

Thrive is an ongoing development project, and has already seen several releases of the first microbial game stage. You can download these early versions from our Releases page. Will you thrive?įor more information on Thrive gameplay, see our FAQ page and gameplay overview. Less successful evolutionary paths will vanish, and only one may progress through every crucial transformative step towards cell cohesion, terrestrial conquest, sentience, settlements, and space travel. Players will create and edit an organism on its journey from insignificance to the stars, using multiple creation tools to rise above their adversaries, themselves products of evolution by natural selection in the wider game ecosystem.īy collecting substances from the environment and processing them with a simulated metabolism, you can increase your species’ fitness rating, building resistance against extinction. We aim to explore the possibilities of simulation within a game context, pitting the player against the game environment as they wield the forces of evolution. Thrive takes many games as inspiration, from roguelikes to grand strategy games, but we plan on walking our own path with many game mechanics. Seven stages are planned – Microbe, Multicellular, Aware, Awakening, Society, Industrial and Space – though for the moment we’re only focusing on the first of these, as the whole project is a massive undertaking. If you're using a wifi hotspot and you still can't find a friend's game, you could try connecting directly via IP.Thrive will encapsulate the player in the wonders of science and the universe, allowing them to manipulate the virtual world around them with editors to modify technology, culture, organisms, and entire solar systems. Some public wifi networks simply do not allow server discovery. If you are sure that you are on the same network, and you still can't find their game, considering using a wifi hotspot instead of a public network.


I can't find my friend's multiplayer game! If another player is hosting, the game should pop up in the list of servers. To join this game from another device, click Play > Join Game. This will make your game available to everyone in the same network. Start playing a game, open the pause menu and press "Host Multiplayer Game" button. If you're on the same wifi or hotspot network, it should be easy. Why are you charging for the game on Steam and iOS when it is available for free?įrequently Asked Questions How do I play multiplayer with my friends/enemies? I can't connect to servers / My game is out of date. How do I join the Google Play beta program? I don't like the current version of Mindustry for some reason, what do I do? How do I set up a dedicated server? / How do I port forward?Ĭan PC players play with iOS/Android players? How can I play with someone across networks? How do I play multiplayer with my friends/enemies?
