Version History

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The Version History lists the changes that have been made to the game with each version. This page documents the version history of Thrive. What each version has added, removed, and changed in the game. For a more general history of the games' development, go to History of Thrive.

The game versions are mainly documented through the devblogs. Big part of the notable changes list is based on the file's GitHub description.

Previous Version

Version	Release Date
0.5.3.1	February 20 2021

Current Version

Version	Release Date
0.5.4	June 19 2021

Next Version

Version	Release Date
0.5.5	TBD

0.5x

Version	Release date	Notable changes
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

0.4x

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

0.3x

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

0.2x

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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