Version History

The Version History documents the development of Thrive and the changes and additions between each version. For a more general history of the games' development, see History of Thrive.

The game versions are mainly documented through the devblogs and patch notes.

0.7[]

Version

Release date

Notable changes

0.7.0

31 August 2024

Additions:

Added new auto-evo system based on a miche algorithm
Added meshing and convolution surfaces to macroscopic creatures
Added a sprinting mechanic to the Microbe Stage
Added the Musocyst
Added environmental chunks that emit Phosphate
Siderophores are now available to test in experimental mode
The Organism Editor now has a slider to resize metaballs and a basic X-axis symmetry mode

Changes:

Compound clouds now have an updated texture and better visibility
Players can now pause certain processes using the Process Panel
Healing now has a short cooldown
Players can now direct their species to migrate to a new Patch without moving to that patch themselves
Organisms can now enable Engulf mode when starving, taking a damage penalty
On easy mode, players can now switch to another organism when extinct
Cell colony members can now send the player HUD alerts

Fixes:

Fixed species preview tooltip not working in the auto-evo explorer and Microbe Editor timeline tab
Removed artifacts when compound clouds mix near the edges of the screen
Fixed species color not applying to all cilia
Fixed Organelle icons being cut off in the Thriveopedia

0.6[]

Version	Release date	Notable changes
0.6.7	15 June 2024	Additions: Implemented Endosymbiosis Added the Ferroplast organelle Added new Toxin modifier and four Toxin types Added custom model and icon for the Injectisome upgrade Added custom model for ice chunks Added custom cursor icons for the Inventory Changes: The Day-Night Cycle is now fully implemented The Day-Night Cycle is now enabled by default Added new unlock condition for Oxytoxisome Buffed cell corpse chunks Updated the placeholder tree model Fixes: Fixed compound bars not working when max storage amount is less than 1 Fixed auto-evo mutations code using exceptions for normal flow control Added custom physics time to the metric panel
0.6.6	27 April 2024	Additions: Added an Engulf animation Added a native library variant that doesn't require AVX Changes: Updated the game engine to from Godot 3.5 to Godot 4.2.2 The Osmoregulation cost values are now shown in red if a negative property Oxygen now has varying levels in different patches The "new cell" button no longer crashes the Organism Editor Fixes: The Engulfment tutorial now ends when the player has digested enough objects New player species name now immediately applies when the player exits the editor
0.6.5	24 February 2024	Additions: Added the Eject action Added internal and external links to the Thriveopedia New music track added for the Volcanic Vents patch Added hotkeys to the macroscopic editor Changes: The Patch Map now only displays adjacent patches; players must explore the map to unlock access Some Organelles must now be discovered (unlocked) before being accessed The Thriveopedia can now be accessed from within an Organelle's tooltip Fixes: Reduced memory allocations during normal gameplay by 75% Reduced density of iron chunks to allow cells to push them again
0.6.4	9 December 2023	Additions: Added Thriveopedia pages for all current Organelles Added two new Microbe Stage soundtracks for specific Patches Changes: The Microbe Stage now uses different ECS architecture and a new physics engine, massively improving performance AI-controlled organisms no longer attempt to engulf objects they are unable to, unless their Behavior encourages it The Pilus now deals damage based on penetration instead of a fixed value The Pilus can now be upgraded into an Injectisome Vacuoles can be specialized to contain certain compounds Fixes: Auto-Evo performance improved Fixed common Multicellular Stage crashes Fixed exploit with deleting/duplicating cells to earn Mutation Points Improved Glucose and Mutation Point calculation errors
0.6.3	1 July 2023	Additions: New toxin damage sound New feature in the Museum to delete Fossils Added various screen filter shaders New error dialogs Changes: System windows can now be reordered (dragged on top of each other) The Industrial, Space, and Ascension stages are now playable as skeletons Improved certain placeholder graphics Fixes: Fixed certain RNG upper limits being off by one Save error dialog now tells players to give the developers a copy of their JSON debug log
0.6.2	29 April 2023	Additions: Added 3-dimensional backgrounds to the menu Added late-Multicellular Stage panorama background Added HUD messages to alert the player when they are unable to perform an action Going on land in later stages is now implemented Transitions added between the Aware, Awakening, Society, and Industrial stages Added basic inventory, crafting, and resource gathering Added the construction of buildings Changes: Improved the visuals of compound clouds, cell colonies, and button highlights Chunks and projectiles are now displayed in the Inspector Improved pop-up window functionality Fixes: All Chemoreceptors in a colony now function simultaneously Microbe digestion updates less frequently Fixed stretching-related problems on buttons and labels Fixed cell membrane graphics Improved the game's reaction to language changes
0.6.1	18 February 2023	Additions: Added the Pulling Cilia upgrade Patch notes and website feed are now previewed in the main menu Added export tools for Auto Evolution Changes: Improved support for playing with controllers Enhanced the tutorial to accommodate controllers and include the day-night cycle Fixes: Invalid Fossil files no longer crash the game The Evolutionary Tree now works for freebuild games that began with a Fossil Microbe stats are updated when performing "move" or "upgrade" actions in the Microbe Editor
0.6.0	10 December 2022	Additions: Added the beginnings of the Thriveopedia (Home page, patch map, evolutionary tree, and museum) Implemented Fossilization Added a day and night cycle Changes: Game now has a new intro video Added social media icons with their corresponding links in the main menu Added safe-mode triggered crashing protection Pili now feature a slight damage delay New icons for Mucilage and the Slime Jet Fixes: Membrane transparency fixed Fixed a rare crash involving Slime Jets Resolved various display cutoff/wrapping issues Changed render modes of organelles to solve multiple issues with their graphics and rendering

0.5[]

Version	Release date	Notable changes
0.5.10	24 September 2022	Switched reproduction to be more time-based, cells now generate free compounds towards reproduction and have a maximum use rate for growth compounds Player can now move to any patch their species is in or next to such a patch Added auto-evo exloring tool LAWK is now on by default Updated to Godot 3.5 New music tracks/concept art Added tutorials New cheats Balancing changes Bugfixes Microscopic Editor: Added Slime Jet organelle Macroscopic: More progress on macroscopic stage prototype
0.5.9	16 July 2022	Procedurally generated Patch map implemented New Game Settings Engulfment revamp Spawn system revamp Added art gallery in the Extras menu, with art, in-game models, and in-game music Added easter eggs Patch wide population system Added pause hotkey and debug overlay Added Confirgurable maximum entities option to help ease performance issues for some users Bugfixes Microscopic Editor: Cilia organelle added Thermosynthesis organelle added Macroscopic: Macroscopic prototype implemented
0.5.8.1	30 April 2022	Updated to Godot 3.4.4 Mod loader now has inbuilt Harmony support Added a more detailed metrics panel to see game performance in more detail Bugfixes
0.5.8	16 April 2022	AI improvements Auto-evo improvements Bugfixes Microbe Editor: Added signaling agents part Multicellular: Added multicellular stage prototype
0.5.7	5 February 2022	Updated to Godot 3.4.2 Bugfixes Microbe Editor: Chemoreceptor part added added modification menu added a timeline tab
0.5.6.1	11 December 2021	Auto-evo improvements Updated to Godot 3.4 Bugfixes Microbe Editor: Added auto-evo prediction panel
0.5.6	27 November 2021	First official release on Steam First official release on Itch.io Behavior editor Mod loader Auto-evo improvements Bugfixes
0.5.5	21 August 2021	Binding agent fixes Spawn System Improvements Save Upgrade System Abilities hotbar Graphical improvements Bugfixes
0.5.4	19 June 2021	Compound clouds' visuals were tweaked Improved AI Bugfixes Microbe Editor: Binding Agents were added Membrane is shown in the Membrane tab
0.5.3.1	20 February 2021	Bugfixes Microbe Editor: Added graphs in the Report tab Organelles now can be moved
0.5.3	9 January 2021	Translations were added Player now can rebind keys Saving system changed Bugfixes Microbe Editor: Graphical improvements You can pan the camera
0.5.2	10 October 2020	Tutorials were added New auto-evo algorithm Graphical improvements Balance improvements Microbe Editor: New GUI
0.5.1.1	8 August 2020	Bugfixes Graphical improvements
0.5.1	25 July 2020	Saving was implemented Screenshots (F12) Auto move key (X) Added dissolve effect for the chunks Fixed organelles being displayed outside the membrane Chromatic aberration and distortion effect Microbe Editor: Segmented ATP balance bar based on organelle
0.5.0	16 May 2020	Engine change Mac compatibility Options menu Colour blind filters Particle effects Toxins are now particles Graphical improvements Compound clouds no longer have straight edges Microbe Editor: You can zoom out in the editor

0.4[]

Version	Release date	Notable changes
0.4.3.1	14 Mar 2020	The different membrane types now have different effects New cell button is now disabled when not in freebuild Engulfing your own species is now prevented properly Updated win text Microbe Editor: The shown external effects on population when entering the editor are now grouped by type and species The editor hover hex is now hidden when mousing over the GUI Undoing organelle placed on cytoplasm was fixed to properly restore the cytoplasm
0.4.3	21 Dec 2019	New GUI It's possible to pause the game Improve population counting AI species now spread to new patches Improved performance Microbe Editor: Pilus organelle was added Appearance tab was added An ATP balance bar was added More patch details shown in the patch map
0.4.2	Sep 28 2019	New graphics engine New audio library Patch map was added All cells evolves from the player Light is now a patch property and affects photosynthesis Improved help menu Reproduction: Rebalanced reproduction times Reproduction progress bar was added Microbe Editor: Organelle models are now visible Oxytoxisome organelle was added Free build editor was added Glucose concentration goes down every time you go to the editor
0.4.1.1	Apr 14 2019	Nitrogen was added as a patch property Graphical Updates New biome was added Player starts with cell wall Improved performance Bugfixes
0.4.1	Mar 30 2019	Player starts now as a prokaryote and nucleus can be added in the editor Big and small iron chunks were added When a cell dies its organelles now floats in the environment which can be engulfed Bugfixes Microbe Editor: External organelles are locked if the player cell has no nucleus Osmoregulation is now calculated by the number of hexagons Rusticyanin organelle was added
0.4.0.1 and 0.4.0.2	Dec 30 2018 and Jan 4 2019	Bugfixes
0.4.0	Dec 21 2018	New engine Prokaryotes Darwinian Autoevo Winning and extinction has been added: you win if you survive at least 15 generations with at least 300 population The AI now has "behaviors" which determine how each species acts, and those can also mutate New biomes Procedural species names New compounds Phosphate was added Oxygen, CO₂, Amino Acids and Fatty Acids were removed Microbe Editor: Editor tooltips were added Prokaryotic organelles were added Graphical Updates: Death animation was removed New icons New backgrounds New intros

0.3[]

Version	Release date	Notable changes
0.3.4	June 6 2017	Overhaul of the microbial process system. Microbes drop a percentage of the compounds that compose their organelles on death. Different chance to generate each organelle in procedurally generated and mutated microbes (less toxic vacuoles) Adjusted compound cloud densities Bugfixes
0.3.3	Feb 12 2017	New GUI New organisms that will try to kill you with agents and phagocytosis and will mutate every time you exit the editor Now each hex has a given mass, making large cells weigh more than smaller ones Lost health can be replenished by getting amino acids and glucose Reproduction: Reproductase is gone To reproduce now you need to divide each of your organelles into two and then duplicate the DNA in your nucleus Each organelle needs 2 glucose and 1 amino acids to split
0.3.2	Aug 9 2016	Compound clouds were added, replacing compound emitters Colored Organelles When damaged the membrane and organelles now flash red New biomes added Membrane now flashes blue when engulfing a cell Chloroplasts and toxin vacuoles can now be found and engulfed Bugfixes
0.3.1	Feb 18 2016	Linux Support Parallax Background Bugfixes Microbe editor: Symmetry in the editor Cytoplasm
0.3.0	Dec 2 2015	New opening cutscene Microbes graphics were updated Compound storage slightly improved Microbe editor: Green highlight if organelle can be placed and red if you can't Organelle models Organelles take up multiple hexes and can be rotated

0.2[]

Version	Release date	Notable changes
0.2.4	Feb 8 2015	A new menu was added The GUI was updated Ammonia compound was added
0.2.3	Aug 3 2014	AI organisms: New AI species were added Predation has been added CO₂ compound was added A compound used in reproduction, Reproductasse was added Amino acids were added, which contributes to the production of Reproductasse Nitrine was removed from the compounds list Chloropast organelle was added Microbe editor: You can now save and load organisms Mutation points were added
0.2.2		A menu was added A GUI was added Another compound, Glucose, was added Toxins were added Varying AI species Flagella were added The microbe editor was added
0.2.1	Oct 2013	A compound was added, Oxygen, generated by an emitter AI organisms were added Microbes were shaped like hexes

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