Microbe Stage

The Microbe Stage is the name given to Thrive's first stage. Currently (page updated with version 0.4.2 as a reference), it is the only stage implemented, although unfinished, and under development. The stage's only editor is the Microbe Editor.

Gameplay
The player starts off as a prokaryotic cell made of a hex of cytoplasm in the patch Pangonian Vents. The player cell is the first and only organism in the game, to survive, the microbe has to collect Glucose to create ATP. The osmoregulation, movement and engulfing costs ATP.

To reproduce you have to collect Ammonia and Phosphate and split every organelle into two. Clicking the Reproduction button in the upper right corner you go to the Microbe Editor, you can see a report of the events that occured in game, change the patches in the Patch Map and edit your cell.

Every time you exit the editor your species (and the NPC species) splits into a new one, which also evolves each generation.

Your cell can engulf any microbe, iron or organelle pressing G to activate or deactivate the engulfing mode. If the organism have a Oxytoxisome or a Toxin Vacuole you can shoot toxins pressing E.

The player can die by losing all of their ATP or losing too much HP to predators. When this happens, the player takes control of another microbe of their species with default compound reserves. If the population go to zero your species is extincted and you lose the game.

Editor
The Microbe Editor is the microbe stage's only editor, it allows the player to evolve their cell through Mutation Points.

The player may use mutation points to purchase and place organelles. Each organelle has a different task, processing compounds, holding compounds, storing and releasing agents and more. The player has 100 mutation points to work with every time they enter the editor.

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