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Update 0.13 - Shoichi's Heart Events

Alright, guys. Despite my throbbing and pounding headache and my eyes that are super red and puffed up (damn you, allergies), I managed to finish my demo. I even managed to get it up a few hours before the 31st. I'm so damn proud of managing to do that after how late I was with the last one. It took a lot of sleepless nights but I'm not back on schedule xD

As is customary with all demos, here's a list of what's been added:

• Character Select has been implemented, although only Shoich...
  2018-03-31 00:53:55 +0000 UTC View Post

Official Discord server

Hiya, everyone. So, as some of you might have noticed, I've created an official Discord server. I thought it would just ask Patrons that have their Patreon accounts linked to Discord if they wanted to join but it seems to just have forcefully added to the server, so... yeah, apologies for that ^^'

Other than that, yeah. We now have an official Discord server. If people want to go there to talk about the game or just chat, regardless of what it is, any and all patrons can join just by linking t...

Error Log

Howdy, everyone.

Not everyone here might remember this, but sometime ago, a typo log was created for the project. I'm going to start posting the link to it with every new update. This way, people can post the typos and other errors they find in the game here, avoiding multiple people reporting the same thing and creating an easier way for me to check (since they'll all be in the same place c:)

I had meant to post a few days ago but I kept forgetting. Sorry about that ^^'

Chibi Pack

Here's the pack with the six chibis as promised. It has both the selected and idle poses for the three guys in the character select screen.

Route Selection Teasers!

Howdy, guys. Pretty simple stuff. I'm done with implementing the route selection screen! Here's what it looks like with each of the characters selected:

The way it's gonna work is simple. You see how each character has empty hearts under the "Character Select" title? Every time you pick a character and spend ...

Update 0.12 (Finally) Released

Hey, guys. First of all, I'm really sorry for the countless delays on this. It turned out that I grossly underestimated the amount of time it would take to get the expressions added to the Prologue. The many bugs I had to deal with aside (I probably spent almost 10 days just fixing bugs with the new programming), I was way off-base with how long it'd take. Regardless, the new version is finally here.

Here's a quick list of changes:

• Expressions added to all days for the 3 main char...
  2018-03-22 20:46:23 +0000 UTC View Post

Thank you! (And a sneak peak)

Hey, everyone. First of all, I just saw today that the $400 milestone was reached thanks to a few generous patrons who snagged a few of the higher tiers. Really, thank you to everyone of you who've been helping me all this time. It makes me really happy to see all the interest and support that's been generated through my project. The past two days were spent for me more or less helping to organize my brother's birthday party (which was today, FYI, so I only just now had time away from family xD)...

Heads Up

Alright, as we're getting close to the end of the month, I'm doing my best to get as much work done as possible. But I've already come to realize that I underestimated the workload for this month. The amount of work I'm putting into the game is much larger than what I usually do for the other months (having to re-read the entire thing to add expressions, rewriting some parts in the first few days to bring their quality up to par with later days, improving the game's soundtrack) all take consider...

Public Demo Update - 0.11

I'm so sorry with the delay releasing the public demo. I've been so preoccupied with dealing with a few programming bugs and getting stuff done so I can release this month's demo in time (having to edit basically everything I've written to add the expressions takes quite a bit of time e.e) that I honestly forgot. You guys can get the links for the Public Demo on my itch.io page (public builds will be posted there from now on).

You can go to itch.io through 2018-02-18 03:38:20 +0000 UTC View Post

One Degree of Separation (NSFW Short Story)

Howdy! I've been holding off on posting this for a bit because I had been asked to wait for this picture to be done x3

Hitting a little closer to home, this one takes place with the two Patreon OCs in my game, Victor (the exchange student, belonging to Vic Venom) and Alexander (the bodyguard, belonging to Richard).

Richard was nice enough to commission a companion piece to go with the image! Overall, I hope you guys like it. I'm still not sure if I want to make this pairing a canon thing...

What's your favorite character?

Heya, peeps. So, I want to know what you guys are thinking of the characters now that the Prologue is done. Keep in mind that the character to come out in first place will be the first to get an update once I'm done organizing the game (I will release updates intermittently for the three).

If you just want to vote, that's fine. If you'd like to tell me your thoughts on the characters, that's useful for me too x3

About February

Alright, I figure I should probably give this announcement sooner rather than later.

For the month of February, I won't be releasing any new content, as the month will be focused on refining the Prologue. Typo-fixing, editing and adding expressions will be the order of the day... err, month. So, while I will release a new demo in the month of February, it'll just contain the refined Prologue with expressions and outfits added for the characters. That way I can start work on the routes...

Update 0.11 - Prologue FINISHED

Hiya! I'm so glad my internet managed to not die permanently and decided to allow me time to upload the new demo! It only died 3 times while I was uploading the update and forced me to start again from scratch! (rolls eyes)

Well, regardless, Update 0.11 is finally rolling out. This will wrap up the Prologue with the end of the Prefectural tournament for the MC. For those of you who don't like reading tennis matches... well, there's quite a bit of banter here, but it's also pretty heavy on the ...

High-Resolution CGs

Posting this here before my internet (possibly) goes dark. A while ago, a patron asked me if I could provide HD versions of the CGs. I thought it was an interesting idea and decided to post it on the 31st together with the demo. But since I don't want to risk my internet going bonkers and dying without me being able to post it (and since they're done already anyway), I've decided to fire them off.

So here you guys have the two CGs that have shown up in the game so far in high resolution. Enjoy...

Just a heads up

Hi, guys. I'm just passing by to tell you all that there's a chance that I might not get the demo uploaded today. As you can see, I've actually already finished writing it, although I still need to typo-check it and everything. I'll definitely get it done by the end of the day, but I might run into some trouble to upload it.

The reason being that there's some issue with my local ISP. Internet has been shaky since yesterday and, this morning (I stayed up all night working on this so I ...

Change of Scenery

I decided to order a background, just to test the waters. I received it two days ago and already implemented it into the game, so the classroom is now going to actually look like this!

I'm very happy with the results and I plan on ordering more of these when I can x3

Troublesome Arrangements (SFW Short-Story)

Here's part 2 of the story on how Shoichi and our MC got to meet. Hope you guys will like it x3

Public Demo Update 0.10

We now reach the first public update of January with December's update now going free. As was said when I initially released it, it's a bit on the shorter side as this update's job was mostly to tie lose ends and set the foundation for the routes as we near the end of the Prologue. January's update should be the last one before we get into route selection, so we'll be delving into individual routes soon enough x3

PC: 2018-01-15 00:02:29 +0000 UTC View Post

A proper athlete needs proper support (Sneak Peak)

Alright. I posted a 'lil sketch of Shoichi for the general public on twitter. For you guys, though, I have something a little more... intimate.

Here we have underwear Shoichi in all his buff, unshaded glory. Usage is appropriate for ages 8 to 80! (not really)

Enjoy!

Update 0.10

Howdy, guys! First of all, I want to wish you all a Happy New Year! Thank you so much for sticking with me through this first year of my project, you all have no idea how much this means to me. I hope I'll be able to keep going like this with you guys for quite a while yet x3

Now, onto the update. I'll already say that this one is shorter than the last three (though the last three were... pretty big in their own right). Still, there's quite a few things that I've added here. So, without furthe...

Is the merriest Christmas! (NSFW)

For those of you who have gone out of your way to support me so much, here is my Christmas present to you x3

A Christmas with Friends (SFW)

Howdy, everyone!

Thank you for all the support over the year, have a Merry Christmas to you all and I hope you get to enjoy the holidays with the people and the things that make you happy x3

[Teaser] A Christmas with Friends

Howdy, guys. So, I've commissioned my artist a while ago to work on a Christmas gift for my dear patrons. You guys are all really wonderful and I'm so thankful for all the love and support you've given me over my project's first year of life. Because of that, I couldn't let Tennis Ace's first Christmas pass by unchecked. I commissioned her to draw an image as a thank you to you all!

All patrons (from the $3 tier and upwards) will receive the SFW version, with the characters fully dressed in Ch...

Update 0.9 Goes Public

Howdy, guys. It's time for the public build to receive its update x3

• Keisuke's Day 10 added.
• Jun's current sprite has been updated. I haven't added all the expressions yet, just changed what was already in the game to the new version (because, let's be honest, it's much better). The expressions will be added once all three characters get theirs done.

Download Links:

• Windows/Linux: 2017-12-15 15:59:08 +0000 UTC View Post

Update on the Patreon Fee Changes

So, guys, it seems that the major community outcry has caused Patreon to pull back on the changes they were going to implement next week.
https://blog.patreon.com/not-rolling-out-fees-change/

So, to sum things up, those changes I posted to you guys about will no longer take place, so apparently all the panic it caused was unnecessary in the end.

Thanks guys~

Change to Patreon Fees

So, guys. I honestly don't know when Patreon started sending the warning about these changings, but I know that I and a few other creators I'm in touch with received an e-mail today detailing changes in Patreon policies.

Basically what is going to happen is that Patreon will stop charging processing fees (PayPal, Stripe and other payment processing servers like these charge fees) from the creators. What happened before is that, while Patreon advertises that creators keep 95% of the pledged amo...

Update 0.9 is Live

Howdy, guys. I'm really happy to finally be able to bring you all an update on schedule! Being home really allowed me more time to work, even though I had to rush this one (after all, the last one was only delivered on the 12th) so I'll already apologize a bit because I might have neglected the typochecking to get everything done on time (and I already suck at it in the first place ;-;). Either way, here we have Keisuke's update at long last!

• Keisuke's Day 10 added.
• Jun's curren...
  2017-12-01 03:07:24 +0000 UTC View Post

Update 0.8 Goes Public

Alright, guys. Today is the day that Jun's update goes public. To those of you who have been interested in seeing what spending a whole day with him is like, this is it!

Windows/Linux: https://www.mediafire.com/file/9x1mxwluiayo7ma/TennisAce-0.8-pc.zip
Mac: https://www.mediafire.co...

Jun's Sprite

Alright, so like I told you guys, Daphne is working on new sprites for the main characters. Here we have the default pose and expression for Jun with his new sprite and outfits. This is just so you guys can see what is going on with him. Hope you all like his new looks (I want to cuddle him) x3

Update 0.8 - Jun Update

Oh God, it's done. I was aiming to get this done by this morning but typochecking took me longer than I hoped (and I still feel like I suck at typochecking, ugh...)

Either way, I wanted to get this out before the second portion of my exam (the exam is done two Sundays in a row, so last Sunday was the first portion and this Sunday is the second) because I knew I'd be too drained to work the rest of the day. I skipped gym a couple of days to have more time to work on this and I finally got it do...