繁荣/Thrive

In Thrive you take control of an organism on an alien planet beginning with the Last Universal Common Ancestor LUCA Your goal is to survive in the environment adapt your species by

adding mutations and thrive Other species will emerge to compete with yours They will evolve via a population dynamics driven simulation with random mutations you must improve and

spread your species to surpass them The success of your species depends both on your skill in surviving as an individual cell and the changes you make in the editor

In the Microbe Stage you control a single microbe or a colony of microbes bound together You swim through a watery environment to find the resources your cell needs to stay alive and to

reproduce Once you have reproduced you enter the editor where you can review how well your species and others are surviving move to new biomes and modify your species Add new organelles

change your membrane and change your cell s visuals Your goal is to become a more complex lifeform by first evolving the nucleus to become a eukaryote then using binding agents to form

cell colonies the precursor to the first multicellular lifeforms. Current key features

Control an individual member of your species and survive the environment

Predate on other species use photosynsthesis or scavenge for resources

Edit your species to make it more successful

Compete with other species emerging on your planet via an evolution simulation

Explore different biomes in procedurally generated maps

Fight other cells with multiple cellular level weapons

Try different gameplay styles by specializing in different energy sources in subsequent playthroughs

Learn about biology by using real compounds organelles or parts inspired by real science

Spread your species via the biome map

Review and plan future actions by looking at population simulation results and graphs

Learn the basics of the game with a light interactive tutorial

Create experimental species in freebuild mode with removed editing limits

The major goals of Thrive are to create engaging compelling gameplay that respects our players intelligence and remain as accurate as possible in our depiction of known scientific

theory without compromising the former Thrive is an open-source project and anyone with game development skill is welcome to join our team The game uses the open-source Godot engine

with the C programming language

If you don t have game development skills you are still welcome to join our fan community We would love to have you along for the long ride