<s>
Pioneer	B-Language
is	O
a	O
free	B-Application
and	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
space	O
trading	O
and	O
combat	O
simulator	O
video	O
game	O
inspired	O
by	O
the	O
commercial	O
proprietary	O
Frontier	B-Application
:	I-Application
Elite	I-Application
2	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
available	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pioneer	B-Language
is	O
set	O
at	O
the	O
start	O
of	O
the	O
33rd	O
century	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
has	O
no	O
set	O
objective	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
player	O
is	O
free	B-Application
to	O
explore	O
the	O
galaxy	O
and	O
accrue	O
money	O
by	O
performing	O
tasks	O
like	O
trading	O
,	O
piracy	O
or	O
combat	O
missions	O
,	O
allowing	O
them	O
to	O
achieve	O
a	O
higher	O
rank	O
,	O
buy	O
better	O
ships	O
and	O
equipment	O
and	O
hire	O
more	O
crew	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
was	O
started	O
in	O
2008	O
by	O
Tom	O
Morton	O
,	O
also	O
known	O
for	O
his	O
work	O
on	O
GLFrontier	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
remake	O
and	O
homage	O
to	O
Frontier	B-Application
:	I-Application
Elite	I-Application
2	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
C++	B-Language
and	O
uses	O
OpenGL	B-Application
for	O
graphical	O
rendering	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
uses	O
Lua	B-Language
for	O
scripting	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
migrated	O
in	O
2011	O
to	O
a	O
SourceForge.net	B-Application
repository	O
,	O
and	O
some	O
years	O
later	O
to	O
GitHub	B-Application
(	O
downloads	O
are	O
still	O
distributed	O
from	O
Sourceforge	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pioneer	B-Language
was	O
selected	O
in	O
March	O
2013	O
as	O
"	O
HotPick	O
"	O
by	O
Linux	B-Application
Format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pioneer	B-Language
was	O
used	O
in	O
a	O
physical	O
spaceship	O
flight	B-Application
simulator	I-Application
project	O
in	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2014	O
Pioneer	B-Language
was	O
described	O
by	O
PCGamer	O
as	O
"	O
incredibly	O
slick	O
"	O
and	O
named	O
among	O
the	O
"	O
Ten	O
top	O
fan	O
remade	O
classics	O
you	O
can	O
play	O
for	O
free	B-Application
right	O
now	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
a	O
Der	O
Standard	O
article	O
noted	O
the	O
enormous	O
work	O
the	O
fans	O
have	O
achieved	O
with	O
Pioneer	B-Language
as	O
Elite	O
remake	O
and	O
continuation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pioneer	B-Language
became	O
a	O
quite	O
popular	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
freeware	B-License
title	O
;	O
between	O
2011	O
and	O
May	O
2017	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
downloaded	O
via	O
SourceForge.net	B-Application
over	O
260,000	O
times	O
.	O
</s>
