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Pioneer Space Simulator
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Pioneer is an open source game of lonely space adventure, with roots in Frontier: Elite II.
We are a small group of developers from around the world, steadily building our dream space game balancing realistic Newtonian flight mechanics and space opera
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Pioneer Space Simulator @pioneerspacesim.net · Feb 4
Pioneer is an open source space simulator/opera project, a game of lonely space adventure takind place at the 33rd century.

Our website is pioneerspacesim.net
And development takes place on github:
github.com/pioneerspace...

We are a small team from around the world slowly building our dream game
A beauty render of the Natrix courier from Pioneer, seen from the cockpit of another. Made in Blender
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Earth completed another orbit today, Pioneertag is here!
This release brings nice flickery thruster plumes, realistic star colors, trading updates and map UI polish among other improvements and bugfixes.
github.com/pioneerspacesim/pioneer/releases/tag/20260203
#pioneerspacesim #scifi #space
February 3, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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January 31, 2026 at 9:10 PM
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Our dear players and contributors!
We are nearing our Pioneer Day release, just 3 days from now.
So we'd like to put out a call for anybody who would like to contribute translations. Now would be a great time to do so!
Only one at 100%, and a couple close to it!
#pioneerspacesim #localisation #i18n
A list with progress bars depicting the state of the first 15 translations of Pioneer in terms of completition. Only one is at 100% Gasp!
January 31, 2026 at 4:14 PM
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'Been playing with some Natrix ship interiors, and it is a quite interesting to figure out a layout for a ship that spends most of its time under thrust gravity (tower layout), but is supposed to belly land as well.
#pioneerspacesim #spaceship #sci-fi
A mostly gray viewport render of the interior of a sci-fi spaceship. A courier type called Natrix. The layout shows some blue walls and other colored components. The ship has a tower layout, due to thrust gravity under acceleration, so there are some steep ladder-stairs for the five levels. A closeup of the cockpit and the three narrow levels underneath it, showing some ladderway and a hallway with doors, turned vertical. The cockpit has three seats, where you'd be laying on your back, and there are some black people for scale reference
November 19, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Thanks!
Government is mostly determined by faction preferences. And the galaxy generator picks from that.
June 20, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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We started working on some station screen redesign mockups, and a general rethinking and facelifting the UX
bszlrd.hu bszlrd.hu @bszlrd.hu · Jun 7
Needed distraction from some heavy stuff, and mocking up a new space station screen mockups for Pioneer Space Simulator felt like the thing to work on. Still rough and clunkily put together, but starts to shape up.
#pioneerspacesim #gameUI
User interface mockup for the space game Pioneer. Showing the space station interface, where the player can do things like go to the market, buy ship, etc. This is the main lobby screen, with station servuces, an overview of ship status and a refueling interface. Also shows an external view of the ring station. An addendum to the previous screen, showing a calendar and mission deadline listing popover on the left.
June 7, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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New bug-fix release, fixing many issues, stability, save-file corruption, etc. Please upgrade (saves from February 2025 release will be compatible):
github.com/pioneerspace...
#release
Release Pioneer 2025-05-01 · pioneerspacesim/pioneer
This is a bug fix release bringing many fixes that were reported after our February release. This includes many crucial fixes, like the save file corruption (when equipping scanner for scout missio...
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May 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Our community member pebblegarden created a mod with some spectacular new skyboxes ranging from Milkyway variations to nebulae.

wiki.pioneerspacesim.net/wiki/Mods#Li...

#modding
#milky_way
#nebula
#pioneerspacesim
Grey, but orangely lit spaceship flying, with an orange circular nebula in the background. A Gray spaceship flying before a gas giant, with a blue nebula encompassing the sky above the giants horizon. A closer view of the circular nebula from te first image.
April 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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I've started blocking out a possible version of the Storeria rework for @pioneerspacesim.net
Aiming for an interstellar hauler capable if both tail sitter and belly sitter configuration. (And to tempt the others to implement that feature ; )
#space #sci-fi #spaceship #blender #spacegame #wip
3D render showind four spacehips from Pioneer, Storeria, Nerodia freighters, the Natrix courer and the blockout of the Storeria rework. Viewed from an isometrix 45° angle, in a muted orange-white lighting. Blender's base grid, a couple little figures and a pair of cargo containers are shown for scale. The ship is 50m long, and The same four ships from the previous image shown from the opposite direction. The old versions of the two freighters have three engines, the new one has four in a two by two configuration. Front, rear top and side views of the rework blockout shown side-by side, layed out like a blueprint. Showing the rework blockout in the tail-sitter configuration, with four landing legs extended in an about 45° degree. A tiny figure standing next to the ship for scale reference. The ship stands 50m tall.
March 21, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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One of our artist, @bszlrd.hu made a quick mockup of a possible hyperspace effect, in Blender.
While it is not 100% realistic, the aim is to show the field of view contraction and blueshifting that happens in the direction of travel when FTL. Without those pesky x-rays frying the pilot.
#sci-fi
FTL 03
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March 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Maks2103, a member of our community created a mod that reintroduces older versions of our recently redesigned ships, treating them as in-univers older versions, with stats set accordingly.
It is available on our wiki:
wiki.pioneerspacesim.net/wiki/Mods#Li...
#scifi #modding #spaceship
The old and new version of the Xylophis shuttle, shown next to each other. The two Natrixes sitting next to each other. The new one is quite a bit larger. Screenshot showing the new and old Sinonatrix ship sitting next to each other on the landing pad Coronatrix, and it's predecessor, the Amphiesma shuttle next to each other.
February 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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But then it chugged along nicely for quite a while! :)
February 4, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Pioneer is an open source space simulator/opera project, a game of lonely space adventure takind place at the 33rd century.

Our website is pioneerspacesim.net
And development takes place on github:
github.com/pioneerspace...

We are a small team from around the world slowly building our dream game
A beauty render of the Natrix courier from Pioneer, seen from the cockpit of another. Made in Blender
February 4, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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As a debut greetings on Bluesky, we would like to announce our new Pioneer Day (mostly) stable release including a major rewrite of the equipment system, the redesigned Natrix courier, an unified UI color theme and a lot of polish work.
#space #sci-fi #opensourcegame #spacegame
Screenshot from Pioneer showing the new Natrix flying away from Mars. A gray, somewhat streamlined, bit minimalist ship, it's side docking collar in the middle nicely visible.
February 4, 2025 at 9:56 AM