YEAAA!!! >:]

Thank you very much for playing, it's great knowing you love the animated backgrounds and enjoyed that route so much! :,,]

Trembling Essence:💙Background updates + script progress💙

Hi and welcome new followers!

A big thank you to the sudden influx of support I got this week, I wasn't expecting any of it and it was really encouraging! In between art practicing I managed to get more work done than expected! >:,]

Here is the new/updated CG's for the start of the game:

Since I've come a long way with shading I went back and fixed up the initial encounter you can get with Noah and changed out the background. It took longer than expected because some of his expressions didn't line up correctly but I'm happy with the overall foreboding theme I was aiming for. I even added a small parallax effect when he helps you up afterwards. :]

For the dialog I cleaned it up by removing certain parts that didn't add to the story or dragged the situation on for too long. I even fixed some of the conversations you can have with Noah in the beginning that was slightly misleading and confusing to read through. :[] As for the backgrounds I tried looking for more references after I finished redoing this CG, specifically ones that helped me with perspective. Sometimes I have a habit of drawing scenes too flat. In good news, the fog animations are optimized in them so it's easier for me to add! :,,]

The overall progress has increased quite a bit! Everything is going smoothly so far! I don't know when all of it will be finished but it shouldn't take too long.

Q&A / Ask box is open for itch.io now:

I had no idea that you need a Tumblr account to send in questions to the inbox so going forward I'll adjust my game development posts to reflect that in the Q&A section. If you have a question you would like to ask on itch.io if you don't have a Tumblr account, feel free to comment there as well! It will be answered there and on Tumblr :]

If you have any questions about Trembling Essence/Noah feel free to ask here please. This makes it easier for me to see and answer accordingly! I would really like to hear from you guys!

Overall, thank you to those who have sent in asks after everything got reset! I'm trying to get to them when I can including the ones I remember that got deleted. I just need time to answer since I like to respond with doodles/drawings as practice. :]

This is everything I have to share so far, thank you guys for your continued support through this process, I appreciate it! :,,]

Hello there! Also  no worries about Tumblr, I had no idea that you need an account to send in questions to the inbox  so going forward I'll adjust my game development posts to reflect that in the Q&A section. :]

I can just copy/paste the question and block out your name if you would like to keep this anonymous!

This was a thoughtful ask to answer! :]

If the player(Y/N) suddenly did this to Noah, his facial expression and body language would all depend on how close of a relationship the both of you have with each other and what leads up to this. Noah likes his personal space but if he trusts you and there's a genuine connection going on, he'd be more relaxed/comfortable.  

If the both of you are spending time together and being silly up until that unexpected moment he would be surprised at the sudden bold attempt. His eyes would slightly widen for a moment only to lessen as he fondly takes in the player(Y/N)'s features before closing his eyes and giving a sudden kiss.  He'd then flirt with the player(Y/N) given their flustered expression only to let out a small laugh give a warm embrace. :,]

If the relationship is very distant and there isn't enough trust going on he'd quickly go on the defense and firmly tell the player(Y/N) to move and not to do that again.

In the [Extended Demo] there's a small yet similar situation where he does avert his eyes. The first time is when the player(Y/N) falls onto him after he tries to keep you from tripping backwards. He looks to the side while slowly pushing the player(Y/N) off since the situation is awkward, you're in his personal space and he doesn't fully trust you yet. The second time it happens leads to the player(Y/N) accidently stumbling into him against the hallway. This time he's bewildered at the unexpected interaction since the player(Y/N) is holding onto him. When the player(Y/N) looks up at him he averts his eyes a second time before asking the player(Y/N) to get off of him.

Trembling Essence:

💙Background + poll results💙

Hello hello and welcome new followers! :]

Firstly I just want to say a very big thank you to everyone that participated in the poll I did last week, I was really surprised but happy with the results and responses! This will help me a lot moving forward! :,] If you missed it and would like to say which route you preferred feel free to comment!

Anywho, this week mainly focused on art practicing again but I did work on the game and managed to get my bearings even more!

Here is the new background for the start of the game:

This took a long time to draw up since I sketched out the background instead of looking at references this time. Once I got a basic idea of how I wanted it to look it felt.. too empty and flat. At first I couldn't figure out why until I added more shrubbery and grass. After that I started adding the trees and then added a few more to give it depth and adjusted some of the coloring. So far the immersive symbolism I'm going for is slowly coming together! Since it just finished raining where you're located I tried to give the background the illusion of looking tolerably humid but slowly getting colder over time with a hint of decay in the distance. This is a better look of the dreary foreboding atmosphere compared to the "fairy-forest" from last week. >:,] It took a while but I also added a parallax effect here and optimized the images to save space. I kept getting an error when it came to the middle ground so I had to find and fix the problem which delayed things. I don't have a video to show it in action but maybe next time. I do want it to be known again that these automatically happen and don't follow the cursor. :,,]

Here's a sneak peek of the new choices you can do when you're in this area now. >;]

This part required a lot of brainstorming before I figured out how I wanted the explorative part to go. This was originally going to go a different way completely but a particular day caused me to just scrap it and start everything over. I have a very solid idea on how I want all of this to go better than ever so I can't wait to show some of the new areas! I didn't expect this background to take as long as it did to draw up but hopefully next week I'll have more done!

Progress doodle layout:

Since certain endings are being changed I thought it would be cool to animate a progress layout to visually show how everything is going! It shouldn't take too long to finish this section up since I already have a foundation laid out.

Noah's sprite sheet update:

As far as Noah sprite sheets goes, it's still in sketch mode and I haven't messed with them yet since I've been practicing. :,,]

There are some old drawing prompts I wrote down and sketches that I'm still doodling up behind the scenes so hopefully I can get to them at some point with some attached lore. :,]

Q&A / Ask box is still open:

If you have any questions about Trembling Essence/Noah feel free to ask here please. This makes it easier for me to see and answer accordingly! I would really like to hear from you guys!

Thank you to those who have sent in asks after everything got reset! I'll try to get to them when I can along with the ones that come to mind that got deleted. I just need time to answer since I like to respond with doodles/drawings as practice. :]

Overall that's everything I have to share so far, thank you guys for your continued encouragement and support through all of this, I wholeheartedly appreciate it! :,,]

Trembling Essence:

💙Background + script updates💙

Hi hi and welcome to my devlog!

If you would like to play here's the link to my [Extended Demo!] :  https://zombeebunnie.itch.io/trembling-essence-extended-demo

This week mainly focused on art practice. I'm still getting back into the flow of working on the full game so this post might be very short. :]

Anywho, here are some of the backgrounds I drew up as practice.

I was going to use these in the beginning of the game but the immersive symbolism I was going for didn't match up to my liking. It just finished raining in the swamp where you're located at which leaves the area feeling tolerably cold but oddly humid with a hint of decay/mold in the air. I'm aiming for a dreary night theme that gives off a foreboding and a gloomy atmosphere. These give off a "fairy-forest" concept which I don't like all that much. Here's some reference examples of what I hope to bring next time:

I'm also in the process of creating a map for myself to make things easier to layout since certain endings are being changed. This due to specific areas taking place in the forest and not the swamp which have their own unique form of symbolism. I tried to convey this in the March 2023/[Extended Demo] but it's hard to tell the difference between the areas.

I can't guarantee this fully but if you choose to explore around the area there might be small parallax effects that move around automatically. It was something I wanted to try back in the [Extended Demo] but this would've pushed the update farther out into the year.

Lastly, happy belated birthday to Noah! His birthday is May 7th! :]

I wasn't able to draw a birthday doodle yet so enjoy this unrelated sneak peek practice sketch I did a few days ago. :,,]

My Q&A / Ask box has been reset!

Thank you to those who have sent in asks in the past, unfortunately they all disappeared except for 1 while I was gone. I have no idea what happened but I can only guess it just got reset.

If you have any questions about Trembling Essence/Noah feel free to ask or resend them in here please. This makes it easier for me to see and answer accordingly! I would really like to hear from you guys!

This is all I have done so far but I'm enjoying the process even if it's a bit small, Thank you guys for the patience and continued support and patience I really appreciate it. :,]

Thank you very much for the thoughtful comment! It's great knowing that you enjoyed the atmosphere that I'm aiming for. :]

Trembling Essence is a slow burn horror game/dating sim visual novel which focuses on survival. Your choices will lead to multiple endings that will help you learn not only about Noah and the swamp, but everything else surrounding it.
If you would like to play, here's a link for it: https://zombeebunnie.itch.io/trembling-essence-extended-demo 

There are currently:

• 12 Bad endings 
• 6 Neutral endings 
• 6 endings that continue the rest of the Day 3
• It now has a Endings Gallery and a day notifier once you enter the cabin with Noah!

You wake up lost within the swamplands that is surrounded by a large forest. The sense of time is lost on you and the moon is your only guiding light.  At some point you can choose to receive help from a man named Noah who resides in the swamp. He has vast knowledge that will aid you in your survival and if you choose to go with him, he'll take you back to his desolate cabin. He just wants to take care of you and keep you safe but there's a lot more to him than he lets on. It's up to you to make certain choices to survive to the end even if it means taking extreme risks. 

💙Script progress + Updates💙

If you would like to play here's the link to my [Extended Demo!] :  https://zombeebunnie.itch.io/trembling-essence-extended-demo

Hello and welcome new followers, long time no see! I was very busy most of this month, but I am back and ready to continue from where I left off on the game! This game development post might be a bit long but I tried to condense everything! :]

"How are things going so far?":

It's going slow and steady! I haven't been able to do too much these past few weeks, however, I wrote a few parts out before I got too busy and couldn't do anything else.

I want to be very careful when it comes to spoilers but, based on your choices, some of these areas will give off immersive cozy/homelike vibes that really express Noah and the player(Y/N)'s view towards each other. In the old 2023 script I was very new to writing so the small semi-hints of romance weren't the entire focus compared to the horror aspect but there's a better balance between both genres now and I'm still aiming for a meaningful slow burn versus it just being all over the place. :] I liked writing them a whole bunch which lead to a lot of these taking place in the mid/end of Day 4+, they just need to be placed in specific areas that call for it. With that being said, it felt really comfy adding key details about Noah and creating meaningful sections in the game. I was even going to draw out some of the unseen script/scenes but I believe the best thing to do is give deeper lore from the [Extended Demo] first. Even though my writing style has improved I still have to fix the multiple pacing issues I wrote last year.

"Playtester's advice":

I wanted to continue working through Noah's backstory but I kept having moments where I'd get sidetracked into wanting to fix up the start of the game again. Eventually, I talked to my play testers about it and they gave me a few encouraging pointers.

To help keep my process at ease, I will fix the beginning of the game when I take breaks from writing up Noah's backstory. :]

I talked about this during early 2024 but the start of the game that leads up to the cabin is still getting reworked. I was able to get some of it fixed for the [Extended Demo] but I wasn't done. Things are still up in the air but, I will say that I have a better view of everything than I did before. :] Another priority that needs fixing are the backgrounds! I've improved a lot on drawing and they need to be optimized. When you first start up the game, you wake up in a holed out tree in the swamp with the choice to leave this area and possibly end up in the forest. I was going for a very immersive form of symbolism that only a few noticed but, I believe I can do a better job about this. Unfortunately I don't have any new backgrounds to show right now but maybe next week I'll have some finished up! :]

"Art process/Noah's sprite sheets":

As far as Noah sprite sheet goes, it's still in sketch mode.

I didn't draw anything since I was gone so I need to do a few warm ups before I get to them. There are some old drawing prompts I wrote down and old sketches that I never got a chance to doodle so hopefully I can get to them at some point with some attached lore. :,]

My Q&A / Ask box has been reset!

Thank you to those who have sent in asks in the past, unfortunately they all disappeared except for 1 while I was gone. I have no idea what happened but I can only guess it just got reset.

If you have any questions about Trembling Essence/Noah feel free to ask or resend them in here please. This makes it easier for me to see and answer accordingly! I would really like to hear from you guys!

This is all I have to share so far, Thank you to everyone for the continued support and patience while I was gone! I was ready to accept the interest for this game to fade out and coming back to see that it didn't happen makes me happy, I really appreciate it. :,]

Hello and welcome to my devlog!  It'll be some time before there's another update for the '[Extended Demo]' so it will no longer be in the title of game development posts to avoid confusion. Also the next couple of game development posts for April might be a bit short and/or spread out. :]

Behind the scenes:

So far a lot of what's been going on has been brainstorming/going over the script with breaks in between!

I had a very long talk with one of my play testers and it was very fun! One hour ended up turning into several and it really helped me get a better idea of what I want to do for some of the routing/paths and the overall story in general. I believe that this entire month+(?) will just be overlooking the script and brainstorming more ideas/quality of life changes for the game!

My writing style has developed significantly and I'm trying my best to fix all of the multiple pacing issues in the story in a certain order. Noah's backstory is one of the focal points being thoroughly worked on since he expresses sections of his past throughout the game depending on your choices. I can't really share too much else because a lot of it has spoilers and happens later on in the game so right now I'm just writing everything down. So far, I'm still in the early writing stages and I would consider it about 20%(?) done.

I'm still in the process of creating Noah's reference sheets too but I think I'll end up ditching some of the sketches since angled faces/poses are still difficult for me to draw. :,]

Q&A / Ask box is still open:

If you have any questions about Trembling Essence/Noah feel free to ask here please. This makes it easier for me to see and answer accordingly! I would really like to hear from you guys!

Thank you to those who have sent in asks! I'll try to get to them when I can. I just need time to answer since I like to respond with doodles/drawings as practice. :]

Right now this is all I have to share so far, thank you to everyone for the continued support while I continue working on the game. :,]

Trembling Essence [Extended Demo]:

💙What happens now?💙

Hello and welcome to my devlog!

If you would like to play here's the link to my [Extended Demo!] :  https://zombeebunnie.itch.io/trembling-essence-extended-demo

Firstly, I just want to thank everyone that have been playing the updated [Extended Demo] with the Endings Gallery and Day 3 notifier! From this I was able to get a good amount of responses to help me with quality of life ideas going forward. :]

The game page has also been fixed to include the Windows and Mac logo downloads as I had no idea they weren't there until I was told. :,,]

Again, please let me know if you run into any bugs, glitches, misspellings, etc or if the Endings gallery doesn't show up for you correctly.

"So what happens now?"

As far as the [Extended Demo] goes, I do have plans on updating it with certain paths/routes HOWEVER, it will be some time before that happens. There's a lot of stuff that I need to rework and look over before I can add anything. Here's a peek from some of the old game development posts.

[Please remember that this is still a DEMO and anything is subject to change.]

The sections missing from the [Extended Demo] were from routes/paths I wrote during the late spring-summer of 2023. In the fall my writing style developed significantly which lead me to discover multiple pacing issues in the story that went unnoticed. Out of everything I wrote, the two full routes you get while playing were the only sections that were good enough for me to polish up and didn't contain spoilers. As for when the new routes/paths will be added to the [Extended Demo], I don't have an answer for this.

Right now I've been giving myself a break and mainly focusing on brainstorming things out.

In other news, I'm still in the process of creating Noah's reference sheets! There will be a total of three(?) which will have specific details for each one! It's taking some time to create since I'm still learning how to do angled faces/poses, here's the w.i.p sketch version below:

 /Ask box is still open:

Thank you to those who have sent in asks! I'll try to get to them when I can. I just need time to answer since I like to respond with doodles/drawings as practice. :]

If you have any questions about Trembling Essence/Noah feel free to ask here please. This makes it easier for me to see and answer accordingly! I would really like to hear from you guys!

This is all I have to share so far, Thank you to everyone for the continued support and encouraging words while I continue working on the game, I really appreciate it. :,]

Hello hello! Thank you very much for your kind words and theories towards the game/Noah, as for the errors I'll test some things out since this is such a unique situation and hopefully I'll be able figure out what happened to cause this.  Since this comment was mentioned on the March 2023 demo page and not the [Extended Demo] I unfortunately didn't see this but again, thank you for your continued support and brining this to my attention! :]

Hello and thank you very much for brining this to my attention, I had no idea this even happened. :,,]

It means a lot knowing how much the [Extended Demo] had a positive impact for you. I really can't say much due to spoilers/going over the script but I will say this, I'm happy the few dialog adjustments/sprite expressions were noticed in the form of a foreboding element! That CG you mentioned is one of my favorites that I drew since I was extremely new to perspective drawing and still developing my art style! :,]

Feel free to send in your asks whenever and if you ever get around to drawing fan art I'd like so see it! All I ask is that it's nothing Explicit/NSFW since that's not what I'm going for in my works! Overall, thank you so much for your meaningful words of support, I really do appreciate it! :]

https://zombeebunnie.itch.io/trembling-essence-extended-demo I've recently updated my [Extended Demo] for anyone that may have been interested in playing but couldn't download it at the time! 

It now has a Endings Gallery and a day notifier once you enter the cabin with Noah!

Trembling Essence is a slow burn horror game/dating sim visual novel which focuses on survival. Your choices will lead to multiple endings that will help you learn not only about Noah and the swamp, but everything else surrounding it.

There are currently:

• 12 Bad endings 
• 6 Neutral endings 
• 6 endings that continue the rest of the Day 3

You wake up lost within the swamplands that is surrounded by a large forest. The sense of time is lost on you and the moon is your only guiding light.  At some point you can choose to receive help from a man named Noah who resides in the swamp. He has vast knowledge that will aid you in your survival and if you choose to go with him, he'll take you back to his desolate cabin. He just wants to take care of you and keep you safe but there's a lot more to him than he lets on. It's up to you to make certain choices to survive to the end even if it means taking extreme risks. 

Trembling Essence [Extended Demo]:

💙Update out now!💙

Hello and welcome new followers! Just letting it be known that the [Extended Demo] has been updated and now includes a Endings Gallery and a Day 3 notifier when you enter the cabin with Noah! :]

Please let me know if you run into any bugs, glitches, misspellings, etc or if the Endings gallery shows up for you.

When you load up the game you just have to click on each tab to see your progress. If it's greyed out that means you haven't earned it yet and if you do, it'll have color and a "+" added to it! :]

This notification is meant to show what day it is in the game to resolve confusion. Once you enter the cabin with Noah it starts Day 3. In the future, this notification will pop up every time there's a new Day! :]

Q&A / Ask box is still open:

Thank you to those who have sent in asks! I'll try to get to them when I can. I just need time to answer since I like to respond with doodles/drawings as practice. :]

If you have any questions about Trembling Essence/Noah feel free to ask here please. This makes it easier for me to see and answer accordingly! I would really like to hear from you guys!

Thank you to everyone for the continued support and patience, I really appreciate it. :,]

I appreciate the time you took out to play through everything! :,]

Your views on Noah and their perspective towards the player(Y/N) are very thoughtful and I wish I could say more but spoilers and still going through the script! :,] I'm glad you enjoyed the animations I added which I'm hoping to do more of in the future especially during the window scenes and in some of the Bad Endings. :,]

I'm trying to aim for a couple of comfy aesthetic scenes and it's good knowing I'm hitting the mark with immersion. Thank you for your continued support, I have been taking breaks and just brainstorming but I'm hoping to get that one Valentine's Day sketch finished at some point since it has lore attached. Again, thank you so much for playing and support, I appreciate it! :]

Trembling Essence [Extended Demo]:

💙Quality of life progress finished💙

Hello and welcome to my devlog! I've been focused on the quality of life changes I discussed in my last two update posts. :]

Happy one month of the [Extended Demo] being released! Yay! Thank you to everyone that has been patient and supported this! :,]

Quality of life progress:

*Please note that these changes aren't in the [Extended Demo] yet! I'm in the process of updating which I'll announce in a future post! :]

Here's the finished endings collection gallery! I enjoyed the process and learned a lot from this. I can't wait to implement what I've learned in other places within the game! :,]

When you load up the game you just have to click on each tab to see your progress. If it's greyed out that means you haven't earned it yet and if you do, it'll have color and a "+" added to it! I also changed the hue's compared to how it looked last week. :]

I also discovered there's actually 12* Bad Endings and not 13. At some point during development a Bad Ending was turned into a Neutral Ending and I accidently forgot to change that. :S

The game page will be adjusted to indicate this now:

12 Bad endings 6 Neutral endings 6 endings that continue the rest of the Day 3

For those that are new or have been here for some time, entering the cabin with Noah starts Day 3 due to the player(Y/N) being lost in the terrain for 2 and a half days which Noah mentions. Sometimes this can get confusing since some consider it Day 1 while the game considers it Day 3.

I added a notification tab in the upper left corner and moved it slightly to the right so it wouldn't overlap the player(Y/N)'s HP bar. This is meant to show what day it is in the game to resolve confusion. Once you enter the cabin with Noah it starts Day 3. :]

Q&A / Ask box is open:

If you have any questions about Trembling Essence/Noah feel free to ask here please. This makes it easier for me to see and answer accordingly! I would really like to hear from you guys!

I really wanted some of the lore to be found through playing so I'm comfortable with doing this now that the [Extended Demo] has been out for a good while now!

If you've already sent in a ask, I did see it I just need time to answer since I like to respond with doodles/drawings as practice. :]

Outside of a couple of spelling errors I fixed, I can't think of anything else that needs to be added right now so that's all I have to share! Thank you for the continued support, I appreciate it. :,]

Trembling Essence [Extended Demo]:

💙Quality of life progress💙

Hi hi and welcome new followers! This week mainly focused on the quality of life changes I discussed in my last update post. :]

Quality of life progress:

*Please note that these changes aren't in the [Extended Demo] yet! I'm still working on this and I'll let it be known in a update post!

Now that it's week three of the [Extended Demo] being released, It's time to go over some changes to help the player out when going through the game!

It was a struggle but I managed to make a endings collection gallery! I'm still working on it and brainstorming how to make it easier for the player to navigate but hopefully it'll be done soon.

I added a 'Endings' button and separated the endings into different categories!

It looks wonky here but trust the process, I'm still fixing it up! :,]

The left section will be all the bad endings you can get which will be marked in RED when you get them!

The middle section will be the neutral endings that you can obtain within the cabin. These will be marked in BLUE. :]

To give a little bit more detail on this one, these are sections that were suppose to continue the story but ended very early since I still need to look over and redo some of these paths/routes.

For example: Choosing the "Go to sleep." choice here will always lead to a neutral ending regardless of how close you are with Noah.

The right section are all the endings you can achieve when you manage to find the two full routes that progress the rest of Day 3. They will be marked in GREEN!

With that out of the way here's another quality of life adjustment!

For those that are new or have been here for some time, entering the cabin with Noah starts Day 3 due to the player(Y/N) being lost in the terrain for 2 and a half days which Noah mentions. Sometimes this can get confusing since some consider it Day 1 while the game considers it Day 3.

I added a little notification tab in the upper left corner of the game to notify the player(Y/N) of what day it is in the game to resolve confusion. Once you enter the cabin with Noah it starts Day 3. I'm still fixing this too. :]

Q&A / Ask box is open:

If you have any questions about Trembling Essence/Noah feel free to ask here please. This makes it easier for me to see and answer accordingly! I would really like to hear from you guys!

I really wanted some of the lore to be found through playing so I'm more comfortable with doing this now that the [Extended Demo] has been out for a good while now!

If you've already sent in a ask, I did see it I just need time to answer since I like to respond with doodles/drawings and helps me practice. :]

For those who don't follow my Tumblr, here's a sneak peek of a drawing I've been working on. I was looking through old drawings for a skit and noticed I haven't drawn Noah with his sledgehammer in a while. Not sure when this will be finished. :[]

That's all I have to share right now! A very big thank you for the continued interest and support in what I'm working on, I will always appreciate it. :,]

Trembling Essence [Extended Demo]:

💙Quality of life changes + Q&A.💙

Hello and welcome new followers! To show my appreciation for all the support I've received again, here's one of the Valentines Day concept drawings finished! A big thank you to everyone that has continued supporting this through a like, re-blog, fanart, comment, tip jar, share, etc. The higher quality version is on my Tumblr since this one had to be adjusted in order for me to upload it. :,]

I wasn't expecting it to take as long as it did but I'm very happy with the result and how much I've been improving! I'm not too good at drawing angled faces so being able to get it to look just right made me very happy! :,]

• I still have this one to go so hopefully at some point I'll have it done!

Quality of life changes:

*Please note that these changes aren't in the [Extended Demo] yet! It'll be something for me to work on adding and I'll let it be known in a update post!

Now that it's been two weeks of the [Extended Demo] being released, It's time to go over some changes to help the player out when going through the game!

1. I noticed from comments and playthrough's that certain Bad endings/Neutral story progressions were difficult to find, especially the full afternoon route. I don't want players to feel burnt out from trying to search for everything.

I want to add a check-list menu that shows all the Bad/Neutral endings you can get while playing so it's easier to navigate the game.

2. For those that are new or have been here for some time, entering the cabin with Noah starts Day 3 due to the player(Y/N) being lost in the terrain for 2 and a half days which Noah mentions. Sometimes this can get confusing since some consider it Day 1 while the game considers it Day 3.

It's still up in the air about how I'm going to go on about this but I'm thinking about adding a little notification tab in the upper left corner of the game to notify the player(Y/N) of what day it is in the game to resolve confusion.

3. I talked about this last week but I didn't know until recently that the tags I use for Trembling Essence were very unorganized and hard to search through.

I went through and tried my best to re-organize all of the lore and art about Noah/game posts. I also cleaned up the #Trembling Essence tag since it was flooded with game development posts and not much else. I'm also working on a master post and plan on creating some reference sheets of Noah which will be placed under a different tag! :]

#Get to know: Noah : This will be filled with answered asks and lore dump. Sometimes(?) there's random dev-logs that have lore attached to them too.

 #TE Updates : This only includes dev-logs/updates about the game and development progress.

 #Trembling Essence : This tag is mainly used to post fan art / art and anything else in general that might belong here which includes lore posts. I really want searching through the tag to be enjoyable and not filled with a bunch of dev-logs.

Q&A / Ask box is open:

If you have any questions about Trembling Essence/Noah feel free to ask here please. This makes it easier for me to see and answer accordingly! I would really like to hear from you guys!

I really wanted some of the lore to be found through playing versus me just answering everything. :]

If you've already sent in a ask, I did see it I just need time to answer since I like to respond with doodles/drawings and helps me practice. :]

That's all I have to share right now! Thank you for the continued support, I wholeheartedly appreciate it. :,]

Hello and thank you for bringing this to my attention!

As far as choices go, to get the two full routes that continue the rest of Day 3, try to avoid losing too much closeness with Noah before you reach this section.

Once you get here, 2 out of the 5 choices will continue into the rest of Day 3 depending on what you do next. For the second full route, here's a very small hint, you have to be very sneaky. >;]  I'd highly recommend saving right here once you reach a high amount of closeness with Noah.

The first full route starts in the morning with the player(Y/N) being woken up by a noise.

The second full route starts in the afternoon with the player(Y/N) waking up normally. (This one might be a little tricky to find.)

As for the build, if the following screenshot looks like this within your game, that's from the March 2023 demo and won't have any full routes. A lot of CG's were updated and no longer in the [Extended Demo]:

 If you're still having trouble/issues please let me know! :]

Hello, It's good to know you enjoyed playing!

I don't have a timeline until launch though, this is something I'm going to explain in a Master Post but I have to go back and look over a lot of the script I wrote that didn't make it into the [Extended Demo] and no problem! :]

Thank you so much, I'm glad you like them! :,]

Also enjoy, I hope you have fun with finding the second full route! :D 

Thank you very much, I really appreciate it a whole bunch! I can't wait to upgrade some of the old swamp/forest scenery! :,]

Hello! He does have a canon voice however, the full game won't have any voice acting. I have some voice snippets as an answer to this which I'll need some time to edit into the game to make a video out of. :]

Thank you very much for your kind words of support! It's great knowing you enjoyed the content so far! :,]

Hello, it's nice seeing you again! :]

Thank you so much for playing this [Extended Demo]! I went through and even though I wasn't able to watch the entire video, it was nice seeing your choices through the different routes/dialog choices. I was surprised you got one of the hidden neutral endings first! I also noticed one of the full routes wasn't found in your playthrough so I went and added two more CG's on the front game page because of this as a hint! Again, thank you for giving my game a chance again and playing it! :,]

No problem! I'm very happy knowing it was well received, especially the atmospheric details making things even more immersive! :,]

Also late belated Valentines day to you, It  did end up being happy and joyful and I hope the same happened for you! Thank you for the jar of heart-shaped cookies!  :,] 

Trembling Essence [Extended Demo]:

💙Thank you!💙

Hello and welcome new followers to my Devlog, if you would like to play the [Extended Demo] here's a link! First off I just want to show my appreciation and gratitude for all the support I've been given this week with these two concept drawings. :,]

I don't show sketches as much as I used to since they can look really messy but maybe it's time to change that into the new year! :D

They were suppose to be colored up and uploaded as a Valentines Day surprise but, there was a lot of stuff going on which gave me art block so I didn't get a chance to finish them on time. I'm still sort of getting over it now though. :,]

A big thank you to everyone that has been patient and supported this through a comment, tip jar, likes, re-blog, fanart, share, etc.

I whole-heartedly appreciate the positive reception from the [Extended Demo] and it really makes me happy seeing familiar people and newcomers interested in what I'm creating. I'm still adjusting and need time to get to everything I might've missed.

If you have any questions about the game/Noah feel free to ask here or comment below. I would really like to hear from you guys!

If you've already sent in a ask, I did see it I just need time to answer since I like to respond with doodles/drawings and my art block isn't as bad as before. :]

I'm also going to try and re-organize all of the lore and art about Noah/the game posts on my Tumblr  since going through the tags don't have them ordered correctly. I didn't know about this until recently. :[

Game development Trembling Essence [Extended demo] update:

I've only been able to catch a few glimpses of playthroughs and wasn't able to watch them fully so I don't have too much to say right now but I did notice that one of the full routes out of the two in the [Extended Demo] weren't found so I'm going to post two more CG previews here and on the game page as a hint, hopefully this helps!

As far as any future updates go for the [Extended Demo], I don't have an answer yet! I want to see how things will continue to go and not rush anything. :]

Anywho, that's all I have to share right now. Once again, thank you to everyone's kind words and continued support, especially those that have been here since the beginning and have been very patient and understanding! I wholeheartedly appreciate it. :,]

Yay, I'm happy to know you enjoyed this! As far as the next release, it'll be something I'll discuss in a future master post! :,] 

To answer a bit of your question, Noah hints at how he feels about some of the weather through varying dialog at times in the extended demo. Here's a old post where I explained it further on my Tumblr! I'll eventually redo this but mainly just the images as everything else is fairly the same! :]

I just need to re-organize all of the old lore posts on my tumblr again. Thanks for playing! :,]

I hope you have a awesome time playing! :,]

You're never too early! >:]

I hope you have a good time playing and thanks for noticing the inspiration in the bars, it took a long while for me to figure out how to get it to work right.  At the time I thought they were a common thing to see in games and didn't know that wasn't the case.  :,] 

Thank you for checking out what I made, have fun! :]

TREMBLING ESSENCE [EXTENDED DEMO]: 

💙OUT NOW!💙

You wake up lost within the swamplands that is surrounded by a large forest. The sense of time is lost on you and the moon is your only guiding light.  At some point you can choose to receive help from a man named Noah who resides in the swamp. He has vast knowledge that will aid you in your survival and if you choose to go with him, he'll take you back to his desolate cabin. He just wants to take care of you and keep you safe but there's a lot more to him than he lets on. It's up to you to make certain choices to survive to the end even if it means taking extreme risks. 

Trembling Essence is a slow burn horror game/dating sim visual novel which focuses on survival. Your choices will lead to multiple endings that will help you learn not only about Noah and the swamp, but everything else surrounding it.

If you would like to play here's the link to my [Extended Demo!] :  https://zombeebunnie.itch.io/trembling-essence-extended-demo

A very special thank you to everyone that's been following this project of mine and being supportive! It means a lot to me! :]

Thank you so much I really appreciate it a whole bunch! I've been practicing with drawing backgrounds and plan on redoing some of the very old versions so it's great hearing that I nailed the gloomy weather/environment! :,] 

You wake up lost within the swamplands that is surrounded by a large forest. The sense of time is lost on you and the moon is your only guiding light.  At some point you can choose to receive help from a man named Noah who resides in the swamp. He has vast knowledge that will aid you in your survival and if you choose to go with him, he'll take you back to his desolate cabin. He just wants to take care of you and keep you safe but there's a lot more to him than he lets on. It's up to you to make certain choices to survive to the end even if it means taking extreme risks. 

Trembling Essence is a slow burn horror game/dating sim visual novel which focuses on survival. Your choices will lead to multiple endings that will help you learn not only about Noah and the swamp, but everything else surrounding it.

If you would like to play here's the link to my [Extended Demo!] :  https://zombeebunnie.itch.io/trembling-essence-extended-demo

TREMBLING ESSENCE [EXTENDED DEMO]: 

💙Mini Update💙

Hi guys and welcome new followers! I am here with a mini update! :]

Since there's 3 days left until the [Extended Demo] is uploaded on my itch.io page, I want to share a few game development things that weren't written in the Surprise update post. This was done to keep it from being too long winded. :]

If you would still like to play the old March 2023 demo just for fun here's the link! :]

There were a lot of quality of life changes.

For starters, a few CG's got adjustments that I felt were needed. Here's an idea of what I mean:

Before:

After:

• Since this CG will be commonly seen throughout the game, I felt like the view should be updated! I wanted to go for a detailed, scenic look with varying colors. I think out of all the Day & Night settings I redid, this one was my favorite to illustrate! Also, I slightly adjusted the window frame but kept the rustic look it was intended for! :]

(Not every single CG got reworked as this would've cause the [extended demo] to be pushed out even further into 2024.)

• I added a few immersive CG's throughout the game to really give a dynamic view of what you choose to do as well. These were mainly added in areas that would need suspense and foreboding elements .
• There are also a few never seen before CG's of Noah that also got fixed up too that I wanted the player to find on their own. Some of them were drawn back around Summer/Fall when my art style wasn't really consistent. Some of the lighting and overall look were redone.

You'll see what I mean once you get to play! :]

• Another thing I did was fix the "Rollback" commands in the game. I tried fixing it before and messed up so I left it alone for a while until I was ready to come back and fix it. I tried my best to place them in areas where it made sense.

I also showed one of my play testers the new SFX's that would replace an old one that we agreed didn't fit the game. In the end we ended up picking 2 different ones to give a more diverse/immersive feel.

They also told me to check for more grammar mistakes and I found a few more again... :,]

That's all I have to share for now, Thank you again to everyone that has stuck around by keeping up with what I've been creating and believing in me , I appreciate the support I've been given! :,]

Oh cool, I'll look into this more! Thanks for letting me know! :]