This is a quick patch release to address some of the biggest issues with the previous release. This doesn't fix every single issue report we got after 0.6.6 as many of the issues still don't have known root causes and wouldn't be easily fixable in a small amount of time. The biggest visible things are the fixed organelle models as well as fixing the size and position of many GUI elements. The version of the included Thrive Launcher was also recently updated. This new launcher version will now show a warning if the current CPU is detected as not being suitable for running Thrive. Please continue reporting any bugs with loading saves or the game locking up (as we'll need more information to track down this problem).

Patch Notes

Fixed organelle models looking bad in Godot 4
Improved the visuals of the chemoreceptor and tutorial lines
Turned off compression on the clouds perlin noise texture which was accidentally turned on with the Godot 4 update
Did some minor organelle visuals tweaks
Organelle placement sound is now only played if a placement action was done (fixes it being played for organelle removal)
Fixed evolutionary tree zooming in and out not working correctly
Fixed screen effects in miscellaneous settings not working
Fixed win and extinction screens
Fixed various GUI popup related problems in the later prototypes
Increased audio latency to 20ms which helps crackling audio if the game was running slightly too slow
Added extra error handling to Thriveopedia load and save load against scene load failures which seems like a randomly occurring bug in Godot 4 engine itself
Added extra safety checks around native library load and printing of current CPU name if it is not detected as sufficient for running Thrive
Added extra checks to our simulation running code to maybe start to narrow down a few bugs
Redid modal manager connect and check operation to hopefully fix one case of signal connection errors printed in Godot 4
Fixed position of our links popup in the main menu
Other GUI fixes
Added hyperthreading throttling instructions to our busy-wait loops
Our CI builds system works again
Updated our automated code checks to work on Windows again
Removed trailing spaces in shaders that Godot did automatically
Added game export script flag to ignore problems with installed Godot to just try to export anyway
Updated Nix flake to use Godot 4.2.2
Updated xunit from 2.7.1 to 2.8.0
Updated translations

[ 2024-05-08 13:16:51 CET ] [ Original post ]

Thrive
Revolutionary Games Studio

Developer

Revolutionary Games Studio

Publisher

2021-11-26

Release

Indie Simulation Singleplayer EA

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In Thrive, you take control of an organism on an alien planet, beginning with the Last Universal Common Ancestor (LUCA). Your goal is to survive in the environment, adapt your species by adding mutations, and thrive. Other species will emerge to compete with yours. They will evolve via a population dynamics driven simulation with random mutations - you must improve and spread your species to surpass them. The success of your species depends both on your skill in surviving as an individual cell and the changes you make in the editor.

In the Microbe Stage, you control a single microbe or a colony of microbes bound together. You swim through a watery environment to find the resources your cell needs to stay alive and to reproduce. Once you have reproduced, you enter the editor, where you can review how well your species and others are surviving, move to new biomes, and modify your species. Add new organelles, change your membrane, and change your cell's visuals. Your goal is to become a more complex lifeform by first evolving the nucleus to become a eukaryote, then using binding agents to form cell colonies, the precursor to the first multicellular lifeforms.

Current key features:

Control an individual member of your species and survive the environment
Predate on other species, use photosynsthesis or scavenge for resources
Edit your species to make it more successful
Compete with other species emerging on your planet via an evolution simulation
Explore different biomes
Fight other cells with multiple cellular level weapons
Try different gameplay styles by specializing in different energy sources in subsequent playthroughs
Learn about biology by using real compounds, organelles or parts inspired by real science
Spread your species via the biome map
Review and plan future actions by looking at population simulation results and graphs
Learn the basics of the game with a light interactive tutorial

The major goals of Thrive are to create engaging, compelling gameplay that respects our players’ intelligence, and remain as accurate as possible in our depiction of known scientific theory without compromising the former. Thrive is an open-source project, and anyone with game development skill is welcome to join our team. The game uses the open-source Godot engine with the C# programming language.

If you don't have game development skills, you are still welcome to join our fan community. We would love to have you along for the long ride!

MINIMAL SETUPOS: Ubuntu 20.04 or latest Fedora version
Processor: AMD Ryzen 3 3300UMemory: 4 GB RAM
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 530
Storage: 1 GB available space
RECOMMENDED SETUPOS: Ubuntu 20.04 or latest Fedora version
Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 2600X or Intel equivalentMemory: 8 GB RAM
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: GeForce GTX 970 or AMD equivalent
Storage: 5 GB available space

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