Trembling Essence Devlog 14: 💕February wrap up!💕

Hellooo and happy warm welcome to new followers! Cheers to the last full game development update on here! 💌🧸

If you're interested in seeing future in depth updates or even be in the credits of the full game, please support me on ->[Patreon]! This tremendously supports the development of the game. 💌

**Speaking of Patreon I'll be making another post over there as a introduction on what's to come! In the future I'll also begin mapping out the design for a unique [Credits] in-game screen for the Sweet honey jar tier now that I've gotten much better at coding!💌

*I'll still post small sneak peeks giving basic updates about game development outside of Patreon, don't worry!*💕 :D

Thank you to everyone that has bought, shared, commented, rated, liked, etc. the Trembling Essence [New Update], I appreciate the continued support! This post might be a little longer than usual but I'll try my best to condense everything. :,]💕 :,]

Behind the scenes:

The last few days of January into the start of February I was pretty much preparing/cleaning up things to announce the [New Update].

Not too long after that I gave my mind a small break from all the constant beta testing and code cleaning. Making silly videos/ Valentine's day easter eggs for the game really helped. I would've added more into the [New Update] but I didn't want too many funny moments to take away from the overall experience while playing. A few days before the release I fixed up a few more issues my play testers and I caught and added tiny upgrades to the interface. After the [New Update] was uploaded I was a bit scatterbrained and needed time to reground myself and prepare for the future. 🌹💌

So what happens now?:

So in very exciting news I was blessed with a new laptop which was something I was not expecting! To go a little further into this, the one I've been using aaallll the way in the beginning was falling apart over time and it kept getting worse once the battery to it stopped working. I mentioned this issue in the past but in the end I wasn't able to replace it so I tried to make things work and it's not going to be long before it stops working completely. I've been slowly transferring what I can over to the new one and getting used to the different set up/lighting/faster loading speed.🌸 :,]

A lot will be happening during the seasonal transition into spring and I want to try my best to keep things in order but overall, while I continue transferring things over I'll be cleaning up interface, etc. I learned a lot in a very short time so I really want to apply what I know while it's still fresh in my mind.🌸

In good news, I have about 10+ or so routes/paths I wrote a looonnnggg time ago that had some scenes I liked and new content I'd like to add into the concepts for Day 4+. Because of this, finishing up Day 4 into Day 5 shouldn't take long to complete. The bad news is my organization skills back then wasn't the best like it is now so I need to do some digging to find these 10+ or so routes/paths.🌸 :,]

The process of Day 4+ will start off a bit differently too. Back when I first started out up until recently I would write out the script in sections, draw/colored the CG's afterwards, etc. until the route was done. Even though I like doing this it left me with a lot of scrapped content which included many unused CG's/scripts. Now that Day 3 is finished I want to treat it as a starting ground while I continue out the rest of the game. So much of my initial plans/ideas have changed and I've learned so much so I feel a lot more prepared! I'll probably create a layout showing what'll happen like I did in the past.🌸 >:]

In between this I'll take breaks to catch up on old art I never got a chance to finish since most of my time was put into getting as much as I could done for the [New Update], asks, amongst other things to avoid burn out.🌸

Endings guide:

I'll get to work on creating a Endings guide! I want the [New Update] to simmer a bit more so spoilers aren't seen too early especially for those that are new here and still playing the game. :[]

🩷Q&A / Ask box is open!🩷:

I've gotten a lot of asks recently with the last few days and I appreciate the patience when it comes to me answering them. I'll try to draw unique illustrations but expect some duplicate/sketch-ish art in return! Some asks won't be answered if it contains spoilers! 🩷 :]

This is all I have to share for right now and I don't want to get too long-winded, Thank you to everyone for all the support I've been given. It doesn't go unnoticed and I will always continue to appreciate it! :,,]🌷