We have a quite a few more tangible improvements for you this week! With some of the major overhauls out of the way last week, there was more time for the fun stuff. Of course, by tangible I mean Thrive’s terrain system. Some of the new terrain chunks you’ve seen over the past few weeks are now spawning in patches, and in the future be…

Progress this week is once again less on the visible side, but nonetheless critical for future development! Thrive was converted to Godot 4.5, in a process that took slightly more time than expected. This also required the upgrading of the Thrive Launcher to version 2.2.1, future builds will not work with older versions of the launcher. Th…

Some important progress has been made, though this week’s dev build isn’t as feature-rich as prior weeks. Perhaps most immediately noticeable to gameplay – species you target for endosymbiosis are now much less likely to go extinct, making the unique unlock mechanic much more viable. Some work on the graphics side of things, including impr…

A solid week for the development team has passed! First, some progress on performance improvements, including a tweak to the cache system which should hopefully minimize the stuttering issues which would plague some players after they spawn. Additional progress has been made on the ECS switch, with our lead programmer reporting a relativel…

A sizeable amount of progress has been made the past week, with some refinements to the planet editor, greater polishing across multiple features, and some graphics improvements. Players should now be able to create more varied experiences on their planet, and should find mechanics to be a lot more consistent across the Microbe Stage and M…

First week after the release of 0.8.3, and most of the standard post-release procedures, as well as tweaks, are occurring. Along with developer forum discussions, some decent work is occurring behind the scenes, which can be accessed on our dev build.

• New build of the day
  • Made hydrogen sulfide decay speed up with the pre…

Have you ever wanted to customize an alien planet? Do you yearn for the glory of making a microbial lifeform unlock an achievement? Does reading about balancing force you to the edge of your seat? If you answered yes to any of the above, then look no further: Thrive 0.8.3 is here!

As always the update is available for free with…