Welcome. Unless someone objects, I think we should make a new official “design” or “game design” team.
Unless you have already found a task to start on, you could have a look at this thread:
and make designs to improve thrive based on the feedback. Continuing tjwhale’s legacy we should prioritize issues that improve the game most with the least amount of effort required first. Feel free to talk through some ideas with me to get an idea of how much effort needs to be spent on changing various things.
There’s also a simple task of designing what effects should the different membrane types have: Membrane types should have effects · Issue #922 · Revolutionary-Games/Thrive · GitHub
Once some designs are done we can talk about what to try to go for in the next release:
Some fans were also talking about what to include in the next release: 0.4.4 Features Discussion - Future Game - Thrive Community Forum