Progress Update 06/24/2023
A bit of a shift in focus this week as Thrive enters a feature freeze in preparation for the coming release of 0.6.3. We have taken to appointing new leaders of our graphics and sound design teams to help organize our development efforts in those aspects, and begun discussing some pretty big changes to Thrive's code to better optimize the game going forwards.
As for the release of 0.6.3; We have now published a public testing build, the 0.6.3 release candidate, for those who wou…
Read More →Progress Update 06/17/2023
Lot's of work this week going into the further organization of Thrive's development, as well as the game's performance and physics engines. This regrettably means that we will not have a new BOTD for this week, as we do not have any completed changes worth pushing forward at this time. Rest assured, it will certainly pay off in time!
Our current paid employee and programming lead Hhyyrylainen is going to be on vacation starting July 3rd, so expect development to potentially slow…
Read More →Progress Update 06/10/2023
There has been a lot of experimentation with physics engines this past couple weeks in an effort to identify the best choice for Thrive going forward. This is vital to the future of Thrive as physics simulations account for a significant portion of performance. You can read about the current findings here.
Clarification for last week: the main focus of development had moved to performance related microbe stage code refactoring. All DevCenter work last week had been entirely volu…
Read More →Progress Update 06/03/2023
Much of the development hours this week were dedicated to work on our devcenter, an important utility used by our developers to archive assets and handle supporter access to our weekly devbuilds, among many other things. While the progress might not be visible, it's an important step in streamlining the further development of Thrive.
Clarification: the main focus of development has moved to performance related microbe stage code refactoring. All DevCenter work this week has been ent…
Read More →Progress Update 05/27/2023
This week we have seen the prototype stages to their very conclusion with the introduction of the ascension stage, a post-game stage that grants the player god-like power over the galaxy. At this point the player will be able to do as they please, and eventually choose to return to the very beginning and start anew.
With the prototypes complete, development will return focus to the microbe stage, undoubtedly with a new vigor as we look on to the future we have set before us.
Progress Update 05/20/2023
This week, the development of the prototype stages has closed in on the very end with the introduction of a bare-bones space stage. With the prototypes complete we now have a clear path forward, and development is soon to resume in earnest on ground level, the microbe stage!
New DevBuild for our patrons:
Added the space stage prototype
Fixed game not fading out before playing microbe intro video
Added some coding mistake guards in window …
Progress Update 05/13/2023
Development continues at a steady pace this week with several visual fixes and, at long last, the ability to delete fossilized organisms in-game. Outside of programming, there's been lots of revived discussion on the topic of progression and game balance!
If there is still anything you would like to say about our latest release, please do so in our feedback thread. Let us know what you think!
New DevBuild for our patrons:
Industrial stage prototype…
Progress Update 05/06/2023
We have been seeing a lot of fantastic creations and civilizations sprouting up in the community, and we are very glad that everyone has been enjoying 0.6.2! This is no time to rest however, as development now resumes a steady march towards Thrive 0.6.3. There is a good amount of discussion already, as everyone stakes out their next objectives.
If there is anything you would like to say about our latest release, please do so in our feedback thread. Let us know what you think…
Read More →Devblog #37: Background Technology Unlocked
Take your species further than ever before with the newly optimized cellular stages that will smoothly take you sailing into our latest advancements in the prototype stages! No longer are the creatures of Thrive strictly confined to the underwater realm, as now they can move onto the frontiers of land, where civilization will soon be born.
Bear in mind of course, that these later stages are raw prototypes and are not indicative of the final rendition.
As always, to get the newes…
Read More →Progress Update 04/22/2023
Only one week remains before the release of Thrive 0.6.2, and that means it's time for our latest pre-release build! If you are interested in helping us find any bugs or problems before the official release, you may join us in testing the release-candidate here.
Development has been largely centered around the progression of our later stage prototypes this week, but we still have some neat new additions regardless! Players will find that our compound balance information will be …
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