Revolutionary Games Studio

Progress Update: 07/06/19

Posted on July 6, 2019 by Revolutionary GamesJuly 7, 2019

There is a lot of work and development that goes unseen by most, until it gets added in an update. This causes thrive to seem dead at times as progress moves forward behind the scenes.

We have decided to do a simple progress update to let you know what is being worked on recently.

These updates will come out at the end of each week (or every other week, we haven’t decided yet). They will be brief summaries, and if you have questions or comments join in on one of our social media channels.

Devblog #19: The Bacteria Cometh

Posted on March 30, 2019 by Revolutionary GamesMarch 30, 2019

It has been about 3 months since our last release, 0.4.0, saw the light of the world. Measured against the 1.5 years that lie between 0.4.0 and the version before that, it feels like 0.4.0 released just yesterday. Despite this, we hereby announce our latest release: Thrive 0.4.1.

Devblog #18: Thrive is Alive

Posted on December 20, 2018 by Revolutionary GamesMarch 30, 2019

Thrive’s back, baby.

We’re beyond excited to announce the release of the culmination of our efforts for the last whoever knows how long, Thrive version 0.4.0.

It’s true: we’ve returned from the dead. We finally have a new engine. And, as you’ll learn if you read on, a hell of a lot of other things too…

Devblog #17: The Re-Emergence of Life

Posted on December 16, 2018 by Revolutionary GamesDecember 16, 2018

It’s been a while.

To someone not following the project closely on our more active platforms (community forums and Discord) it may appear Thrive has fallen into a long, dark slumber. Nascent life extinct, factories gone cold, space relics left scattered about the cosmos.

But all is not as it seems. Life stirs below the surface.

The purpose of this Devblog is to state in no uncertain terms the second most repeated of our mantras (right behind no underwater civs):

We’re not dead.

We’re back. And things are about to get exciting.

Devblog #16: Realism

Posted on July 21, 2018 by Revolutionary GamesJuly 21, 2018

It’s TJWhale here again to talk about realism and Thrive and sort out some common misconceptions. What do we mean when we say Realism? What we mean is that a proposed feature is within the laws of physics and chemistry …

Devblog #15: Design Philosophy

Posted on May 30, 2018 by Revolutionary GamesMay 30, 2018

Hi, it’s TJWhale here.

Thrive has a great team. There’s a lot of talent working on this game and there’s also a lot of commitment, people really care. Recently I have been promoted to Microbe Stage Design Lead, which is a role that used to exist but had lapsed. As a team we decided it is important to have a way to finalise decisions and having a Design Lead for this stage gives us this.

Mini Update #6: Gameplay Updates Pt. 1

Posted on April 23, 2018 by Revolutionary GamesApril 23, 2018

Hey guys, Nick here, and welcome back to another Mini Update. It’s time for us to cover some of the upcoming gameplay changes that are going to be included with the next release. We’ve got a lot to cover, so we’ll split this into several parts. Today’s update will mostly cover gameplay changes to the compound system and features associated with it.

Mini Update #5: Planetary Evolution

Posted on March 19, 2018 by Revolutionary GamesApril 23, 2018

Hey guys, Nick here, and welcome back to another Mini Update. Today we’ve got a longer update as it’s a post from one of our recent discussions on the Microbe Stage that we felt would be interesting to share. Instead of talking about any technical aspects of the development this time, we’re instead going to focus on some of the science behind the game’s design. What’s the topic? Planetary evolution.

Mini Update #4: Future Plans

Posted on March 8, 2018 by Revolutionary GamesMarch 18, 2018

Hey guys, Nick here, and welcome back to another Mini Update. As mentioned in the latest devblog, today we’re going to talk a bit about the short term plans and goals for the project. However, I’m also going to throw in a part at the end to talk about our new forum and some of the interesting discussions on the Microbe Stage we’ve been having recently. Let’s begin!

Devblog #14: Punctuated Equilibrium

Posted on February 21, 2018 by Revolutionary GamesMarch 4, 2018

If you were to graph Thrive’s progress since its inception, you’d probably have a slow but steady background rate of development with occasional spikes in activity. This is quite similar to the evolutionary concept called punctuated equilibrium, where species remain static for millions of years then change dramatically over short time periods in response to rapid ecosystem change.

Nowhere is this demonstrated better than the last few months of the project. As I write (hello, this is Oliveriver by the way, which will become important later) we’re about to break this website’s record for number of visits in one day after several months of comparative nothingness. Why? What’s happened? What do we do next? Read on to find out…