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This page contains a rough roadmap of future features for Thrive.
This page contains a rough roadmap of '''future''' features for Thrive. For already complete features and done releases you can read the releases page on our [https://github.com/Revolutionary-Games/Thrive/releases Github],


We have a kanban board for concrete issues short(ish) term planning: https://github.com/orgs/Revolutionary-Games/projects/2
We have a kanban board for concrete issues short(ish) term planning: https://github.com/orgs/Revolutionary-Games/projects/2
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=== 0.x Releases ===
=== 0.x Releases ===


These are releases towards more fleshed out microbe stage.
These are releases towards more fleshed out microbe stage. This roadmap was discussed [https://forum.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/finishing-the-microbe-stage-roadmap/905 here].
 
==== 0.7.x (the graph updates) ====
* [https://github.com/Revolutionary-Games/Thrive/issues/3156 Create a cache that is stored on disk for PhotoStudio] (for better reworked auto-evo report performance)
* [https://github.com/Revolutionary-Games/Thrive/issues/1622 Add a way for the player to control organelle split order] (maybe could be skipped as there's not been that much feedback lately about this being a major pain point)
* [https://github.com/Revolutionary-Games/Thrive/issues/2980 Implement someplace that shows the used energy sources per species] (probably can just add the miche tree to the editor)
* [https://github.com/Revolutionary-Games/Thrive/issues/2767 Add best organelle suggestion shown in the editor]
 
Difficult / help wanted:
* [https://github.com/Revolutionary-Games/Thrive/pull/2753 Compound production], photosynthesis implemented, other compounds not generated yet. Also diffusion of compounds between patches may need some math changes.
* [https://github.com/Revolutionary-Games/Thrive/issues/3086 Timeline should not claim the player is extinct if rescued by external effects]
* <s>[https://github.com/Revolutionary-Games/Thrive/issues/2771 Make extinct in patch auto-evo result say split off]</s> (maybe no longer can happen with new auto-evo)
* [https://github.com/Revolutionary-Games/Thrive/issues/2958 Make auto-evo not claim a species is extinct if external effects rescue it]
 
==== 0.8.x (world and auto-evo updates) ====
* [https://github.com/Revolutionary-Games/Thrive/issues/1682 Move away from using percentages in the patch conditions]
* [https://github.com/Revolutionary-Games/Thrive/issues/2448 Marine snow (chunks) spawn density should depend on existing species]
* [https://github.com/Revolutionary-Games/Thrive/issues/3556 Patches that link regions together should be more obvious]
* [https://forum.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/radiotrophy/631 Radiotrophs]. Issue: [https://github.com/Revolutionary-Games/Thrive/issues/2357 Add radioactivity as an energy source]
* Compound Toxicity and Environmental tolerance
* Environmental events
* [https://github.com/Revolutionary-Games/Thrive/issues/3685 Replace all Godot prints in auto-evo with storing events]
* [https://github.com/Revolutionary-Games/Thrive/issues/2306 Make organelle storage amounts in tooltips use localization]
* Improved microbe backgrounds (might just need some blur for the distortion effect)
* [https://github.com/Revolutionary-Games/Thrive/issues/2450 Make biome light properties actually affect the graphics] (might be done with the day/night system)
* [https://github.com/Revolutionary-Games/Thrive/issues/2869 Make player species members dying or reproducing on screen affect the population]
* [https://github.com/Revolutionary-Games/Thrive/issues/2907 Increase player auto-evo strength to 80% once the algorithm feels good]
* [https://github.com/Revolutionary-Games/Thrive/issues/2924 Auto-evo does not change its prediction upon patch change]
* [https://github.com/Revolutionary-Games/Thrive/issues/2925 Auto-evo needs to update prediction upon rigidity and behaviour change]
* <s>[https://github.com/Revolutionary-Games/Thrive/issues/2947 Investigate auto-evo generated species that immediately starve to death]</s> probably done with new auto-evo (miches)
 
Difficult / help wanted:
* [https://forum.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/planet-generation/182 Planet Generation and Customization]
* [https://github.com/Revolutionary-Games/Thrive/issues/3563 Change patch map generator to not need to abandon regions]
* [https://forum.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/microbe-stage-terrain-generation-and-features/777 Patch terrain generation and differentiation]
* Improve water currents functionality and visibility (only if we can get a graphics programmer)
* [https://github.com/Revolutionary-Games/Thrive/issues/3034 Add some benefit in auto-evo calculation from chemoreceptor]
* [https://github.com/Revolutionary-Games/Thrive/issues/3040 Make some auto-evo calculations be affected by organelle upgrades]
* [https://github.com/Revolutionary-Games/Thrive/issues/3358 Make auto-evo take lysosomes (new digestion) into account]
 
==== 0.9.x (finishing things off updates) ====
* Bioluminescence
* [https://forum.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/viable-achievements/353 Achievements]. Issue: https://github.com/Revolutionary-Games/Thrive/issues/2665 ([https://github.com/Revolutionary-Games/Thrive/issues/2766 also for Steam])
* <s>Reworking the spawn system</s> (only if necessary). Related issues: [https://github.com/Revolutionary-Games/Thrive/issues/1551 Add per spawner caps for entities], [https://github.com/Revolutionary-Games/Thrive/issues/1560 Make cloud spawns less random and more time based], [https://github.com/Revolutionary-Games/Thrive/issues/2055 Rework spawn system to be encounter based]. Likely obsolete issue: [https://github.com/Revolutionary-Games/Thrive/issues/2804 Investigate a way to parametrize the bias for spawning in front of player]
* [https://forum.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/organelles-mutations/477/28 Thermoplasts] ([https://github.com/Revolutionary-Games/Thrive/issues/3496 full implementation], basic is done)
* Expanded tutorials for the microbe stage + hand holding mode selectable as an option that enables even more aggressive tutorials. Add tutorials like [https://github.com/Revolutionary-Games/Thrive/issues/2091 Add a tutorial on death when using multiple ATP production types], [https://github.com/Revolutionary-Games/Thrive/issues/2975 Add a tutorial for taking ATP damage in engulf mode], [https://github.com/Revolutionary-Games/Thrive/issues/2979 Add a tutorial about loading a save if the player dies too much]
* [https://github.com/Revolutionary-Games/Thrive/issues/1659 Split ToolTipManager.tscn to multiple files]
* [https://github.com/Revolutionary-Games/Thrive/issues/1602 Make a nice cell division animation]
* [https://github.com/Revolutionary-Games/Thrive/issues/672 Reimplement the context dependent hints system]
* <s>[https://github.com/Revolutionary-Games/Thrive/issues/1701 Make clouds look like they did in 0.3.4] (if can be done with reasonable effort, or at least [https://github.com/Revolutionary-Games/Thrive/issues/3619 visibility should be improved]) Related issue: [https://github.com/Revolutionary-Games/Thrive/issues/2286 Increase perlin noise texture size or get UV scaling math right]</s> clouds have had a looks uplift in 0.7.0
* Improve game performance ''if'' required. The ECS refactor in 0.6.4 improved the game performance a ton.
* [https://github.com/Revolutionary-Games/Thrive/issues/3273 Fix lag spikes from organelle duplication in very large cells]
* [https://github.com/Revolutionary-Games/Thrive/issues/4344 Add an automatic suggestion to run a benchmark before starting the game for the first time]
* [https://github.com/Revolutionary-Games/Thrive/issues/4554 Intercellular matrix graphics]
* Polishing up any obvious rough edges in the new player experience to have a really solid base for the game to expand
 
Difficult / help wanted:
* <s>[https://forum.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/informing-players-and-the-thrivepedia/772 Expand the Thriveopedia to provide in-depth gameplay information]</s> (done except, our wiki now needs more content to include in there. If someone wants to join the team just to update the wiki, please apply to the team).
* [https://github.com/Revolutionary-Games/Thrive/issues/2307 Add a separate sound effect for binding mode]
* [https://github.com/Revolutionary-Games/Thrive/issues/3561 Review how game difficulty settings death penalty works in terms of the coefficient and constants]
* [https://github.com/Revolutionary-Games/Thrive/issues/3426 Create a different cutscene for when starting in the warm pond] and probably for panspermia
* [https://github.com/Revolutionary-Games/Thrive/issues/1864 Make proper short tips for the microbe stage and the editor]
* [https://github.com/Revolutionary-Games/Thrive/issues/2586 Improve the process panel display]
* "Final" microbe game balancing


=== 1.x Releases ===
=== 1.x Releases ===


Microbe stage is "finished" focus moves to multicellular.
Microbe stage is "finished" focus moves to multicellular.
==== 1.0.0 ====
* Microbe stage is finished
* We should have at least the early multicellular no longer marked as a prototype by this time


=== 2.x Releases ===
=== 2.x Releases ===


Multicellular stage is "finished" focus moves to aware.
Multicellular stage is "finished" focus moves to aware.
=== 3.x Releases ===
Aware stage is "finished" focus moves to awakening stage.


== Feature Backlog ==
== Feature Backlog ==


This is a rough list of features that are planned, suggested or have been discussed in the past and haven't been rejected. Note that none of the listed features are not guaranteed to be implemented, as this list does not include the official plans of Revolutionary Studios, only potential features.
This is a rough list of features that are planned, suggested or have been discussed in the past and haven't been rejected. Note that none of the listed features are not guaranteed to be implemented, as this list does not include the official plans of Revolutionary Studios, only potential features.
Once we have many planned features for different stages this list should be split to be by stage.


=== Main Features ===
=== Main Features ===
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==== High Priority ====
==== High Priority ====
These features are in demand for implementation when possible.
These features are in demand for implementation when possible.
* Upgraded/Remodeled Patch Map (procedural generation?)
* Nothing currently
* Kick player out of patch when local population reaches zero
* [https://forum.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/organelle-upgrades/656 Implement upgrades/specialization system]
* [https://forum.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/organelle-unlocks/696 Implement part unlocking mechanic]
* [https://forum.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/multicellular-stage-the-beginning/383/23 Finish Binding Agents (Need additional benefits for colonies, bugfixing)]
* Reworking the spawn system
* [https://forum.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/signaling-agents-prototype/834 Implement signaling agents]
* Implement customizable species amount limit as a performance option


==== Planned ====
==== Planned ====
These features are intended to be in the game eventually.
These features are intended to be in the game eventually.
* Allow player to play any species occupied patch upon death/reproduction
* [https://forum.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/multiplayer/962 Multiplayer]
* Improve water currents functionality and visibility
* [https://forum.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/size-osmoregulation/1043 Non-linear size / osmoregulation cost for cells (and matching gameplay with auto-evo energy cost)]
* [https://forum.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/informing-players-and-the-thrivepedia/772 Implement in-game encyclopedia]
* [https://forum.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/photosynthesis-gameplay/682 Implement day/night cycle in the cell stage to help balance photosynthesis]
* Rework cell rotation to be physics based
* [https://forum.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/organism-stamina-mechanics/757 Implement Stamina system and speed boosting]
* [https://forum.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/planet-generation/182 Planet Generation and Customization]
* [https://forum.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/microbe-stage-terrain-generation-and-features/777 Patch terrain generation and differentiation ]
* Introduce DonGororo's Report Menu concept (at least partly done?)


==== Accessory ====
==== Accessory ====
These features are deemed unessential to the game, but desirable.
These features are deemed unessential to the game, but desirable.
* [https://forum.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/viable-achievements/353 Achievements]
* Nothing currently
* [https://forum.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/organelles-mutations/477/28 Thermoplasts]
* [https://forum.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/radiotrophy/631 Radiotrophs]
* Present option for migrating player species without the player moving themselves
* Limit to number of cells engulfed at once
* Rename predatory pili to a more neutral term
* Implement new damage effects to better convey cell is being harmed
* [https://forum.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/updating-cilia/349 Cilia]
* [https://forum.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/chemoreceptor-organelle/765 Radar in the form of chemoreception part]
* Implement percentile damage resistance from prokaryotic sources to eukaryotes


===Debatable Features===
===Debatable Features===
These features need debating (or major design work) before being moved to the list of main features for implementing
These features need debating (or major design work) before being moved to the list of main features for implementing


* Damage delay or knockback for offensive pili
* Addition of seperate forms of a cell for lifecycle stages or interchangable "modes"
* Addition of seperate forms of a cell for lifecycle stages or interchangable "modes"
* Gene Transfer
* Gene Transfer
* Compound Toxicity
* Endosymbiosis (full)
* Endosymbiosis
* Patch addition or rebalance
* Patch addition or rebalance
* Implement diffusion of compounds and gasses between patches
* Add hydrogenase
* Bioluminescence
* Environmental events
* Mobility altering gas vacuoles
* Mobility altering gas vacuoles
* Launcher for mac (proper support, and investigate if we can do code signed builds or not)
* Official Mac support. Once there's enough [https://forum.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/demand-for-official-mac-osx-support/911 demand] (potentially we should do code signed builds)
* Improved microbe backgrounds
* Reworking the spawn system to using an encounter / sector model ([https://github.com/Revolutionary-Games/Thrive/pull/2913 old pull request])
* Toxin system customization and rework
* [https://forum.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/surface-area-volume-and-ratios/978 Organelle adjacency bonus / bonus from being at the cell edge]
* Rework player starting compounds to allow for more flexibility

Latest revision as of 09:34, 28 October 2024


This page contains a rough roadmap of future features for Thrive. For already complete features and done releases you can read the releases page on our Github,

We have a kanban board for concrete issues short(ish) term planning: https://github.com/orgs/Revolutionary-Games/projects/2

Roadmap

0.x Releases

These are releases towards more fleshed out microbe stage. This roadmap was discussed here.

0.7.x (the graph updates)

Difficult / help wanted:

0.8.x (world and auto-evo updates)

Difficult / help wanted:

0.9.x (finishing things off updates)

Difficult / help wanted:

1.x Releases

Microbe stage is "finished" focus moves to multicellular.

1.0.0

  • Microbe stage is finished
  • We should have at least the early multicellular no longer marked as a prototype by this time

2.x Releases

Multicellular stage is "finished" focus moves to aware.

3.x Releases

Aware stage is "finished" focus moves to awakening stage.

Feature Backlog

This is a rough list of features that are planned, suggested or have been discussed in the past and haven't been rejected. Note that none of the listed features are not guaranteed to be implemented, as this list does not include the official plans of Revolutionary Studios, only potential features.

Once we have many planned features for different stages this list should be split to be by stage.

Main Features

These features are considered but still may not be implemented. They are divided into three categories of increasing relevance.

High Priority

These features are in demand for implementation when possible.

  • Nothing currently

Planned

These features are intended to be in the game eventually.

Accessory

These features are deemed unessential to the game, but desirable.

  • Nothing currently

Debatable Features

These features need debating (or major design work) before being moved to the list of main features for implementing

  • Addition of seperate forms of a cell for lifecycle stages or interchangable "modes"
  • Gene Transfer
  • Endosymbiosis (full)
  • Patch addition or rebalance
  • Mobility altering gas vacuoles
  • Official Mac support. Once there's enough demand (potentially we should do code signed builds)
  • Reworking the spawn system to using an encounter / sector model (old pull request)
  • Organelle adjacency bonus / bonus from being at the cell edge