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Thrive: An open-source evolution game inspired by Spore (revolutionarygamesstudio.com)

submitted 4 months ago by Undearius@lemmy.ca to c/games@lemmy.world

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https://github.com/Revolutionary-Games/Thrive

This entertaining game aims to be a scientifically accurate evolution game, starting off as a single-celled organism and growing into more complex organelles, competing against other organisms in the environment.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1779200/Thrive/

It is still in active development and later stages aren't fully fleshed out yet but the early stages can still provide a few hours of fun.

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[-] random_character_a@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago

Bought this year ago to support the project.

I don't know why people mention spore. It only has some similarities with its first stage. Thrive is never gonna be "from puddle to space adventures"-type of game.

[-] Mirodir@discuss.tchncs.de 63 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

People mention Spore because the official FAQ mentions Spore.

Thrive is never gonna be “from puddle to space adventures”-type of game.

People also mention Spore because this is exactly what the devs are envisioning. To quote the FAQ:

Gameplay is split into seven stages – Microbe, Multicellular, Aware, Awakening, Society, Industrial and Space.

[-] random_character_a@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

After watching open source game scene for decades, I'm quite sure Thrive will end up being a good game in "puddle" level, but it will never be more than that.