Progress Updates

[Rathalos]

@aah31415

What in the world does “Seaeching” mean?

@Mr.Pukilar

now spans a mate even if it should be blocked by there being too much terrain

Don’t worry, everything is fixed now!

@AnthropocenianAge

This should be a very helpful setting for gamete reproduction.

The setting already exists right now and is on by default. This week just added that notification to it.

[aah31415 (A Supreme Electron in the making. 34.1%)]

I presume one of the things to do right up next will be to make the gamete a unique cell type like the spore?

[Rathalos]

Already in progress! Though it’s a volunteer effort, so no guarantees on if and when it will be completed.

[aah31415 (A Supreme Electron in the making. 34.1%)]

I do hope we won’t just lose it at the last stretch of code remaining then…

[Rathalos]

Progress Update 9/19/2026

[aah31415 (A Supreme Electron in the making. 34.1%)]

How large of a multicellular org do you need to get to the max view?

[Rathalos]

I’m not sure of the exact size, to be honest, but it depends on the size of the cells also.

[aah31415 (A Supreme Electron in the making. 34.1%)]

I presume it’d max out by 20 cells org size even if you have rather small cells?

[AnthropocenianAge (𝒜𝓇𝓉𝒽𝓇𝑜𝓅𝓁𝑒𝓊𝓇𝒶 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝑔𝒾𝓋𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒶 𝒽𝓊𝑔!)]

I wonder what would be the minimum max cell size to get max viewing distance?

[aah31415 (A Supreme Electron in the making. 34.1%)]

Probably by using real large cells you can get it at a very low value

[Rathalos]

Progress Update 9/26/2026

[Mr.Pukilar (The Leader of the Pukilars)]

Macro stages are really being worked on (even if just small things)???

LETS GOOO

[aah31415 (A Supreme Electron in the making. 34.1%)]

Does editing the gameplay cell layout cost MP like moving the cells in the raw layout would?

[AnthropocenianAge (𝒜𝓇𝓉𝒽𝓇𝑜𝓅𝓁𝑒𝓊𝓇𝒶 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝑔𝒾𝓋𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒶 𝒽𝓊𝑔!)]

• Added OpenGL compatibility to the prototype cloud renderer code

Yesssss. The sky will be changed!

• Updated placeholder models for the Society and Industrial Stage prototypes:

Also, the improved models look great!

• A new tab was created in the Multicellular editor for using the new layout preview and manual mode:

I wonder how much closer cells can be now next to each other based on this feature?

[aah31415 (A Supreme Electron in the making. 34.1%)]

Probably the limit is their organelles from different cells encroaching on eachother

[hhyyrylainen]

@Mr.Pukilar

Macro stages are really being worked on (even if just small things)???

It was a totally random outside contributor (reminder: Thrive is open source so at any point anyone can try to work on anything for the game).

[aah31415 (A Supreme Electron in the making. 34.1%)]

And also I presume those assets will eventually be deleted anyway once development proper gets near these higher stages

[Mr.Pukilar (The Leader of the Pukilars)]

I know, im just happy the macro stages are getting a little little little littly bit better each update!

[aah31415 (A Supreme Electron in the making. 34.1%)]

I mean on the other hand the development time being spent on them could be as well used to get faster in developing the actual important parts of the game to develop atm

[Rathalos]

@aah31415

Does editing the gameplay cell layout cost MP like moving the cells in the raw layout would?

It does not, no. It’s meant for smaller tweaks, so you essentially act as an alternative algorithm for converting the hex layout to a real one.