Thrive's progression system

[hhyyrylainen]

I fail to understand how that is relevant? There’s been a couple of discussions before of decoupling the going to the editor from reproduction:

Reproduction and when to enter the editor

Atm, thrive only has a cell stage. You gather enough resources to split your cell, and enter the editor immediately upon doing so. If you die before splitting, your pop goes down and you try again. If your pop runs out, you go extinct. This is fairly simple, and works rather well for cellular reproduction. Though, there is a minor misunderstanding among some players, who don’t realize the split happens when they hit the editor, as evidenced by multiple people asking in the discord why their ce…

Reproduction and the Gameplay Loop

My attention is scattered and I wrote this on my phone, so apologies if this isn’t concisely written. After reading a review on Thrive’s steam page, I was thinking about the gameplay loop and entertained the thought of changing the nature of phosphate and ammonia. More specifically, on changing the act of getting ready for reproduction from an active process of finding specific compound clouds to a more passive process of surviving (finding food) until you are able to reproduce. Currently, I’d…

Is this a duplicate thread in the end or what?