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Steam News28 February 20264mo ago

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.

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addedIt 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 if you give the test build a go: controlling multicellular growth order, tolerances in multicellular and new GUI for that, various balancing changes and other smaller improvements for the multicellular stage.
changedTo access the beta build, right click Thrive in the Steam client and select the "beta" as the version to play in the properties window.
addedPlease provide any feedback you have on this test build. We are especially interested in hearing about the game feel with the new currents.

Thrive changes

addedIt 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 if you give the test build a go: controlling multicellular growth order, tolerances in multicellular and new GUI for that, various balancing changes and other smaller improvements for the multicellular stage.
changedTo access the beta build, right click Thrive in the Steam client and select the "beta" as the version to play in the properties window.
addedPlease provide any feedback you have on this test build. We are especially interested in hearing about the game feel with the new currents.

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 if you give the test build a go: controlling multicellular growth order, tolerances in multicellular and new GUI for that, various balancing changes and other smaller improvements for the multicellular stage.

To access the beta build, right click Thrive in the Steam client and select the "beta" as the version to play in the properties window.

Please provide any feedback you have on this test build. We are especially interested in hearing about the game feel with the new currents.

You can leave feedback in the comments of this post or on our community forums here: https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/1-0-1-release-candidate-testing/8940

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