The Pioneers: surviving desolation — patch notes and updates
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| DEV DIARY | September 24 | 2024-09-03 | Dear Pioneers, You may have noticed a slower pace of updates for the game lately, so we wanted to share some news from the team and provide an update on the development of The Pioneers. As we’ve mentioned before, our team’s situation is challenging. Despite the moderate success we enjoyed on Steam when we launched in Early Access last year, we’ve struggled to secure enough financial resources to hire the full team necessary to develop a game as ambitious as The Pioneers. Nonetheless, we’ve chosen to keep going, driven by hard work and determination. This decision, however, means we’re working with a small team and juggling multiple activities |
| Patch notes 0.52 | Localization & fixes | 2024-05-13 | Dear Pioneers, In celebration of our participation in the Steam Endless Replayability Fest, we are happy to release a new regular update. Here's what you can look forward to in Version 0.52. Have a nice fest! LOCALIZATION To enhance the accessibility of our game for our international audience, we have decided to implement 23 new localizations, in addition to the 8 already available. These new languages are generated using "LocalAIze," our in-house tool built on a Large Language Model (LLM) architecture. As such, these translations may be imperfect. If you prefer to avoid encountering errors in the game's text, we recommend using English or on |
| Patch notes 0.51 | Polish, data & fixes | 2024-04-30 | Dear Pioneers, Before we delve into more details about the upcoming roadmap and the major updates the game will receive before it exits early access, we continue our commitment to enhancing the overall gaming experience. In this update and subsequent ones, you will primarily find bug fixes, visual enhancements, usability improvements, and quality of life features. Stay tuned for more! Here are the patch notes for 0.51 GAMEPLAY Added functionality for pioneers carrying an unconscious teammate on their back. It is now possible to reload their oxygen or remove their suit in the EVA cabin. Enhanced rover handling, which can now safely navigate mo |
| Patch notes 0.50.10 | Small update | 2024-04-05 | Dear Pioneers, Thank you all for the warm reception of our latest major update, "Decisions." Your feedback suggests that we are continuing in the right direction and that our efforts are starting to pay off. Following this update, here's a set of fixes addressing the latest features or minor issues that existed prior to "Decisions". Fixed several non-functional buffs and events. Fixed some pathing issues related to the rover. Improved inventory management to make double-clicks more reliable. Fixed a bug in the magnetic storm loading gauge. Fixed several loading bugs in the new station module. Fixed a bug preventing some machines from being re |
| MAJOR UPDATE #3 | DECISIONS | 2024-04-01 | Dear Pioneers, The entire team is incredibly proud of the work done on "Decisions," the 3rd major update for TPSD. You can check out all the update notes here, and please see the end of the post for a more personal and heartfelt message. GAMEPLAY This 3rd major update brings tons of new gameplay features. As outlined in the roadmap, it focuses on decision-making: choose one type of victory over another, establish the strategy of the day and forego certain bonuses, make the best choice when an event occurs... Whether strategic or tactical, we hope all these decisions will make your games more intense and more unique. Main additions: Introduced |
| #3 MAJOR UPDATE | BETA IS OPEN | 2024-03-02 | Dear Pioneers, We're thrilled to announce that the third major update for TPSD is on the horizon. This massive update brings a host of new features, including a new character (the life support engineer), a new station module (the Command Center), and all the associated gameplay. Additionally, you'll find an expanded map with sulfur lake biome, over a hundred narrative events, and a slew of other enhancements (volcanic eruptions, HUD rework, localization in fifty new languages, and more). We're eager to dive into all the details of these game-changing updates, which have been a herculean effort for the entire team. However, to ensure we delive |
| Patch notes 0.41 | Polish & Polish | 2023-09-11 | Dear Pioneers, After a summer where our entire team had the chance to enjoy a well-deserved break, we are now back with this first patch, which fine-tunes the work carried out during the last major update. We will continue to enhance the recently introduced features while also working on new content! Be prepared for even more exciting additions in the upcoming weeks! To celebrate the back-to-school season, we are pleased to offer you a special deal ! Have a great time exploring Io, and we'll be in touch very soon! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1734390/The_Pioneers_Surviving_Desolation/ Patch notes 0.41 New languages available • Added a n |
| MAJOR UPDATE #2 | ROAD TRIP | 2023-07-24 | Dear Pioneers, With this major update, the rover "The Bear" makes its debut in the game. This first vehicle marks a turning point in the way you approach your adventures on Io. Explore further and longer, protect yourselves from the main threats, carry more equipment, and unlock new unique actions... The rover comes with a plethora of new features and numerous contents added to existing systems. It lays the foundations for a new way of exploring and prepares for future game map overhauls. This update has also been an opportunity for us to deliver an overall more enjoyable game to you. The road is still long, but we have taken your feedback in |
| The Bear is coming soon... | 2023-07-07 | Greetings, fellow Pioneers! Be prepared to welcome the first playable vehicle of The Pioneers, aka the exploration rover, aka... THE BEAR!!!!!!! It will be introduced in the 2nd major update of our EA roadmap, along with a new character, new equipment, threats, and exploration content. The Bear is massive, modular, and incredibly useful during your journey on Io. Our last release was somewhat rushed, resulting in numerous bugs and an overall unsatisfactory experience for some players. To avoid repeating our mistakes, we have commenced an intensive internal Q/A testing phase, followed by a playable release on the beta branch of the game. If yo |
| Patch notes 0.37.03 | Storms | 2023-06-09 | Dear Pioneers, As we had announced in our roadmap, the next major patch "Road Trip" will introduce the game's first vehicle, as well as a new dedicated station module, new equipment, a new character, and above all, much more exploration gameplay. We had planned to release it at the end of the second quarter of this year, but to avoid clashing with the Steam summer sales, we decided to postpone its release until mid-July. This is good news, as it will also allow us to finalize the implementation of our new character production method, which will ultimately allow us to offer you visuals, narrative, and cutscenes featuring the pioneers' faces. T |
| Patch notes 0.37.02 | Small update | 2023-05-08 | Dear Pioneers, Please find a small update that fixes many small bugs and add a first version of the ship construction site. Enjoy the game ! Patch notes 0.37.02 Graphics Added a construction site when you start to repair a ship part. More polish to come on this feature Improved dust VFX Sound Added zipline SFX Bug prevention Improved climbing to prevent some bugs if the arrival point has no navmesh Bug fixes Fixed diamond and battery processing that was not working properly since the last patch Fixed crates 3D models display Fixed processing timer calculation Fixed pathfinding around the medical bed Fixed zipline speed. It no longer depends o |
| Patch notes 0.37.01 | Automation | 2023-05-01 | Dear Pioneers, Releasing a game is not an easy task. You have to manage the influx of new bugs, work on fixes, prepare major updates, take care of your growing community... After more than 3 months of intensive work, the whole team needed to take a moment to rest. That's why we took a little more time than usual to bring you this new patch. We still took advantage of this low intensity period to set up our new offices. It's really quite new. As you can see on the picture, the computers are not even plugged in yet, but we are happy to finally have a proper place to work! This week's patch brings you a new batch of all kinds of fixes, as well a |
| Patch notes 0.36.03 | Small update | 2023-04-07 | Dear Pioneers, Following our latest batch of updates, please find here a few additional fixes and changes. Patch notes 0.36.03 Bug fixes Fixed difficulty presets layout that was not updating properly Fixed game score screen. Level and score should now be correctly displayed Fixed resources cost in the victory conditions UI panel Fixed recycling feature. You should now recover the right amount of resources Fixed a main airlock / elevator bug that could occur if you saved a game when a character was in the airlock Fixed heavy injuries that were not triggering death properly Fixed various localization strings Bug prevention Refactored quest and |
| Patch notes 0.36.02 | Recycling | 2023-04-03 | Dear Pioneers, Thank you for playing the latest build. We know it's far from perfect, but we'll be improving the player XP and trait systems as we work on the next update. In this week's push, expect some interesting changes, fixes and new features. Please read this note for more details. Patch notes 0.36.02 Gameplay Added new feature: Recycle. You can now dismantle existing machines and modules. Use the construction terminals to start the recycling process and recover half of the invested resources. This feature has been requested by many of you. We hope it will help! At start of each day, average temperature increase is now displayed Graphi |
| MAJOR UPDATE #1 | Player XP, traits, game modes, Twitch Extension and more... | 2023-03-16 | Dear Pioneers, We hope all has been well for you. At Supercube, we are super proud to release the first major update for The Pioneers. According to the roadmap announcement, this is the first game changing patch from a serie of six that will lead us to the 1.0 release Let's have a quick overview of what is new here Difficulty settings Game setup now has options to adjust the mission's difficulty. Play with different parameters or use a preset to fit your skills and overall challenge. Just note that harder games lead to higher scores Player XP The end-game score has been changed to include the missions difficulty. You should now see a larger s |
| Patch notes 0.35.05 | Language pack | 2023-02-22 | Dear Pioneers, As promised, we have started to expand the localization of the game. In this first batch, we added German, Russian and Swedish languages. They can be selected in the settings menu. We also worked with 2 amazing American translators to rework/polish the existing English localization. Since the previous version had many translation flaws, this new one should improve your overall experience of the game, especially if you are a native English speaker. People involved have joined us in the game credits. A big thank you to the whole localization team! We hope you will enjoy this patch! Patch notes 0.35.05 Localization Added new local |
| Patch notes 0.35.04 | Carry your mates | 2023-02-16 | We've all experienced that strange feeling, somewhere between disappointment and anger, of watching your friend choke a metre away from the station because he forgot his EVA suit. That is finally over. Download the 0.35.04 update and help him out! Patch notes 0.35.04 Gameplay New feature: carry a crew member. This is a very rough first version of the feature that the whole community has been waiting for. This one will certainly save many lives! Characters now start a mission with a personal item New way to interact with lost life pods New zipline positioning system Storm alert is now triggered when the electric charge VFX appears Balancing We |
| Patch notes 0.35.03 | 2023-02-09 | Dear Pioneers, Once again, this regular update focuses on improving the overall playing experience: new video and accessibility settings, bug fixes and UI improvements have been implemented to make the game run more smoothly to everyone. In parallel, we have started working on the major gameplay update that will arrive in March. Enjoy the game and see you soon! Patch notes v0.35.03 Gameplay Jetboots now improve move speed Balancing Decreased oxygen leakage on large breaches (10/sec -> 5/sec) Reversed last change on starting food rations (7 -> 9) Other additions Updated building UI for better understanding of what what can be built Improved ga |
| Patch 0.35.02 | Welcome Akiko! | 2023-02-03 | Dear Pioneers, Big news are coming in these patch notes. Please read the following announcement, try or retry the game and join us on Discord to share your feedback. https://discord.gg/thepioneersgame Akiko Takada has joined the crew. Class: Scientist Role: Exogeologist Speciality: Harvesting Background: Environmental activist Flight time: 60 days Crew ID: 141 Age: 40 Nat: JAP Rnk: n/a Akiko is a 40 years old exogeologist, daughter of Japan industry Minister Nobuo Takada. Her mother Yumi Takada is also well-known for being one of the leaders of The Great Gaïa Church. She studied geological risks at the University of Kyoto and graduated with t |
| Patch notes 0.35.01 | 2023-01-30 | Tired of searching the last shuttle part? Fortunately, they now have flashing lights! Patch notes v0.35.01 Additions Shuttle parts are now more visible (scale & lights) Reworked pathfinding system to be more efficient at long range Added notifications on crafting actions Improved video settings: vsync (WIP) Improved video settings: quality presets now change texture resolution Bug prevention Added a safety feature to prevent character location errors Fixed station inventory reservation system to prevent conflicts between characters Bug fixes Fixed pathfinding issues when machines are installed in a module Fixed a visual bug that appeared when |
| Launch week is ending | Patch 0.35 and hotfixes summary | 2023-01-27 | Dear Pioneers, Once again, all Supercube crew would like to thank you for the incredible support we received during this Early Access launch week. Many of you have reported bugs, shared your feedback and save files with the team. This has helped us a lot in solving most of the annoying issues encountered in the game. We still have a lot of polishing to do, but we can now start thinking about the future. Expect regular updates from us. We will push weekly fixes and small features (+ many surprises) before we release the first major update of Q1. This one focuses on replayability, thanks to new settings, modes and a game+ system. Stay tuned for |
| Patch 0.34.05m - Hotfixes | 2023-01-25 | Another day, another patch! Please read the following notes. Bug prevention Reworked pathfinding to prevent a lot of navigation bugs Bug fixes Fixed "lie down in the medipod" action Fixed a bug that allowed to heal a character outside the medipod Fixed a bug that prevented fracture healing Fixed various bugs on oxygen sharing action Fixed a bug that prevented mining large ore veins Fixed automatic wake-up feature |
| Patch 0.34.05l - Hotfixes | 2023-01-24 | Let's continue with another daily hotfix! Please read the following notes. Additions Added new personal item events Added a teaser event for the next character Updated game credits Bug prevention Added a safety feature to prevent some loading errors Bug fixes Fixed a major bug that could cause characters to freeze when using different machines such as treadmills Fixed personal items that did not always apply the bonus correctly Fixed interaction with satellites Fixed a bug on mining actions that sometimes prevented the character from interacting with the ore Fixed a discussion that sometimes caused an animation loop Fixed saving when a charac |
| Patch 0.34.05k - Hotfixes | 2023-01-24 | Dear Pioneers, All Supercube team thanks you for this amazing launch! As a small indie crew, we did not expect to welcome so many players so early in the journey! Thanks to your support, we will definitely be able to make the game we have all dreamed of. We have started to address the most reported issues. Here you can find the complete patch note of the three hotifxes already released. Additions Added auto-save feature Added a confirmation box before quitting a mission or leaving the game. Added character model in closed life pods Added tooltip on mining action Added the ability to jump to/from the drilling station Added a save name to the c |
| The Pioneers is out now! | 2023-01-20 | Dear Pioneers, After four years of hard work, we are so excited to announce that our major title The Pioneers: Surviving Desolation is ready to begin its Early Access journey. From the first draft of the idea to this release, a lot has happened. We've made tons of design choices that are only now revealing their potential, we've won a few awards and grants, the team has grown to 10 people, some of us have had children and grew them... The Pioneers is already an important part of our lives and we are forever bound to this amazing project. But we also know that this is only the beginning... What to expect during Early Access? The main game syst |
| The Pioneers lands in Early Access on the 20th of January! | 2023-01-10 | Dear Pioneers, After more than three years of hard work, we are very proud to announce that The Pioneers will be released in early access on January 20th. We hope you will enjoy playing the game as much as we have enjoyed working on it. Please check out our new trailer: And add the game to your wishlist to stay tuned! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1734390/The_Pioneers_Surviving_Desolation/ See you in the next few days! Supercube team |
| Playing the latest build | 2022-10-04 | During this broadcast, one of the dev will play a recent build of the game to demonstrate our progress. It still needs a lot of polish but we are close to what we wanted to achieve in terms of features and game feel. We think we can pretty soon switch to a closed alpha phase before EA release. We hope you will enjoy the game! |
| Minor update - Patch notes 1.12.13 | 2022-02-07 | Demo minor update. Here are the patch notes. Ergonomics New tooltip system is now fully deployed Optimization Terrain LODs optimization. Display performance should be increased from 20% to 30%. Minor changes Better method to increment collected ressources New animation, tool and VFX when repairing breaches Bug fixes Fix of some visual glitches on terrain Fix of a bug that impacted retrieved ship parts when loading a game Fix of display bug on tooltips Fix of a bug that impacted Maggie on game saving Fix of a bug that triggered an alert on vital parameters even if the character gauges were increasing Various UI display bugs fixed Various light |
| Steam demo is out ! | 2022-01-30 | Hi everyone! Since the first version of the demo is out, we gathered all your precious feedback and worked hard on improving your game experience. Here is the latest version of the demo build, now downloadable on Steam. Get ready for new features and a huge amount of fixes. See the changelog for details. We count on you to skyrocket downloads and wishlists stats. It will help us a lot, especially since we are looking for funds to rush the production phase 😉 To celebrate this particular occasion, we reworked the branding of the game and the Steam page with new artworks and logo. Tell us if you like it! CHANGELOG 1.12.12 Gameplay Save system i |