Cast system (ant-like)

[Nikkov (Your neighborhood's friendly trans-humanist)]

Some species like wasps, bees, termites and ants have a cast system.

Wasps and bees have a cast system where all members of the nest have same genes but in workers only some are activated making it impossible for them to reproduce.

While termites and ants have many different forms; queen, king, warriors, workers, forgers etc.

Could something like that be in Thrive.

[hhyyrylainen]

There’s already two threads about castes:

Eusociality and castes

I think I am not the only one, who is particulary excited for this feature and the opportunities it presents. After all, what could be greater than watching your beautiful abomination’s struggle against an unforgiving world? Watching a bunch of them struggling together to show said world who owns this place, of course! But since the dynamic between organisms of an eusocial species is so vastly different from the more “normal” types of behaviour, I think it would make sense to discuss everything …

Variation within a species

Would it be possible that there are species that can vary in appearance, in game? They could look different based on where any part of a species live in a different environment. A real life example would be like dogs, with different breeds, sizes and colors.