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-Pioneers
-========
-
-A Settlers II inspired game written in Haskell
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+# Pioneers
+
+A Settlers II inspired game written in Haskell
+
+## Development-Status
+
+Bugtracker/Wiki: http://redmine.pwning.de/projects/pioneers
+
+## Features
+
+Note, that most of it is just planned and due to change.
+
+- modern OpenGL3.x-Engine
+- themeable with different Cultures
+- rock-solid Multiplayer (no desync, just slightly more lag in case of resync)
+
+## Why Haskell?
+
+- There are not enough good games written in functional languages.
+- More robust and easier to reason about lateron
+