What’s new in Voyage of the BSM Pandora v2.1.0
CHANGELOG — BSM PANDORA
v1.0.0 (2026-07-13)
Initial Tronsoft Games release. Full solitaire implementation of BSM Pandora
from ARES Magazine #6. Includes all planets, creatures, crew, tools, and bots
from the original game with authentic ARES hex map imagery.
v1.1.0 (2026-08-05)
Added hover/focus information panels for crew, tools, bots, E-cages, and specimens.
Added in-game links to the PDF manual and HTML tutorial.
Added browser speech narration with selectable installed system voices.
Added animated shuttle landing and takeoff popup sequences.
v1.2.0 (2026-08-19)
Added persistent Save/Resume Mission with autosave support.
Added Expedition Command flow indicator and clearer legal-move hex feedback.
Added Specimen Laboratory for reviewing recovered and caged live specimens.
Added persistent Mission Journal capturing expedition events and outcomes.
Expanded mission usability while preserving the existing expedition and combat systems.
v1.3.0 (2026-08-19)
Expedition & Crew update. Added per-planet survey completion and fog-of-war scanning.
Added crew experience, levels, mission counts, fatigue and injury tracking.
Added Pandora Medical Bay and Repair Bay with supply-based recovery and equipment durability.
Expanded specimen laboratory metadata with IDs, rarity, condition and scientific value.
Added mission debrief grading with science, survival and readiness summaries.
v1.4.0 (2026-08-19)
Discovery & Tactical Encounters update. Added tactical encounter decisions with creature behavior, target scanning and defensive posture.
Added focused field discoveries influenced by terrain, persistent planetary dossiers and First Contact records.
Added Pandora Science Analysis for specimens and discoveries with one-time scientific-value bonuses.
Expanded expedition exploration with discovery cataloging while preserving the original combat resolver.
v1.5.0 (2026-08-19)
Mission Command & Dynamic Worlds update. Added mission objectives, achievements, command dashboard and research projects.
Tactical encounters now use operational range bands with advance/withdraw maneuvers and range-sensitive combat modifiers.
Added persistent multi-turn planetary conditions that influence expedition risk.
Science analysis now unlocks shipboard research projects, while objective and achievement progress is tracked throughout the tour.
v1.6.0 (2026-08-19)
Living Expedition update. Added away-team roles, creature AI personalities, tactical rounds, field medical actions, drone reconnaissance, a four-branch research tree, and chained discoveries.
Security, Science, Medical, Engineering and Command roles now affect encounters. Creature behavior reacts to tactical range and encounter state.
v1.7.0 (2026-08-19)
Exploration & Survival update. Added finite field supplies, away-team loadouts, terrain movement costs, fatigue, morale, emergency extraction, drone attrition, field-medkit consumption, daylight state, crew specialization, and expedition return summaries.
Planetary movement now consumes expedition resources and creates an explicit risk/reward decision around distance from the shuttle.
v1.8.0 (2026-08-19)
Planetary Exploration update. Added terrain-weighted return-route safety, route planning, configurable expedition loadouts, equipment durability, field camps, map markers, and expanded drone reconnaissance.
Expedition survival now evaluates whether current oxygen and rations are sufficient for the known route back to the shuttle and warns when the return becomes marginal or critical.
v1.9.0 (2026-08-19)
Navigation & Expedition Reliability update. Fixed the v1.8 Drone Recon recursion defect and rebuilt return routing around the authoritative expedition.hexMap. Added true shuttle distance, plotted map routes, stepwise route following, return safety calculations, loadout capacity, equipment durability penalties, repair-all support, and direct map-marker rendering.
v2.0.0 (2026-08-19)
Expedition Command major update. Consolidated gameplay into Ship Operations, Expedition Planning, and Planetary Operations.
Added manual crew-role assignment, individual equipment assignment, operational loadout-capacity enforcement, mission equipment recommendations, route modes, Captain's Log, named save slots, and additional durability-based equipment failure behavior.
Existing v1.9.0 systems and saves migrate forward.
v2.1.0 (2026-08-19)
Interface & Save Reliability update. Added robust Set/Map-aware save serialization and richer save-slot summaries.
Consolidated primary navigation around Ship Operations, Expedition Planning, and Planetary Operations; improved crew-role and equipment assignment controls; added visual loadout-capacity feedback; expanded Captain's Log coverage; and made Fastest, Safest, and Lowest Supply route modes use distinct path costs.
v1.0.0 (2026-07-13)
Initial Tronsoft Games release. Full solitaire implementation of BSM Pandora
from ARES Magazine #6. Includes all planets, creatures, crew, tools, and bots
from the original game with authentic ARES hex map imagery.
v1.1.0 (2026-08-05)
Added hover/focus information panels for crew, tools, bots, E-cages, and specimens.
Added in-game links to the PDF manual and HTML tutorial.
Added browser speech narration with selectable installed system voices.
Added animated shuttle landing and takeoff popup sequences.
v1.2.0 (2026-08-19)
Added persistent Save/Resume Mission with autosave support.
Added Expedition Command flow indicator and clearer legal-move hex feedback.
Added Specimen Laboratory for reviewing recovered and caged live specimens.
Added persistent Mission Journal capturing expedition events and outcomes.
Expanded mission usability while preserving the existing expedition and combat systems.
v1.3.0 (2026-08-19)
Expedition & Crew update. Added per-planet survey completion and fog-of-war scanning.
Added crew experience, levels, mission counts, fatigue and injury tracking.
Added Pandora Medical Bay and Repair Bay with supply-based recovery and equipment durability.
Expanded specimen laboratory metadata with IDs, rarity, condition and scientific value.
Added mission debrief grading with science, survival and readiness summaries.
v1.4.0 (2026-08-19)
Discovery & Tactical Encounters update. Added tactical encounter decisions with creature behavior, target scanning and defensive posture.
Added focused field discoveries influenced by terrain, persistent planetary dossiers and First Contact records.
Added Pandora Science Analysis for specimens and discoveries with one-time scientific-value bonuses.
Expanded expedition exploration with discovery cataloging while preserving the original combat resolver.
v1.5.0 (2026-08-19)
Mission Command & Dynamic Worlds update. Added mission objectives, achievements, command dashboard and research projects.
Tactical encounters now use operational range bands with advance/withdraw maneuvers and range-sensitive combat modifiers.
Added persistent multi-turn planetary conditions that influence expedition risk.
Science analysis now unlocks shipboard research projects, while objective and achievement progress is tracked throughout the tour.
v1.6.0 (2026-08-19)
Living Expedition update. Added away-team roles, creature AI personalities, tactical rounds, field medical actions, drone reconnaissance, a four-branch research tree, and chained discoveries.
Security, Science, Medical, Engineering and Command roles now affect encounters. Creature behavior reacts to tactical range and encounter state.
v1.7.0 (2026-08-19)
Exploration & Survival update. Added finite field supplies, away-team loadouts, terrain movement costs, fatigue, morale, emergency extraction, drone attrition, field-medkit consumption, daylight state, crew specialization, and expedition return summaries.
Planetary movement now consumes expedition resources and creates an explicit risk/reward decision around distance from the shuttle.
v1.8.0 (2026-08-19)
Planetary Exploration update. Added terrain-weighted return-route safety, route planning, configurable expedition loadouts, equipment durability, field camps, map markers, and expanded drone reconnaissance.
Expedition survival now evaluates whether current oxygen and rations are sufficient for the known route back to the shuttle and warns when the return becomes marginal or critical.
v1.9.0 (2026-08-19)
Navigation & Expedition Reliability update. Fixed the v1.8 Drone Recon recursion defect and rebuilt return routing around the authoritative expedition.hexMap. Added true shuttle distance, plotted map routes, stepwise route following, return safety calculations, loadout capacity, equipment durability penalties, repair-all support, and direct map-marker rendering.
v2.0.0 (2026-08-19)
Expedition Command major update. Consolidated gameplay into Ship Operations, Expedition Planning, and Planetary Operations.
Added manual crew-role assignment, individual equipment assignment, operational loadout-capacity enforcement, mission equipment recommendations, route modes, Captain's Log, named save slots, and additional durability-based equipment failure behavior.
Existing v1.9.0 systems and saves migrate forward.
v2.1.0 (2026-08-19)
Interface & Save Reliability update. Added robust Set/Map-aware save serialization and richer save-slot summaries.
Consolidated primary navigation around Ship Operations, Expedition Planning, and Planetary Operations; improved crew-role and equipment assignment controls; added visual loadout-capacity feedback; expanded Captain's Log coverage; and made Fastest, Safest, and Lowest Supply route modes use distinct path costs.
- Genre
- Strategy
- Developer
- Tronsoft Games
- Engine
- Standard
- Version
- 2.1.0
