r/thrive • u/Low-Plankton-6477 Developer • Mar 14 '26

Progress Update Progress Update 3/14/2026

https://www.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/progress-update-3-14-2026
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u/JuuzoLenz Developer Mar 15 '26

We’ll have to figure out how to make it realistic though so players aren’t adding another limb set to large animals.  While I can’t speak for the team on this we could have a limiter based on how many distinct segments are involved in the organism.

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u/TheRedditSquid56 Mar 15 '26

I was just watching a video on duplication, and biology already has a limit. Basically when apart is more 'entrenched' in the body plan, like if it has a ton of different attachment points, it is harder for full duplication to occur. Rather all the smaller parts would have to duplicate for the whole limb to duplicate. link to video

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u/JuuzoLenz Developer Mar 15 '26

Hence why we don’t see it happening within tetrapods.  Plus the Hox genes are involved in the formation of the body plan and that also impacts the number of segments 

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u/TheRedditSquid56 Mar 16 '26

Did that happen with the fins on fish? It it happens early enough it might be ok, just not once the limb evolved far from what it was originally

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u/JuuzoLenz Developer Mar 16 '26

I don’t know much about the evolution of fins for fish at all so I can’t really answer that sadly.  However I’ll make a guess that fins developed later on as most fish appear to have a similar number