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winget install --id=PioneerDevelopers.Pioneer -e Pioneer is a space adventure game set in our galaxy at the turn of the 33rd century.
Pioneer is an open-ended space adventure game set in the Milky Way galaxy at the turn of the 31st century. The game allows players to explore millions of procedurally generated star systems, land on planets, slingshot past gas giants, and engage in a variety of activities, from piracy to trading goods across vast distances.
Key Features:
- Vast Exploration: Traverse an enormous galaxy filled with unique star systems, planets, and celestial phenomena.
- Open-Ended Gameplay: Engage in missions for various factions, trade goods between systems, or simply explore at your own pace.
- Realistic Physics: Experience challenging Newtonian flight mechanics that require skill and precision to master.
- Dynamic Universe: Encounter diverse environments, from barren asteroids to lush planetary surfaces, each with unique characteristics.
Audience & Benefit:
Ideal for space enthusiasts, casual gamers, and hardcore players seeking a challenging and immersive experience. Pioneer offers a platform for creativity and strategy, allowing players to craft their own stories in a dynamic and ever-expanding universe.
Available via winget for easy installation.
README
Pioneer Space Simulator
Pioneer is a space adventure game set in the Milky Way galaxy at the turn of the 31st century.
The game is open-ended, and you are free to explore the millions of star systems in the game. You can land on planets, slingshot past gas giants, and burn yourself to a crisp flying between binary star systems. You can try your hand at piracy, make your fortune trading between systems, or do missions for the various factions fighting for power, freedom or self-determination.
For more information, see: http://pioneerspacesim.net/
Community
Come by #pioneer at irc.libera.chat and say hi to the team: https://kiwiirc.com/client/irc.libera.chat/pioneer
Bugs? Please log an issue: https://github.com/pioneerspacesim/pioneer/issues
Follow Pioneer on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pioneerspacesim/
Pioneer wiki https://wiki.pioneerspacesim.net
Join the player's forum: http://spacesimcentral.com/community/pioneer/
Join the development forum: http://forum.pioneerspacesim.net
Manual
Manual can be found at: https://wiki.pioneerspacesim.net/wiki/Manual
Basic flight: https://wiki.pioneerspacesim.net/wiki/Basic_flight
Keyboard and mouse control is found at: https://wiki.pioneerspacesim.net/wiki/Keyboard_and_mouse_controls
FAQ
For frequently asked questions, please see https://wiki.pioneerspacesim.net/wiki/FAQ
BUG Reporting
Please see the section of the FAQ pertaining to bugs, crashes and reporting other issues: Bug Reporting FAQs.
Please do your best to fill out the issue template as completely as possible, especially when you're reporting a crash bug or a graphical issue. Having system information including graphics drivers and the method you used to install Pioneer helps immensely to diagnose and fix these kinds of issues.
Contributing
If you are hungry to contribute, more information can be found here: https://wiki.pioneerspacesim.net/wiki/How_you_can_contribute
If you have a contribution you want to share, and want to learn how to make a pull request, see: https://dev.pioneerspacesim.net/contribute/git-and-github
Pioneer development documentation https://dev.pioneerspacesim.net/
AI Policy
Pioneer does not accept AI-generated code contributions. Code contributions generated by AI do not comply with and cannot be licensed under Pioneer's GPLv3 license, and as such the project maintainers will reject pull requests containing wholly or in large part AI-generated code.
We do not condemn the use of AI-powered autocomplete as a secondary assistive tool for experienced programmers, but cannot accept any contributions where AI-generated code forms a material part of the contribution. This includes AI-generated comments and design suggestions.
Localization
Localization for Pioneer is handled trough Transifex, and pulled to the source from there automatically. Because of this please don't make pull requests for translations. You can find the localization project here. You need to register at transifex to be able to access the translations.
If you want a new language introduced, please request it on the Libera IRC channel of Pioneer, or here by making an issue for it.
Getting Pioneer
Latest build is available at https://pioneerspacesim.net/page/download/
For compiling from source, please see COMPILING.txt
Changelog
Please see Changelog.txt