The next Thrive release is almost here, so it is time to do the usual early public testing to catch issues before they reach the stable release. The major features in this release is the greatly expanded specialization system that now extends to cell placement in the multicellular and there’s tutorials explaining the feature now. And the second big thing is that multicellular growth has been adjusted and there’s a first new reproduction mode: spores. With it you can make a special spore cell type and choose to when to start growing. Of course there are also the variety of usual fixes and improvements to various things. Most interesting of those is probably the performance improvements to the compound clouds which now have double the previous performance and even a half simulation fidelity mode which should make lower end computers much happier.
To access the beta build, right click Thrive in the Steam client and in the properties select "beta" as the beta version to play.
Please provide any feedback you have on this test build. We are especially interested in hearing about the feel of toxins and multicellular growth speed.
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