This week we’ve had quite a substantial amount of discussion about the graphics side of Thrive. Topics such as terrain generation, convolution surfaces, creature textures, and more have passed by in a storm of excitement.

In addition, our prototypes continue to expand, now with a functional society stage with resource gathering, building, and citizen simulation!

Programming

• New DevBuild for our patrons:
  • Added finished graphics and icons for the axon and myofibril to replace the placeholders they had
  • More work on the society stage prototype: buildings can be placed, they generate resources, there’s some creatures moving around to look busy, and added camera moving
  • Tweaked the visuals of button focus highlights, along with a few other element types
  • Warning on editor confirm is now also shown for disconnected hexes
  • Improved the features of our GUI focus grab system
  • Updated translations
• Experimental work has begun on world and terrain generation for later stages.

• Society prototype now features rudimentary gameplay

• Began discussion of tiling methods for world generation and representation.

Graphics

• 3D animated backgrounds are now being developed for the game start menu.

• Graphics Programmer, Nunz, has pronounced Womp as a perfect representation of how creature editing may look once convolution surfaces are implemented in the game. This is because Womp itself uses convolution surfaces to allow users to sculpt!

Gameplay

• Nothing Substantial

Sound

• Nothing Substantial

Theory

• Nothing Substantial

Outreach

• Nothing Substantial

Other

• Please welcome our newest programmer, Leinourdian!