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Happy December 1st

Hey guys. It's been more than 2 weeks, since my last post and although I hope you liked it, it's time to move on to TTBS.
There are many storylines left behind but the one I mostly have to advance and wrap up is Summer's. That 'weird' side storyline has two new additions so far, including one animation. I'm happy with the outcome so far but still there's more to be done.

Next in line is Madison's storyline and MJ's future as a fighter in the F Club and for last, I might add a storyli...

Arabella 1890 Chapters 1-2 (Links)

Hey good people,

I finally did it. Arabella's second chapter is here. But first let me remind you some things.

- I had to change the original voice because the Text to Voice app I used, changed it for technical difficulties. I really hope you like this one too. I also subscribed to other two apps in order to have a wider choice of different voices.

- The second chapter has a lot of dialogue, so I had to find different voices that can somehow act (whisper, being angry, excite...

TTBS v0.6 is finally ready (LINKS)

Hey guys, the women in my life are killing me. And by women, I mean MJ and Arabella. But I love them too much so I'm screwed anyways lol.

I've done huge amount of work these past 2 months but I think it was worth it. Without further delay let's start.

Changelog #1 (No spoilers)

- 5 new rounds. The game ends now in round 91. There's more content to be added in the next update(s) so keep your initial save.

- 5 new gallery images

- Edited entir...

Shooooot... I'm late...

And I'm sorry. I hate it when this happens. In the beginning it was easier to plan my work I guess. I did A,B,C and if there wasn't time I left D for later. It was building up phase and I left the results (pay off) for next time.

Lately, one thing is for sure: Most of the things are wraping up and 'pay off'. So I can't ignore anything. 

Sorry again guys. I thought I would be ready for 15th, and now 3 days later I'm still not ready. But I will be soon.

2023-10-18 01:53:38 +0000 UTC View Post

TTBS v0.6 Update

Heya all,

I hope you do fine as do I. I'd like to welcome the newcomers and thank you all old and new for supporting my work.

Now a little update:

I'm in a kind of pickle but I think I see a way out. And I think I might need your feedback.

According to my initial plans, there will be various endings for MJ's story. These will depend on her career and her relation with the MC.

Note: Some minor spoilers will follow but nothing too bad to handle.

Career: 2023-09-24 09:15:12 +0000 UTC View Post

Leaving 1890 and going back to 1999

Hey good people, 

working on Arabella was fun. I changed the voiced content and added the new one for chapter 2, experimentaly added acting voices too (although I'm not sure yet) and bought two new memberships for two new text to voice AI programs to try for it.

Artistically I dedicated more time on quality than quantity. Until now, every drawing had 4-5 layers (ink, color, shade, highlight, hair). For Arabella I use nearly 10 layers with dif...

Napster Revival and Arabella Ch.2

Hey people!

Let's take a history lesson from Wiki:

Napster was a peer-to-peer file sharing application that originally launched on June 1, 1999 with an emphasis on digital audio file distribution. Audio songs shared on the service were typically encoded in the MP3 format. As the software became popular, the company ran into legal difficulties over copyright infringement. It ceased operations in 2001 after losing a wave of lawsuits and filed for bankruptcy in June ...

TTBS v0.57 is ready (LINKS)

Hey folks,

thank you for your patience. This update was kinda hard for me to complete and not without 'casualties'.

'Casualties':

• The main story doesn't advance this time. That means that it ends where v0.55 ended, with Mercedes' visit. If you want to see the new content, I advise you to load a previous save from round 70sh (Before Vixen's sex scene).
• I had to anticipate the presentation of the Image packages from round 83, back to round 73. I...
  2023-08-10 13:30:59 +0000 UTC View Post

Summer's Here!!!

Hey good people. 

It's the last day of July today and the first week of August is upon us. I have a small update (v0.57) almost ready that I'll publish next weekend probably, exactly one month after v0.55.

I had to make some changes, on the image and shopping mechanics. I've moved the selection of the Image packages from round 83 to 73. Since there will be a lot of expenses from now on I might change some values in the future, if the game becomes too difficul...

Saved!

Hey folks,

Ever since I started learning Ren'Py and code in general, I used the recommended Atom editor for coding. It was my goto editor when I wanted to work on my projects. But almost a year ago, I read this:

On June 8, 2022, GitHub announced shutdown of Atom development and archival of all development repositories of Atom by December 15, 2022

Call me a creature of habit, I was hesitant to try alternatives especially in mid project while ...

TTBS v0.55 is finally ready (LINKS)

Hey guys, 

I really wasn't expecting to delay this update (even for only 5 days). I had to change the content for reasons I mentioned before, and that made this update smaller than usual but at least the unused animations and screens are ready to be included in the next update.

3 things: 

- Welcome to new patrons, thank you for supporting this project (you have good taste lol) and a huge thanks to the old supporters (you also have ...

Not today but any day now.

Hey guys, I'm sorry if I missed my biweekly update post last week but I was thinking that there's no need, since I'll have my new version ready any day now.
But, during the gametesting it came clear as the light of day that the second sex scene was forced to be included. This means that the background story wasn't ready and it felt like I put it there just for the lewd.
So I had to remove it and include it in a next release.
This change put me back on my schedule (but not much) si...

Biweekly update for TTBS v0.55 #2

Hey guys...

Did you know that 69% of people find something dirty in every sentence? Well, now you know.

Version 0.55 is going as planned so far. I've finished a second sex animation to be included, the 10 new level 2 auditions (although 2 are not so new, recycled maybe from level 1) and now I going down, deep, head first, into...  (This sounds a little dirty so I guess I'm into that 69%) MJ's image mechanics.

2023-06-11 08:21:16 +0000 UTC View Post

Biweekly News Update for v0.48(?) and v0.55

Hey guys,

for starters I'd like to welcome our new patrons and thank you all, old and new, for your support. At this very moment, we are only missing 8 to arrive at my second goal which is 100 patrons. Of course this number is doomed to fall, but hopefully only to rise again. The 2nd goal will be celebrated with MJ and Lea's return at the beach, with a little twist as I've already done with Summer in the bus for the 1st goal.

For ...

TTBS v0.5 is ready (LINKS)

Hey good people,

I did it! v0.5 is finally ready after 2 months. As always, in order not to give you any spoilers, the changelog is following the links at the bottom of this post. The only thing I can say, is that I created this update as I wanted and I hope you like it as much as I like it, or even more.

PC (Win or Linux) 440MB

https://mega.nz/file/...

May the May the 13th be the day

Hey folks, I'm doing fine and the same I hope for you all. 

I believe in the last two posts, I've already mentioned that my deadline for v0.5 was for a day between May 1st and 15th. I was secretly hoping to be ready for the 1st but as it turned out that's impossible.

Have you ever seen a Komodo Dragon struggling to gulp a whole deer (skin, bones, hooves etc)? Well, that's what v0.5 felt like. But then I thought that v0.44 came out only 45 days ago. This chapt...

TTBS v0.5 News Update

Hey people,

I really hope you're doing fine. Once again, I'd like to welcome the new patrons and thank all of you, old and new, for believing in this project.

Version 0.5 is hard. I mean, I knew where I was getting myself into but it turned out it's one of the hardest updates I had to make. Not only technically but mainly content-wise. There's a lot of new stuff that's happening in a small time wi...

Happy April Fool's Day

Hey folks: Time is passing fast and April is already here. Already? Yes, we find a million ways to 'kill' time and then we complain how fast time goes by.

DEV NEWS about v0.5: All is going well. Nothing else to report without spoiling anything.

It's been many years now since I started developing visual novels and maybe today is the perfect day I write a little bit about myself.

It might come as a shock to you but Ba...

Starting TTBS v0.5

Hey guys,

It's been so much fun so far. I'm reaching my creativity goals one after the other and you had a great part in this. If it wasn't for your support and my obligations towards your good faith, I'd probably be still at 0.1. 

So finally, I get to bring to life my initial idea (with a twist Goss_IP style) in MJ's theatrical premiere. My initial blueprint of the story had it at 0.5, so from v0.44 we'll jump to v0.5. These numbers mean lit...

TTBS v0.44 is here (LINKS)

Hey folks,

6 weeks (and a couple of days more) have passed and finally this update is ready. Although it's small in length (ends in 4 rounds - Round 78), the storylines added are massive, making it one of my favorite updates. 

I can't write anything else without spoilers so I stop here.

As always, I'd like to officially welcome the new patrons and wish you the best.

The Changelog will follow after...

Today!!!

Finally 0.44 is ready!!!
Technically I'm late by 2 days from my deadline but ... (remember to put a believable excuse here that DOESN'T involve any raccoons or alien abductions).
Anyway, I know it's called deadline for a reason. And for me the reason is that when that date arrives, I'm dead tired.

As I'm writing this garbage, my PC is building the distributions. I'll upload them first thing in the morning. So, sit tight. Today.

2023-03-12 00:40:24 +0000 UTC View Post

Biweekly Update for v0.44

Hey folks,

Every time I post, I have the same problem: I want to pick an image, but I don't want to spoil a thing so I usually choose a SFW image. Today, it's the same image in two different universes, depending on... that's enough spoilers.

Sooooo! What's up? I'm doing fine. Still alive and still eager to work on this project, thinking about MJ 24/7. 

This update is slowly taking form. So far, I've completed (sound and animations inclu...

Dev News - February 2023

Hey people. 

2023 looks like another bad year so far, but it's not my place to bring you more down writing about wars and earthquakes. So let's talk about numbers:

February 2023 has 4 days of each. 4 Mondays, 4 Tuesdays and so on. This happens once every 823 years. 823 years ago, the year was 1200 AD. Do you know what happened then? War and earthquakes! 

Not much of coincidence though. Despite our sadness, these things happen quite...

Arabella 1890 v0.1 (Links) Chapter 1

Hey folks,

The first chapter of Arabella 1890 is finally ready and so I can finally return to MJ and her career.

As I've stated in the past, this delay was necessary. Apart that the result gave me great satisfaction, I think it will be good for publicity and thus more people will get to know TableTop BornStar. Lastly, for a more personal reason, if I didn't do it and someone else did, I would have been greatly disappointed.

I still haven't decided though if ...

Mary Jane Vs. Arabella

Hey guys, 

I'm here, alive and well and writing my regular post about my work's progress. 

About MJ: Did I say MY work? I meant to say MJ's work. And one of the possibilities is also fighter or fashion model. Well, these paths are the ones I'm working at the moment. The most difficult part was making animated MJ walking down the fashion catwalk... But I think it came out ok. Of course, you'll be the ones to judge the outcome.

About Arabella...