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Update 0.25 - Jun

Alright guys, this is finally done!

Dear lord, I think this was the biggest time crunch I've ever had since I first started TA. Please, if I ever mention anything about making an extra large update, someone please smack some sense into me lol

Anyway, it is done. As promised, this update features our chubby little boy Jun during the school festival as well as a "general" day for all three routes. Heres how it works:

The school festival is divided in 4 days (though not all cha...

Small Delay Notice (3 to 4 days)

Hey guys,

First of all, I'm really sorry. If I'm gonna announce I delay I know I should do this a few days early, not on the day of the update. I kept telling myself I'd be able to get it done in time but after staying up for around 22 hours just now and barely sleeping the past week, I realized that I was trying to do too much in this update >.>

Like, for the sake of utmost transparency, I'll give the specifics here. Usually I aim for around 1500 lines per update (which is ...

Hotfix for Update 0.24

Hey guys.

Just coming by real quick to say that I made a tiny mistake in the latest update. You see, when Keisuke takes the MC to the music store, there  is a variable in place so the game recognizes whether you'd been there before and the characters comment accordingly. Problem is, that variable was created waaaaaaay back when Day 10 was first made and when I went to call it, I called it by the wrong name.

The variable's name is "keisuke", all lower case. I called it "Keisuk...

Update 0.24 (Keisuke)

Hey there, guys!

I have to admit, I had a really hard time working on this update. It's already become sort of a trend where Keisuke gives me a really hard time writing for him. This month I had what was likely the biggest blank of my life. I kept staring at the script and thinking to myself "How the hell do I write this?". In the end, I'm more or less happy with how it came out but man was I sweating for a while there thinking about how I might not be able to get it done xD

Thank...

Delay Notice - February

Hey everyone.

I'm sorry for posting this so close to the end of the month, but... to be honest, I kinda forgot February was a shorter month. I thought for sure "Okay, I'm gonna have this done by the end of the month" thinking that we had 30 days this month ^^'

So, yeah, I just wanted to let you all know that the demo will be delayed by 2 days so I can have 30 days to work on it as I usually do.

Update 0.23 (Shoichi)

 Hey there, guys!

Hope you've been doing well. This update is a few hours late because I finished it in the nick of time and then... my internet took nearly three hours to upload it.

I'm not 100% sure how I feel about this update. I keep feeling strange whenever I write the more emotional scenes. I always feel like I didn't really do them justice. But... well, that's up for you guys to decide I suppose xD

Here's the changelog:

• Shoichi's days 17 and 18 added<...
  2019-02-01 03:22:12 +0000 UTC View Post

Update 0.22 (Jun)

Hey there, guys!

First of all, I hope you all had a great Christmas and New Year. Things were a bit turbulent here but overall everything went okay! Now, without further delay, here you guys have the update!

Changelog:

• Saya's new sprite + expressions
• Jun's Day 15 and 16
• All typos in the error log have been fixed

PC:  https://ww...

Merry Christmas/Delay Announcement

Hey everyone! 

Hope you guys are having a blast with this year's holidays. I really wish you guys a wonderful (belated) Christmas and hope that you guys will have amazing new years! Your support over this past year really meant a lot to me and it's thanks to you all that I can work on something that I love. Words simply aren't enough to describe my feelings of gratitude x3

Now, I know I should have posted this warning at least a week ago (which was when I originally decided i...

Update 0.21 (Keisuke)

Heeeello everyone!

I actually surprised myself a little bit when I managed to get this update done in time. My apartment isn't fully organized yet (I don't even have a chair to sit on to use my computer... or eat). Still, I did my best to not delay two months in a row (and I'd feel especially awful if I delayed twice for the same reason).

With all that said, it might have a few more typos than usual (I didn't have as much time to proofread as I'd like) but  what matters is that I go...

Changes in the Goals (and why)

Hey guys.

I don't know how many of you keep an eye on the Goals part of the page. In reality, I've been neglecting it a bit myself in the past few months and I feel I should explain why (and also why they were changed to higher numbers).

When I first started working on Tennis Ace, I was still fully financially dependent on my family. But, as the game started getting bigger, I began to step-up in the house and share the expenses and bills with them so I could help out around the place. Be...

Update 0.20 - Shoichi

Okaaay.

First of all, I'm really sorry about the delay. Luckily I was able to get it done sooner than I was expecting to (4 days instead of 7. Wooho...).

This update was a bit tough to write because of all the others things I've been having to do for my move and whatnot. Still, I think it came out good in the end. I definitely hope you guys will like it! This one also splits from the norm a little bit in that, instead of having one big day, it's actually three smaller ones.

Here's ...

Delay Notice

Hey, guys.

I'm really sorry to be posting this (I've been postponing this notice for as long as possible holding onto the hope that I'd be able to finish it in time).

The thing is, I'm on the process of moving. I've been boxing stuff up, organizing the details of my trip (plane ticket, bus ticket), renting a new place, etc etc. Because of that, as well as the fact that I've been visited by family frequently as they are saying their farewells (since I'm moving away from my family), I have...

Update 0.19 (Jun) Released!

Hey guys!

First of all, I'm sorry to be releasing this almost on the 1st of October. I wanted to finish everything up and release the update early in the morning today but I caught a nasty stomach bug last night and ended up spending most of my day in bed unable to work ^^'

Still, I was able to finish Jun's update in time (thank God, I was really worried about it this past week). I hope you guys will enjoy it as you play along.

Fair note of Warning: You should star...

Poll: What is your favorite side-character?

Well, not really a poll since there isn't an actual voting thingy going on. Since TA has way too many side characters for me to include them all in a poll, I'm just gonna ask you guys to tell me in the comments.

The reason I ask is so I can have a better idea on whose stories to feature for the short story tiers as well as what characters people enjoy seeing in the game. Basically any character that isn't the MC or one of the three main dateables can be chosen here (including Patreon ...

Update 0.18 Released

Heyo, everyone!

I'm really proud of myself with this one. I was able to finish the update in time even when I thought I wouldn't be able to. Not only that, I really like how it came out!

In this update, we find out more about Kei-kun's family dynamics (has someone sensed a pattern here? What with officially meeting the family in three different updates? x3). We also get a little bit closer to him and have a little fun with him as well as some side characters! Hope you'll all enjoy it! 2018-09-01 00:48:26 +0000 UTC View Post

How did you find out about Tennis Ace?

Hey guys, WOTB/Basket here!

I would like to ask you guys how you guys found out about Tennis Ace at first. The reason for this being that the advertisement time I bought from FA is about to expire and I want to be able to quantify what actual impact it has led into my patronage. Because of that, I'm making a little poll to know where I should better focus my efforts in terms of advertisement. Please help me with this by choosing how you first found out about the game, okay? x3

Thank you ...

Version 0.17 - Released

Alright, after the delay I told you guys about, I finally have version 0.17 at the ready.

First of all, I'd like to apologize for one thing. I had promised to make a double update because I wanted to increase the pace at which the game would progress. While the idea by itself wasn't bad, it quickly became obvious that I just couldn't handle that much work in a single month. Because of that, I'll get back to my single update pace because that's what works best for me. I'm sorry about that x.x 2018-08-06 01:07:57 +0000 UTC View Post

Next demo delayed due to my birthday

Howdy, guys!

Well, not exactly my birthday yet but I'm gonna have some family coming from out of town to stay here with us for a few days during my birthday period. Since I'm the only person in the house that doesn't live with a partner, my room was selected to be their housing during this time and because of that I won't have much peace of mind to work.

Not only that, I would like to enjoy this time with my family since I only really see my mother once or twice a year at most. Because o...

Update 0.16A Released

Howdy, everyone!

First off, I want to apologize for something. I really, REALLY wanted to make this a double update releasing content for Jun and Shoichi but, while I am close to finishing up Shoichi's part, there was no way I could get it done without having to push this update back. Because of that, I decided to release Shoichi's at a later date (in a week or so). For now, there's only Jun's portion of the update. The first update after character selection is done :3

• Jun's Day 13...
  2018-06-30 21:51:35 +0000 UTC View Post

New Sprites for June - Teaser

These are the new sprites that will be introduced into the game in the next update or two (I say "or two" because I am not yet clear on whether I'll be able to finish both Jun's and Shoichi's portion as I wanted to try submitting a double update. If I manage to do it, you'll see the other two huskies this month).

Now, suffice to say, the nude versions won't appear in the game, but I still thought people might like to see what they look like under the layers of clothing and so you could all see...

Update 0.15 - Heart Events Complete!

Heya, everyone!

It's that time of the month again and this time I was able to stay on schedule despite the delay last month! With this one complete, all three characters have their heart events complete so now the routes can truly start. So without further ado, here's the latest Jun update. Hopefully it is up to par and no one will want my head on a pike for it x3

Changelog:

• Jun heart events complete.
• All of the errors reported in the typo log have been fixed.
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2018-05-31 07:46:39 +0000 UTC View Post

New Sprites May

Well, the nude versions won't actually be in the game (no use for it) but I thought people might like to see them so... here they are :p

There are still other sprites being worked on right now but these three have already been finished x3

Version 0.14 - Public release

Howdy, guys!

It's been 14 days since the patreon release of this version so I can now release the public one x3

The download link is on the project's itch.io page here!

It contains Keisuke's portion of character select, meaning that both Keisuke and Shoichi are now all done in terms of Prologue and Character Select. The next time they'll get their own updates will be at the start of their routes!

Jun...

Update 0.14 released

Well, cutting it a wee bit close but I am delivering it just one hour before the end of the 5 extra days I asked due to the personal problems I've been having :p

This update was fun to work on, although I do wish I could have done some stuff better in it. Mostly, I wish I could be a faster worker so I could get Jun's portion done too but I'll have to deal with having only Keisuke in this update lol (although it's still the size of a regular update).

This update has fixed a few bugs from ...

NSFW Short-story: More Than a Helping Hand

This came as a result of me joking around with two friends of mine (one of them is my patron) about how flirty they are with each other. We kept joking about how they'd totally bang if they could and that ended up making me want to write a story about it x3

So enjoy this story about how the crocodile Epsiloh breaks both of his arms and has to have Grimfloof, the saber cat, take care of him! A short story with ton of sassiness, flirting and stupid sex. Enjoy!

SFW Short-story: Two Sides of a Coin

Here we have the third and final part of the Shoichi short story detailing how he first met and befriended the protagonist. I hope you guys will enjoy it :3

Delaying the new demo for a few days

Hey, guys. It's me again.

I'm really sorry to bring you guys this news but I've had some personal problems the past few days and was unable to finish the demo in time. I'm gonna be postponing the update for 3 to 5 days because of it. Meanwhile, I'll be posting the last part of the SFW short story (Shoichi's short story) and an NSFW one I wrote recently before the end of the day.

I'll see you guys in a few days when I bring you the finished demo. It'll contain Keisuke's segment of charact...

Public Build Updated

Alright, guys. Since it's been 14 days since the release of build 0.12, I had to update the public build. Now, in a move that might get a few patrons upset at me, I decided to go and update the public build directly to 0.13 (the latest) for two reasons:

1 - Since there was no update for an entire month, it's not really good for me to leave the public version un-updated for too long. Since it can be a gateway for future supporters, leaving it without updating for two months just gives an idea o...

Poll: About the update schedule

Howdy, guys!

Hope you've all been doing super well! As you've seen, things have been progressing rather rapidly as of late and I really hope to continue going at that pace x3

The question I have now is for after I'm done making the Character Select events for Jun and Keisuke. I wanted you guys to vote on what kind of update schedule I should use. Here's the two options I've come up with:

Option 1 - Have a vote to decide what character gets to be the main focus. Then, r...

First Android Version Released

Okay. This one is kinda out of the blue cause I wasn't even planning on doing it now. 

I just decided to fiddle with it out of curiosity. I had tried to make an Android version a while ago and the UI was broken beyond repair, so I decided to let sleeping dogs lie and set myself to hire a programmer down the line to fix it. Well, while I got curious and fiddled with the code a bit, I apparently fixed it completely accidentally. As such... well, we now have an Android version. Refer to this...