🌊🐚🫧Trembling Essence: Day 4 sneak peak poll results!🐚🫧🌊

Hi hellooo guys, were halfway through the month which means it's time for a mini dev-log but in the form of a mini Day 4 sneak peek!! Thank you to everyone who voted on the poll ->[Here!] regarding this!

In the end, the 3rd option ["???????????"] ended up winning so here's 2 random screenshots from Day 4! :D

Mini Day 4 talk:

I'm still recovering from "burn out" but I have been getting stuff done behind the scenes even if it's only a little bit! In good news my new calendar came in the mail so I'm going to take some time out to re-organize stuff! Little reminder that I'll be gone for a couple of days or so soon too! :[]

To those that joined my ->[Patreon], everything will be posted shortly!

Thank you guys for all your continued support! :]

Trembling Essence Devlog 19: ⚠️🛠️Unfortunate setback progress 🛠️⚠️

Helloooo helloo guys🍦🏝️🍹Summer break🍦🏝️🍹 is slowly coming to a close but I hope you guys are still having a good time, here's a look into how things are going behind the scenes.

I initially had everything written a certain way for this game development post but I had to adjust what I wrote because the old laptop that I've been using for things related to the game since the beginning crashed on the 24th and I want to keep this situation transparent so I'll start with a lead into the "bad news" first.

How did this happen?: [Bad News]

I do not have a solid answer as to what caused it but I honestly believe Windows forced an update which my lead to my old laptop crashing.

A few days before this happened I was in the process of re-doing my outdated "guide-mark" which would help me with progressing more of the Day 4 routing. I've talked about this every now and then but I do struggle with getting back on track if I "stop/start" too much towards game development and with the game having 3* routes there are certain choices that can sometimes considerably "change" how the story/path will play out and trying to mentally keep track of certain details is going to get difficult over time and I'm trying to get better at organizing. I spent a couple of days doing this and when I got a fair amount done I'd take breaks.

Before the crash happened, I was working on getting everything about the game set up which included prepping myself into continuing out Day 4. After I got more of the "guide-mark" done I went to go and take another break. When I came back to continue I discovered my old laptop had crashed. I didn't fully understand the severity of it so I thought it would be easy to troubleshoot but nothing I did was working. Since I had put everything on the back up hard drive I thought I was fine and I could just continue on the "new laptop" until I could get my "old laptop" fixed or so I thought.

When I went to go look for everything some of the files were completely gone and it glitched my back up hard drive.

What all is missing?:

1. All game development progress from March up until the July 24th
2. The "guide-mark" + other things I had written in my notes
3. Day 4
4. The new user interface for the game + resources
5. Some of Noah's Voice lines
6. Certain folders etc. / Anything I had saved on the laptop and not on the back up hard drive.
7. My drawing tablet program

There might be more stuff that's missing but this is all that comes to mind for right now. I can only conclude that the crash somehow caused some of this to be missing since these were the last things I had open.

Since the crash I've been doing all that I can to figure out a way to recover my "old laptop" which is why I've been extremely quiet.

I looked into taking it to a computer recovery shop but it is very expensive and the starting quote for them to just diagnose what's wrong is over 125$ + and the price for them to recover everything is even higher.

What's next?: [Good News]

In good news I was able to get the battery in my "old laptop" that died a long time ago replaced for free and I was given a temporary SSD in the hopes it can fix things. The hard drive itself is detected but I can't get it to boot yet and I'm trying my best to exhaust all options first. Some of the troubleshooting has lead me to other ways I can potentially recover everything so I haven't given up.

Even though my back up hard drive is still glitched right now I can say that certain drawing files, pictures, screenshots, sfx's, music from the game etc. are still accessible HOWEVER, I will be taking time out to transfer things out of it and then reset it.

Because of this happening I have learned a VERY VERY VERRYYY valuable lesson when it comes to saving/backing things up and making sure I have everything situated amongst other things. Even though this entire situation has left me feeling very defeated I am praying for a miracle that I'm getting closer to getting everything back and that I'd rather something like this happen now versus it crashing towards the end of the game being finished.

I hope my situation can serve as a warning to others, not just for making games but just in general to always:

• Back everything up to a external hard drive, USB, etc. and not just to the laptop itself.
• Make sure you're not overwhelming storage on your laptop. etc.
• Take pictures of certain things you might need to come back to.
• Try to stay organized and don't give up!

Anywho, this is all I have to share but thank you guys so much for all the support you've given me throughout this🏝️Summer break🏝️ I am deeply grateful with the influx of interest towards what I've been working on. I can't wait to celebrate when I figure out how to fix my "old laptop" so until then I will be extremely quiet again during the month of August.

To those that joined my ->[Patreon], thank you so much! You guys will get first dibs on the celebration once that time comes and when I'm able to finish the previous drawing winner.

If anyone has any advice or guide into fixing the issue regarding the crash I'd really appreciate the help! :,,]