Thrive Releases

All Thrive releases to date:

• Graphics aren't good yet. All compounds share the same models and microbe appearance is not representative.
  
• The potential extra features mentioned in the last progress report did not make it, busy times for us programmers.
  
• Nothing in this demo is final! But feedback is welcomed!
  
• Saving and loading has been disabled for this release
  

• Move around in enviroment and gather compounds
  
• Automatic ejection of excess compounds (max of 100 glucose, oxygen or ATP, CO2 will be ejected)
  
• Automatically produce ATP and CO2 from glucose and oxygen
  
• AI Microbes that will gather compounds themselves and wander around
  

• Point mouse to turn
  
• WASD to move around
  
• F1 to toggle alternate reality (Debugging feature)
  

1. Navigate to the scripts subfolder
   
2. Open setup.lua with a text editor (notepad will look funny, consider notepad++)
   
3. In there you will find the most important things to tweak.
   You can as an example create new compounds in the setupAgents() function, then use them with new emitters by making a new function in the createSpawnSystem() function and create new organelles to process them in setupPlayer().
   

• The microbe procedural appearance has not changed much, and is still due for a rework.
  
• The GUI design was thrown together by me and our designers have not yet finished more finalized polished graphics.
  
• Sound effects are possible but not yet in the game. We are working on it!
  

• All the features from the previous release
  
• GUI elements! Main menu and and various menu interfacing.
  
• Microbe Editor! You can now customize your own microbe using the four current organelles (plus the obligatory nucleus)
  
• Sounds! We now have themes playing for the three parts of the game: main menu, microbe stage and microbe editor.
  
• Advanced management of compounds and resources for the microbe. Your microbe have an advanced prioritizing and allocation of what gets produced and what gets stored.
  
• Unlocking mechanic! Toxin organelle is locked by default and you must find it in the environment to unlock it!
  
• Damage and death of microbes. Our first fictional agent OxyToxy reduces hitpoints of microbes on contact.
  
• A temporary victory condition! Kill an AI microbe to complete this release!
  
• Saving and loading is re-enabled in this release. Additionally you can switch to an alternate microbe stage.
  
• Examples of more models with animations and of increased quality.
  

• Point mouse to turn
  
• WASD to move around
  
• E to release toxins (if you have any)
  
• ESC to bring up menu.
  
• F1 to toggle alternate reality (Debugging feature)
  
• F2 to switch between microbe stage and microbe editor
  
• F4 to save your current gamestate
  
• F10 to load your previous saved gamestate.
  

• We know the microbes still look like honeycombs, and we're working on fixing it (awesome prototype by patowen) but it's pretty hard.
  
• The GUI is currently being put together, and so are sound effects. So, we're releasing again in a few weeks, as soon as those are ready, as a treat for you all
  

• All the features from the previous release
  
• Multiple AI species! Other types of microbe all swimming around, and it's easy for modders to add new ones too!
  
• Predation! Feed on the flesh of murdered microbes!
  
• Saving and loading microbes! Wanna share your latest and greatest creations? Well now you can send your friends more than just a screenshot!
  
• Mutation Points! Now making it slightly more annoying to make a giant microbe!
  
• Photosynthesis! A new Chloroplast organelle that converts CO2 from new CO2 emitters (and water, from our invisible water infini-emitters) into Glucose and Oxygen, for all your energy needs!
  
• Zooming in and out! Wanna keep an eye on the microbes spawning near you? Need more space to make ever-larger microbe monstrosities? Well, we've got the zoom for you!
  

• Point mouse to turn
  
• WASD to move around
  
• Mouse scrollwheel to zoom
  
• E to release toxins (if you have any)
  
• P in editor to place chloroplast
  
• ESC to bring up menu.
  
• F1 to toggle alternate reality (Debugging feature)
  
• ` to bring up console (Debugging feature)
  
• F2 to switch between microbe stage and microbe editor
  
• F4 to save your current gamestate
  
• F10 to load your previous saved gamestate.
  

Version 0.2.4 Released!

• All the features from the previous release
  
• A super-awesome new GUI! Yay!
  
• New microbes, new behaviours!
  
• Some microbes are now toxic, so be careful who you kill!
  
• Others will hunt you down and shoot at you. Choose your battles wisely.
  
• Revamped reproduction! Swim, eat, metabolize, reproduce!
  
• Sound effects for everything, from button-clicking to microbe death!
  
• New compound models, for ammonia, amino acids, and reproductase!
  
• An arrow in the editor so people will remember which way is forward!
  
• Name your species! Click on your species name in the editor, write something, then hit F12!
  
• Thanks to the 2-week pre-release, we have fixed a whole lotta bugs!
  

• Point mouse to turn
  
• WASD to move around
  
• Mouse scrollwheel to zoom
  
• E to release toxins (if you have any)
  
• ESC to toggle menu.
  
• F1 to toggle alternate reality (Debugging feature)
  
• ` to bring up console (Debugging feature)
  
• F2 to switch between microbe stage and microbe editor
  
• F4 to save your current gamestate
  
• F10 to load your previous saved gamestate
  
• F12 to save a name-change
  

• The save button in the editor to save your creation is working, but the load button does nothing. Instead you can open the console with '`' (the key left of 1) and enter: loadMicrobe("MyMicrobeName") and hit the enter key
  
• You guessed it, honeycombs. Membranes are hard, but we now have another prototype, with some nice behaviour we're getting closer to putting in-game.
  
• For other less major things, go see our Issue List.