There is a lot of work and development that goes unseen by most, until it gets added in an update. This causes thrive to seem dead at times as progress moves forward behind the scenes.

We have decided to do a simple progress update to let you know what is being worked on recently.

These updates will come out at the end of each week (or every other week, we haven’t decided yet). They will be brief summaries, and if you have questions or comments join in on one of our social media channels.

(EDIT: Hi, Oliveriver checking in to say these won’t replace the Devblogs as those will now be reserved for more in-depth posts and release announcements. This post has also gone through a number of formatting revisions, so please let us know if this works. We hope this initiative, spearheaded by lavathor, will help keep you all more informed of Thrive’s current state.)

Programming

BSF progress (Engine Rendering adjustment)

Patch Map and Report UT’s progress

New Dev Build Lots of new Art added Cell Wall Textures added New Textures for most of the organelles added New Lighting settings for biomes added Puts you in the Biome your patch has Displays Patch name (IE Pangonian Vents) Gameplay of Dev Build



Continued work on GUI





Graphics

New microbe cutscene progress







New organelle models progress

Sound

New ambient sounds for different biomes progress

Theory

Nothing substantial

Outreach

Implemented a weekly progress report

Contact to a handful of Youtubers and a game magazine

Other