AstroMenace

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AstroMenace
Original author(s)Mikhail Kurinnoi
Initial releaseFebruary 20, 2007; 17 years ago (2007-02-20)
Stable release
1.4.2 / November 27, 2022; 17 months ago (2022-11-27)[1]
CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)
Websiteviewizard.com

AstroMenace is a 3D

independent game developer
Viewizard.

Gameplay

Weapon selection

The game features 13 levels, within which, money and experience points are earned by destroying enemy aliens, pirates, or meteorites. Using this money, the player can purchase from a selection of 22 ship types, 19 weapons, and 20 ship upgrades.

Development

In 2006, Viewizard's developer Mikhail Kurinnoi began

beta development of AstroMenace. The Windows version was offered for $14.95 as shareware early access title, having a free downloadable test version, but a Linux version was offered as donationware.[2]

After full release in February 2007,[3] Viewizard sold the Windows version directly from their website for $19.95.[4]

In October 2007, version v1.2 of the game's

GPLv3 in their own repository.[8] Development continues on GitHub (as of November 2022).[1]

Gameplay

Reception

In December 2007 the UK magazine

Linux For You ranked AstroMenace 4/5 in September 2009.[13]

See also
  • List of open source games

References

  1. ^
    github.com
    . Retrieved 2022-12-11.
  2. ^ Michael Kurinnoy. "Astromenace". viewizard.com. Archived from the original on 2006-10-15. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
  3. ^ Michael Kurinnoy (2007-02-20). "AstroMenace Press Release" (PDF). Viewizard. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2010-03-08.
  4. ^ Michael Kurinnoy (2007-08-01). "buy now: astromenace". viewizard.com. Archived from the original on 2007-08-07. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
  5. ^ Michael Kurinnoy (2007-10-12). "Astromenace source code 1.2". viewizard.com. Archived from the original on 2007-10-12. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
  6. ^ "astromenace". repo.openpandora.org.
  7. sourceforge.net. Archived from the original
    on 2016-04-23. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
  8. github.com
    .
  9. ^ Graham Morrison (December 2007). "AstroMenace". Linux Format (101). Overall 8/10, Gameplay: 9/10, Graphics: 8/10, Longevity: 7/10, Documentation 8/10
  10. ^ Andrew Min (2008-06-01). "Top 5 space games - Astromenace" (PDF). Full Circle Issue #14 page 34. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
  11. ^ M. Zinoune (2010-06-13). "Astromenace- A 3D space shooter game for Linux". unixmen.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-23.
  12. ^ M. Zinoune (2011-02-07). "19 Awesome Open Source Games for Linux". unixmen.com. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
  13. Linux For You
    . 2009-09-01.

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