AstroMenace
The main menu of AstroMenace
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| Original author(s) | Viewizard / Michael Kurinnoy |
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| Developer(s) | community |
| Initial release | February 20, 2007 |
| Stable release |
1.3.2 / 2013
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| Repository | sourceforge |
| Development status | active |
| Platform | cross-platform (Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux and others) |
| Type | Single-player Arcade game |
| License |
GPLv3 (source code) CC BY-SA 4.0 (assets) |
| Website | www |
AstroMenace is a 3D scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game, developed and published by Ukrainian independent game developer Viewizard.
AstroMenace was around 2006 in beta development phase by Viewizard's developer Michael Kurinnoy. While a Windows version was offered for $14.95 as Shareware early access title, having a free downloadable test version, a Linux version was offered as voluntarily donationware download.
After full release in February 2007, Viewizard sold the Windows version directly from their website for $19.95.
In October 2007 the game's C++ source code in version v1.2 was released as free and open-source software under the GPLv3. A fork called OpenAstroMenace was started on a Sourceforge.net repository. Some years later Viewizard moved its own development to this fork, by that unifying both branches and making the Sourceforge fork the official version. Ports for many platforms became later available, for instance for Mac OS X or the OpenPandora handheld. The game's content became in 2016 re-released under an open content CC BY-SA 4.0 Creative Commons license. Latest stable release is 1.3.2 from 2013, while development continues (as of May 2017).
The game is basically a space shooter with the addition to buy new weapons, systems and hulls in order to improve your ship. You can earn money and experience points by destroying enemy aliens or pirates on each level. The experience points represent the "score" which makes your skill comparable to other players.
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