Pioneer Progress Made On Important Details

The WC Pioneer team has spent most of this month working on a variety of critical internal pieces for their upcoming game. Joel VanEenwyk has made progress on the mission editor and asset manager, while Howard Day has created weapon models and effects. The light show below highlights the blasts you'll see from the laser, mass driver, meson gun, neutron gun, photon blaster, particle cannon and plasma gun. Missiles have come together nicely, and a tentative explosion effect has been designed. Click the image for a .mov of it in action. The last image is a nebula test that's helping to diversify the space backgrounds.