> Admittedly, the pace is rather glacial these days, due to being a skeleton crew, and most if not all of us are short on free time. But we are keeping the lights on. > > We would much appreciate more hands for sure. > >
I think something like oolite extensions might help get more contributors as it makes it easy to work on pioneer (without having to get the agreement of the pioneer developers for merging code). I know pioneer has mods but something like oolite built in mod manager/installer could make them much more discoverable/accessible (more players mean more potential developers and more feedback, for the mods and for the game).
Also IMO having a "main campaign/story" would attract more players, as it gives player something to look forward to (better modding could help with that , story/missions mods could be integrated to the game once they are mature).