<s>
Cortex	B-Application
Command	I-Application
is	O
a	O
two-dimensional	O
side-scrolling	O
action	B-Application
game	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
Swedish	O
studio	O
Data	O
Realms	O
since	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
includes	O
the	O
ability	O
for	O
players	O
to	O
create	O
mods	O
(	O
additions	O
and	O
changes	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
)	O
with	O
the	O
built	O
in	O
Lua	B-Language
programming	O
applet	O
and	O
simple	O
scripting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
engine	O
was	O
designed	O
and	O
built	O
by	O
Dan	O
Tabár	O
,	O
using	O
several	O
open-source	B-Application
libraries	B-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GUI	B-Application
was	O
built	O
by	O
Jason	O
Boettcher	O
,	O
the	O
artwork	O
is	O
by	O
Arne	O
Niklas	O
Jansson	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
macOS	B-Application
port	O
is	O
by	O
Chris	O
Kruger	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
port	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Jesus	O
Higueras	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
allows	O
several	O
components	O
to	O
be	O
modified	O
using	O
Lua	B-Language
and	O
INI	B-Protocol
files	I-Protocol
,	O
such	O
as	O
Scenes	O
(	O
or	O
levels	O
)	O
,	O
Actors	O
,	O
Weapons	O
,	O
and	O
more	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Influences	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
include	O
the	O
X-COM	B-Application
:	I-Application
UFO	I-Application
Defense	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
28	O
September	O
2012	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
finally	O
released	O
in	O
version	O
1.0	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2019	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
software	I-Application
under	O
the	O
AGPL-3.0-only	B-Application
software	B-License
license	I-License
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
the	O
main	O
story	O
has	O
been	O
scrapped	O
,	O
Cortex	B-Application
Command	I-Application
does	O
have	O
some	O
background	O
lore	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
has	O
been	O
compared	O
to	O
other	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
genre	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
GunBound	B-Application
and	O
Worms	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cortex	B-Application
Command	I-Application
was	O
the	O
Indie	O
Games	O
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Month	O
for	O
April	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cortex	B-Application
Command	I-Application
won	O
the	O
Audience	O
Award	O
and	O
Technical	O
Excellence	O
award	O
at	O
the	O
2009	O
Independent	O
Games	O
Festival	O
.	O
</s>
