. lengthy block pushing, heavy connection mechanisms), or performed poorly in other community set voting cycles. After a brief community nomination cycle to reconsider some levels eliminated by the staff, this process effectively cut the submission pool in half, narrowing it down to 1,695 levels.

On 11 February 2024, the CCLP5 trailer video was released to the community along with a planned release date for the pack. On 26 February 2024, the official storyline teaser was posted to CC Zone.

List of CCLP5 levels

# Level Title Password Time Limit Level Designer
1 Lesson Zero ZZIK 230 Josh Lee
2 Multipurpose Tool PAVG 350 J.B. Lewis
3 Paparazzi PRAC 300 Jeffrey Bardon
4 Key Free DLFN 300 Jeffrey Bardon
5 Fragmented Lamina ANRP 250 Josh Lee
6 Choice Tools YNWH 400 Jeffrey Bardon
7 Trading Post LTUF 450 Jeffrey Bardon
8 Trick or Trap CQKB 250 Josh Lee
9 Secret Jungle Laboratory OLPL 360 J.B. Lewis
10 Ages Beyond WRLH 300 Jeffrey Bardon
11 Pyramid Scheme JWKY 220 Josh Lee
12 Vault Line FILI 250 Jeffrey Bardon
13 Cardboard Cutout REKI 359 Josh Lee
14 High Fidelity Flame IARP 270 Jeffrey Bardon
15 Heterochromia QQZC 350 Josh Lee
16 Moving Day AZVD 375 Jeffrey Bardon
17 There Goes the Neighborhood BRES 425 Josh Lee
18 Press Any Button to Continue NXXJ 320 Josh Lee
19 Hue and Saturation RNWI 380 Josh Lee
20 Forbidden Island VSHN 450 J.B. Lewis
21 Slime Sliding CDAJ 400 Jeffrey Bardon
22 Capim Town XWAA 470 Josh Lee
23 Elastic Energy ECKN --- VT
24 Uphill Battle ZKRG 430 Jeffrey Bardon
25 Drops of Jupiter ZKMR 525 Josh Lee
26 Deephaven VZXK 371 Jeffrey Bardon
27 Dumbbell Dichotomy LUQE 350 J.B. Lewis
28 For Want of a Nail YGRI 460 J.B. Lewis
29 Sandshaker BDOY 250 Jeffrey Bardon
30 Ragged Mountain XGHI 650 Josh Lee
31 Sealed Chamber YXJH 300 Josh Lee
32 Socket Shrine QEDV 505 Josh Lee
33 Terre Haute RYVJ --- J.B. Lewis
34 Spirit River OJYS 536 Josh Lee
35 Fortune Ravine JMJA 500 Josh Lee
36 Charmed Ridge CEFX 460 Josh Lee
37 Quantified Nerves VVSM 450 J.B. Lewis
38 Exit Exaggeration IGVJ 450 Josh Lee
39 Mysterious Geoglyph SGQB 500 Josh Lee
40 Wealth and Corruption TTXR 550 Jeffrey Bardon
41 The Dividing Line XIRF 370 Indyindeed
42 Instigate and Exfiltrate GFUG 700 Andrew Menzies
43 Verdant Cavern UUGG 470 Josh Lee
44 Thunderwave Cave NGPB 511 Josh Lee
45 Insert Name Here Caverns EIEO 300 Jeffrey Bardon
46 Axis Point KSNE 500 Josh Lee
47 The Toggle Station PRRA 400 Eric Schmidt
48 Tank Game Reborn ITXG 628 Josh Lee
49 The Sound of Silence TKAY --- Jeffrey Bardon
50 The Unwinding WQPX 999 Joshua Bone
51 Nitroglycerin Below 57F RBIP 700 Andrew Menzies
52 Magma Cone SVXV 300 Josh Lee
53 Reproducing NNHO --- Jeffrey Bardon
54 The Slaughterhouse Is Open for Business XSEY 500 Josh Lee
55 Dauntless Extraction MHFI 400 Indyindeed
56 Smoke Inhalation NXFE 620 Jeffrey Bardon
57 Irradiated Radiator JXAB 410 Jeffrey Bardon
58 Warehouse of Lost Hopes and Dreams BTCW 600 Josh Lee
59 Clone Machine Factory RCSN 380 Josh Lee
60 Fuego Ironworks UDNX 700 Josh Lee
61 Snowbound OXWF 500 Tyler Sontag
62 Unlock Block BTOR 300 J.B. Lewis
63 Party Trap ZRYV 360 Tyler Sontag
64 Condemned Facility THLY 545 Josh Lee
65 The World Has Turned and Left Me Here NPTQ 450 Tyler Sontag
66 Tornado Alley XESO 700 Jeffrey Bardon
67 Manhattan Stoplight JROH --- Andrew Menzies
68 PPPuzzles PXJI 800 Ida R.
69 Shady Oasis BPGF 400 Jeffrey Bardon
70 Ski Resort Town HLBP 780 J.B. Lewis
71 Amethyst Mine PLVY 550 Josh Lee
72 Miner Setbacks RTZY 830 J.B. Lewis
73 Three Boot Night XCDZ 660 J.B. Lewis
74 Dark Hollow DSFX 340 Jeffrey Bardon
75 Canyon of Lost Color IRIY 700 J.B. Lewis
76 Yellow Fever SQPE 500 Josh Lee
77 Avenues of Zagreb EARW 794 Ernest Bartulović
78 Salsa Verde OWND 510 J.B. Lewis
79 Drawn and Quartered and Quartered TNCM 760 J.B. Lewis
80 Indigo Lagoon IIRW 725 Jeffrey Bardon
81 Numbskull WHUX --- Tom Brown
82 Encrypted Malware OHAG 450 Josh Lee
83 Polarity Isle SZJC 450 Jeffrey Bardon
84 Piston It Away TRPJ 600 Josh Lee
85 Sokoban Adventure FKYH 999 Jeffrey Bardon
86 Phantasmal Stalkers WJXE 400 Jeffrey Bardon
87 Network Corruption SVAL 433 Josh Lee
88 Flypaper XEKQ 900 Andrew Menzies
89 Hacking to the Gate VKJT 500 Jeffrey Bardon
90 Decrepit Crypt KRKF 600 Jeffrey Bardon
91 Airletter Shop XJLC 600 Josh Lee
92 Glamorous Diamond Downs MQLJ 750 Josh Lee
93 Shuffling TSZH 700 Zane Kuecks
94 Feat After Feat HSAU 690 J.B. Lewis
95 Room of Requirement GUXB 333 J.B. Lewis
96 Sour Apple Cider KSJL 584 Jeffrey Bardon
97 Color Disaster Inertia CMFC 710 J.B. Lewis
98 Closed Circuit DXVN --- J.B. Lewis
99 Cosmic Express JCVL 160 Jeffrey Bardon
100 The Most Interesting Block in the World OEPT 720 J.B. Lewis
101 Barefoot Bandit YFGX 390 J.B. Lewis
102 Minimalist Art Gallery BUGV 620 J.B. Lewis
103 Illicit Logging Facility TEVO 768 Jeffrey Bardon
104 Escape the Monotony ODMR 256 VT
105 Beyond the Facades YNVH 600 J.B. Lewis
106 Slimefield WKNM 650 Josh Lee
107 Bento Box GYIA 465 J.B. Lewis
108 Brown Note QRCB 750 Jeffrey Bardon
109 Let's Square This Away YQCN 400 J.B. Lewis
110 Another Perspective CDOC 999 Jeffrey Bardon
111 Aquatica SOMJ 560 J.B. Lewis
112 Melancholia OTRI 480 Tyler Sontag
113 Power Plant Peril BFZX 800 Josh Lee
114 A Love for Puzzles GMVL 675 Bouncycles
115 Titanic Monarch INIA 615 Josh Lee
116 Sho Sheng Shui KUWB 600 Joshua Bone
117 Cluster Two SLHB 999 Rock Généreux
118 Lightning Before the Thunder DNHE 800 Andrew Menzies
119 Unsanitary Waters LJKY 600 Bouncycles
120 Fray Manor Isle QAMS --- Josh Lee
121 Lockjaw OBBZ --- Jeffrey Bardon
122 Expanding Warehouse VGAY 700 VT
123 Sandstorm Shelter STDA 810 Josh Lee
124 Dig Me Out EOMC 650 Josh Lee
125 Holiday Spirits IGGF 628 Jeffrey Bardon
126 Master Carpenter IOGG 595 VT
127 Wastelands of Tabora TBNZ 999 Jeffrey Bardon
128 Fahrenheit Frenzy IUOX 212 Jeffrey Bardon
129 Rundown Railyard EMFK --- J.B. Lewis
130 Apocalypse Wow AGMB 850 Josh Lee
131 You Break It, You Buy It VMZI 500 J.B. Lewis
132 Prism Concerto MBHT --- Jeffrey Bardon
133 Emblazoned Altar IDRB 560 Josh Lee
134 Flotsam and Jetsam TLLU 888 J.B. Lewis
135 Crux of the Matter JTJU --- Andrew Menzies
136 Molten Crater TLQQ 975 Jeffrey Bardon
137 Gravelways AAXR --- Markus O.
138 Eternal Engine VMQS 800 Jeremy Christman
139 Udassa YMOI --- Joshua Bone
140 Yet Another Perspective RKFS 999 VT
141 World Revolution CQOZ 999 Jeffrey Bardon
142 Crown Jewels EXFT 400 J.B. Lewis
143 Lagoon of the Low Tide BJUP --- VT
144 Culmina Crater DLWW 999 J.B. Lewis
145 Pardon Our Dust KGPS 730 J.B. Lewis
146 Broken Paradise TEEY --- Josh Lee
147 Lounge Act AXVZ 999 Tyler Sontag
148 Brute Force GSHP 850 Derek Bowser
149 Shadow of the Day HDLV 994 Josh Lee

List of designers

Name Number of Levels
Jeffrey Bardon 39
Ernest Bartulović 1
Joshua Bone 3
Derek Bowser 1
Bouncycles 2
Tom Brown 1
Jeremy Christman 1
Rock Généreux 1
Zane Kuecks 1
Indyindeed 2
Josh Lee 46
J.B. Lewis 31
Andrew Menzies 6
Markus O. 1
Ida Roberthson 1
Eric Schmidt 1
Tyler Sontag 5
VT 6

Staff

Josh Lee was the leader of the staff, reprising this role from CCLP4. Five additional staff members were initially announced on 10 April 2021 and an additional member, Jeremy Christman on 15 September 2022:

Voting

Voting began on 23 September 2022 and as with CCLP1 and CCLP4, the levels were randomly sorted in voting packs of 50 levels each, with the exception of one (Spatula Pack) containing only 45. There were 34 voting packs in total. However, unlike CCLP1 and CCLP4 voting, each voting pack comes with Tile World solution files to both the MS and Lynx rulesets in the event a voter is stumped on how to solve or figure out a section of any particular level.

Ratings were once again scaled from 1 to 5, however, this time with 0.5 increments to allow for more precise voting.

Similarly with CC2LP1, all 34 voting packs were made available immediately. Each voter was first presented with a randomly generated pack order. In order to unlock the next listed pack, they must vote on at least 80% of each pack already unlocked (40 levels per pack, 35 for Spatula).

Voting ended on 31 October 2023 with a total of 31,156 votes cast by 45 unique voters.

Voting packs

  • Acrylic
  • Broadcast
  • Chocolate
  • Darkness
  • Eagle
  • Fertilizer
  • Gobbledygook
  • Halo
  • Immunity
  • Initiative
  • Jellyfish
  • Juicy
  • Krypton
  • Llama
  • Mobius
  • Nature
  • Nonsense
  • Oxford
  • Plastic
  • Qualification
  • Raspberry
  • Razor
  • Spatula
  • Supermarket
  • Tangent
  • Technetium
  • Tuxedo
  • Uniform
  • Universal
  • Vanadium
  • Wilderness
  • Xiphioid
  • Yogurt
  • Zipline

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