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Devblog #52: More Specialized
It's already time for the second major update of the Multicellular Stage! In the last update, we first introduced the Cell Specialization system. This has now been greatly improved upon by refinement of its calculation,…
Patch notes101 changesFixGameplay - Thrive
Thrive 1.1.0 Public Beta is now Available
The next Thrive release is almost here, so it is time to do the usual early public testing to catch issues before they reach the stable release. The major features in this release is the greatly expanded specialization…
Announcement2 changesPerformanceCompatibility - Thrive
Thrive Patch 1.0.1.1
This is a quick patch to fix a few problems when exiting the editor in the multicellular stage with certain cell layouts. And this release also improves auto-evo memory efficiency a lot. You can find the major updates r…
Patch notes11 changesFixGameplay - Thrive
Devblog #51: Onward to Multicellular
It's finally time for the first major update of the Multicellular Stage development process! We have a new cell specialisation feature allowing you to really take advantage of the multiple cell types you can make for yo…
Store98 changesFixGameplay - Thrive
Thrive 1.0.1 Public Beta is now Available
It will be time soon to release 1.0.1, which marks the official start of the multicellular development era. But for now it is time for the customary public test build. Here are some of the things you can expect to see i…
Announcement3 changesGameplayCompatibility - Thrive
Devblog #50: Microbe Stage Complete!
Welcome all to this very special devblog celebrating the release of Thrive version 1.0! This release marks the completion of the Microbe Stage, the first stage of the 9 planned. The Microbe stage will continue to be sup…
Store32 changesFixMaps - Thrive
Thrive Release 0.9.2
To prepare for the 1.0.0 (microbe stage completion) release, this is the second of the smaller releases leading up to it. Hopefully this will be a lot more stable than 0.9.1 was, but please keep testing and reporting an…
Patch notes25 changesFixGameplay - Thrive
Thrive Patch 0.9.1.1
This is a small bugfix release to address the most pressing problems after the 0.9.1 release, which has been our most unstable version in a long while. This release should hopefully fix the prevalent crashing problem in…
Patch notes14 changesFixBalance - Thrive
Thrive Release 0.9.1
To prepare for the 1.0.0 (microbe stage completion) release, we are making a few smaller releases to get more player feedback on the changes we are making. The biggest changes in this release are that all the reported s…
Event33 changesFixMaps - Thrive
Thrive Patch 0.9.0.1
Here is a small patch release to fix the most reported problems after the 0.9.0 release. This fixes multiple saving problems and multiple infinite MP exploits, but there are still some non-optimal MP refund behaviour in…
Security6 changesFixGameplay - Thrive
Devblog #49: Microbe Terrain
Welcome all to Thrive 0.9.0! Characterized by improvements to visuals, the environment, and gameplay polish, Thrive has begun its rapid race towards the completion of the Microbe Stage with some significant headway. Rea…
Event71 changesFixGameplay - Thrive
Thrive 0.9.0 Public Beta is now available
After a bit of a delay, Thrive 0.9.0 is nearing a state it can be released in. Usually we put out a Release Candidate build, however this time the build is being just called a beta, because it is in much rougher shape t…
Announcement4 changesCompatibilityBalance - Thrive
Devblog #48: Planet Achievements
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…
Event61 changesFixGameplay - Thrive
Thrive 0.8.3 Release Candidate Available
We are once again about to release a new Thrive version next week, and as usual we have a public test build this week. The biggest things to be noticed in this build are the achievements added for the microbe stage to e…
Announcement5 changesBalanceCompatibility - Thrive
Thrive is now on macOS
Thrive is now officially available for macOS! As we hinted at in recent progress updates, we have been working in the background on making a Thrive build that is fully supported on Mac. And that work has now been comple…
Announcement1 changePerformance - Thrive
Thrive Patch 0.8.2.1
This is a small patch release to address a few problems in the previous release. The most visible is that the cell guidance lines are now their proper colours instead of always being black. Patch Notes Fixed the tutoria…
Patch notes7 changesFixGameplay
