Progress Update 10/15/2022
The quiet weeks stretch on as many devs continue to be occupied by their education, but progress continues nonetheless. This week we've made progress on the Thriveopedia, some optimization of Thrive's background functions, and the multiplayer experiment. Additionally, we have made some significant changes to the English translation of the game.
Cleanup has been performed on the English language dictionary and most entries are now properly setup with the key English text and explanat…
Read More →Progress Update 10/08/2022
Our lead developer has begun focusing on a new and improved launcher, migrated from javascript to C#. Another of our developers has created a rudimentary prototype of multiplayer as a side project, and one of our graphics artists continues to design revamped symbology for our newest microbe part.
It's been a rather quiet week otherwise, but progress steadily marches on.
If you have any thoughts on the latest changes to Thrive, please let us know by creating a post in our ded…
Read More →Progress Update 10/1/2022
It was an exciting week after the release of 0.5.10, and we have been very happy to see how much everyone has enjoyed the new mucilage jet and compound generation in action. But while players have been experimenting with their newfound cellular sugar rockets, the Thrive team has been largely quiet post-release. The ongoing college semester and encroaching holidays has momentarily robbed us of much of our volunteer support, so expect a slow week or two in the coming days.
Despite tha…
Read More →Devblog #34: Sticky Phylogeny
Today we are proud to announce the release of Thrive 0.5.10, which among a large host of bug and performance fixes, provides players with brand new tools to play with and study their world. Deter predators by impeding them with the sticky mucus left in your wake! Live your life to the fullest as a proper vegetative plant, without having to search for compounds! Create entire timelines to your exact specifications with the new autoevo tool! All of this and more, awaits you in the latest …
Read More →Progress Update 9/17/2022
Only one week remains before the release of 0.5.10, and so we are now entering a period of feature freeze where no additional features will be developed for the update. Efforts are instead directed to solving any issues that may be discovered through player testing.
The 0.5.10 release candidate is now available to everyone, so if you are interested in providing feedback, please download the candidate and tell us what you think!
Read More →Progress Update 9/10/2022
With college kicking into gear, we've had a dropoff of activity now that many of our volunteers find themselves busy with their education. Regardless, we have still made some progress this week with rebalancing reproduction, and a fairly major change to the structure of our development environment.
An important notice for players locally building Thrive code; When cloning Thrive, you will now need additional materials in order to properly build the game. Please read more her…
Read More →Progress Update 9/03/2022
We are happy to announce that we've received a large amount of new volunteers this week, and with more on their way as well. Please give each of them a warm welcome! Aside from that, development continues at it's usual pace as we steadily march on towards the quickly approaching release of 0.5.10.
- New DevBuild for our patrons:
- MP text on organelle selection buttons is now replaced by an MP icon
- LAWK is now on by default
- Mod loader now gives a better error …
Progress Update 8/27/2022
This week we've put some extra focus on implementing some of the larger features of 0.5.10, such as the mucilage jet and day/night cycle. Discussions continue on how we plan to handle the upgrades system going forward, and how they might affect the progression of the microbe stage.
- New DevBuild for our patrons:
- The patch map is now shown in the auto-evo exploring tool
- Added new multicellular music tracks
- Patch name overlay is now on top of the movement tut…
Progress Update 8/20/2022
We've been getting loads of suggestions and ideas pouring in from everyone this week, and are super excited that our suggestions page has been so well received. As a result, we've put extra focus on the development of the day/night cycle and the Thriveopedia. We've also made some great progress in squashing various bugs and errors.
We are also excited to announce that we have now cemented our plans into a comprehensive roadmap to the completion of Thrive 1.0. This roadmap is…
Read More →New Suggestions Board
Thrive, just like the creatures it simulates, is constantly evolving and improving. But to do that, we need effective channels by which we can hear feedback from the community. We decided to make this process much more streamlined by introducing a new Suggestions Board for the game!
It's easy to sign up, using either your email, Discord account, or Github account. Once logged in, you can:
- Submit suggestions
- Comment on other suggestions
- Vote for the suggestions you suppor…
