<s>
AstroMenace	B-Application
is	O
a	O
3D	O
scrolling	O
shooter	O
,	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Russian	O
independent	O
game	O
developer	O
Viewizard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Windows	B-Application
version	O
was	O
offered	O
for	O
$14.95	O
as	O
Shareware	B-License
early	O
access	O
title	O
,	O
having	O
a	O
free	O
downloadable	O
test	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
a	O
Linux	B-Application
version	O
was	O
offered	O
as	O
donationware	B-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
full	O
release	O
in	O
February	O
2007	O
,	O
Viewizard	O
sold	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
version	O
directly	O
from	O
their	O
website	O
for	O
$19.95	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2007	O
,	O
version	O
v1.2	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
C++	B-Language
source	O
code	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
software	I-License
under	O
GPLv3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
fork	B-Application
called	O
was	O
started	O
at	O
SourceForge.net	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
years	O
later	O
,	O
Viewizard	O
moved	O
its	O
own	O
development	O
to	O
this	O
fork	B-Application
by	O
unifying	O
both	O
branches	O
and	O
making	O
it	O
the	O
official	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ports	O
for	O
other	O
platforms	O
were	O
later	O
developed	O
,	O
with	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
and	O
OpenPandora	B-Device
versions	O
being	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
continues	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
(	O
as	O
of	O
November	O
2022	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2007	O
the	O
UK	O
magazine	O
Linux	B-Application
Format	O
rated	O
with	O
8/10	O
credits	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
2010	O
Unixmen.com	O
review	O
,	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
version	O
was	O
received	O
favourably	O
,	O
with	O
them	O
noting	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Linux	B-Application
For	O
You	O
September	O
2009	O
ranked	O
4/5	O
.	O
</s>
