Tennis Ace
Version 0.47 - Public Release
Heyo!
I'm bringing the latest update for you guys right now. Just finished running through the entirety of the typo log, fixing all the backlogged errors registered in there!
Important disclaimer: In case there is any issue that causes older player saves to stop working, there really is nothing that can be done about that. Sometimes, changes are made to the code that makes some/all old saves stop working and I can't avoid making them at times. If that happens, use the 'Skip to Next Choice' function (alongside Skip Unread if needed) to get to the point where you stopped.
Here is the list of changes:
- A new day added to Shoichi's C path
Hope you guys will like and thanks again for playing. If you liked the game, consider supporting me on Patreon, it's what pays my bills as well as completely fund the development of the game x3
See ya~
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Tennis Ace
an interactive, furry, adult novel
| Status | In development |
| Author | WOTB |
| Genre | Visual Novel, Interactive Fiction |
| Tags | Anime, Dating Sim, Furry, Gay, LGBT, Romance, Slice Of Life |
| Languages | English |
More posts
- Version 0.72 (Jun) - Public Release8 days ago
- Version 0.71 (Shoichi Bad Path) - Public Release36 days ago
- Fixed platform tagging64 days ago
- Version 0.70 (Keisuke) - Public Release66 days ago
- Version 0.69 (Shoichi) - Public ReleaseAug 10, 2024
- Version 0.68 (Jun) - Public ReleaseJun 16, 2024
- Version 0.67 (Haruki) - Public ReleaseApr 16, 2024
- Merch AnnouncementMar 10, 2024
- Version 0.66 - (Keisuke) Public ReleaseFeb 27, 2024
- Version 0.65 (Shoichi) - Public ReleaseDec 23, 2023
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Okay but what if this route turns out to be the good one in a sick twist of events lol
I'm getting that feeling too. The developer only called them A, B, and C, but we inferred that they were the good, neutral, and bad path respectively. I wouldn't be mad at them if they did something like that, but it still kinda feels like it'd be the not-so good route, since Sho never visited his mom.
I'm not sure if this was foreshadowing or whatnot, but when I saw this line for the first time, I had a feeling it would cause problems and end up making Yuu uncomfortable.
Minor spoiler but in C route Yuu actually confronts him that he gets uncomfortable
Hello, can someone tell me how to get/do the A and C path for shoichi?
They're the good and bad paths respectively. Coincidentally, they're also the outcomes of pushing Sho when he asks you to stop. (Spoilers for the routes ahead, obviously.)
To get the A path, be firm and push all the way through. You have to knock some sense into Shoichi, so you have to never stop pushing him. Talk back to his dad, be firm, and keep pushing him to go visit his mom.
To get the C path, you're gonna have to have a change of opinions, which will make Shoichi mad. You can either choose to not talk back to his dad or be apologetic. After choosing any of those two and then pushing him to visit his mom, it will set you up to the C path.
You know you got the A path if he agrees to visit his mom. You know you got the C path if he doesnt talk to you for a few days.
thank you!
theres.. 3 paths?
According to this update and the wording of the developer, yeah ¯\_( ツ)_/¯
OMGGGGGGG What happened!??! I need answers Why the hell the people said that the C route it's the bad route?!?! YUUICHI JUST SAID THE 3 WORDS Wth Now I don't know which is better, the A route for having Shoichi meeting his mother or the C route where Yuuichi realizes how moch he love that silly dog, I can't wait for 6 months for the continue of this paths :(
I think this really is the bad route, it just looks like the good route because the pacing is ahead of the other two route.
well, I kinda disagree cuz' I know that the A route is the best route but I think that the B route is a lot worst than the C just because the fact that Yuu feels Super uncomfortable around shoichi
The B path is just Sho never visiting his mom. Whatever you choose as Saya's advice Is something else, not another route of it's own. I get that Yuu said he felt uncomfortable in the C route without the need of Saya's advice, but in the A and B paths, just ask Saya for relationship advice, simple as that.
The routes are good, neutral, and bad for a reason.
Good: Sho visits his mom. This is A. Neutral: nothing happens. This is B. Bad: Sho quarrels with Yuu. This is C.
The developer said the "Saya's advice" desicion will most likely only affect the route until nearly the end of the game (whenever that will be), which means there may be A 1 and 2, and B 1 and 2. As stated before, Saya's advice is it's own thing separate from the 3 important choices in Sho's route. I really hope its stays as A 1 and 2 and B 1 and 2, because having endings A - E may be a bit overwhelming (not just on the players, but on the developer themselves as well).
I think you misunderstood, the uncomfortable is not B.
A:Succeed at convincing Shoichi (good)
B:Leave it be (neutral)
C:get yelled at (bad)
The uncomfortable part comes after the path split, meaning that we can mark it as A2 or B2. So that technically means that C is still the bad route regardless.
C route...c'mon now. Don't go blackgate. Plz.
'Go Blackgate'? This is a visual novel. Path splits are to be expected õ.o
Thats not the issue.
Dude, even insinuating such a thing is absurd.
Tennis Ace's updates have always been punctual and impressively substantial, and Shoichi's C path is not fluff in anyway whatsoever; it's very different to the main path in interesting and messed up ways, and the new scenarios bring out never-before seen facets of our favorite characters.
Even if Tennis Ace's update pace somehow slowed to a crawl, it'd be a completely different situation than what happened to Blackgate due to the sheer magnitude of unique characters and non-interconnecting stories that the latter offered (you could date basically everyone in town)
I understamd, my concerns have been answered by other comments and replies.
So is the update from now on going to be A to B to C, or A then B/C and back to A?
This is getting confusing since path A seems to be splitting into 2 as well meaning that there's Path A1, A2, B and C right now, how will the update be scheduled?
I agree, it feels like a couple more paths have opened up since the last Shoichi update. There's obviously path C, which is the bad route, but there's also Path A and B, which are the good and neutral routes respectively. Also gotta keep in mind that in both paths A and B, you have to choose what kind of advice you want to ask from Saya, which means there's A 1 and 2, and B 1 and 2. Edit: going off from your original question, it looks like its gonna be paths A/B, then C. (INCOMING SPOILERS IF YOU HAVENT CAUGHT UP TO ALL PATHS.)
In both A and B, you still go to that date at the lake, but path C has gone in a completely different direction. Even if WOTB makes it so you somehow still go to the lake date (though I doubt it,) Yuu and Sho quarreling made them both realize that their relationship isn't gonna work out if they dont communicate properly.
After a long time of avoiding each other, they finally discuss the problems that they had, even going as far as Yuu telling Sho that he's pushy (without the need of Saya's advice, but that scene doesnt even appear in route C.)
You can tell how conflicted Yuu felt with the situation because before he made up with Sho, Yuu thought about how much he missed Sho and even wondered "Is this what love feels like?" (Btw, this was when Jun finds Yuu spacing out.) At the end of day 29, Yuu says "I love you" to Sho, which goes to show how much their relationship has grown, even after their quarrel.
Sorry I went out of course and kept rambling on, but I just love discussing things like these with other people (plus I just love the storytelling of Tennis Ace as a whole.)
At this rate, the update to each branch in Shoichi route is gonna be once a year.
They are all converging back together. Path A and B all pretty much end at the same point. There will be minor differences in events, but there won't be a major split until close to the actual ending. I am not insane enough to do that to myself lol
That's reassuring, I'm scared to imagine playing each Path once a year
Yeaaaaaah, I have no desire in doing that sort of thing to myself. There's a reason I kept TA at only three love interests, even if I wished to develop other characters. I'm keeping my goals realistic and not putting too much on my plate so I don't burn out of it.
So youre saying that the C path is gonna end up going along the same sequence of events as the A and B paths, or do you mean something else? Because that's what I'm getting from what you wrote.
I just got done messing with the C path and figured out that you have to just be passive and let things slide with Shoichi's dad, but then be firm and keep pushing.
I'm guessing that's another way of getting the bad route, because I chose to confront his dad, apologize, then keep pushing.
My guess is that if you choose to stop pushing him no matter the other choices, you're bound to get the neutral route. Pushing him in the 3rd choice is bound to get you either the bad route or the good route. Well, you know what they say, go big or go home (which, coincidentally, is the only way to get route A.)
I haven’t played this update yet, but to the people asking about route C, there is a route that ends on day 28. I don’t want to spoil anything, just when his dad talks to you, don’t talk back, and then when you talk to Shoichi, keep pushing him. That’s probably route C, but I’m not 100% sure.
If it ended day 28 before it's the path C because there is a day 29 on this path now
That must be it then!
Game breaks on android build. Day 27, Shoichi good route, right before text message. Here is the error message:
[code]
I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.
While running game code:
File "renpy/common/000statements.rpy", line 560, in execute_call_screen
File "renpy/common/00action_other.rpy", line 537, in __call__
File "game/phone.rpy", line 161, in tick
IndexError: list index out of range
-- Full Traceback ------------------------------------------------------------
Full traceback:
File "Day27_Shoichi.rpyc", line 89, in script
File "D:\Ren'Py/renpy/ast.py", line 1969, in execute
File "D:\Ren'Py/renpy/ast.py", line 1957, in call
File "D:\Ren'Py/renpy/statements.py", line 278, in call
File "renpy/common/000statements.rpy", line 560, in execute_call_screen
File "D:\Ren'Py/renpy/exports.py", line 2974, in call_screen
File "D:\Ren'Py/renpy/ui.py", line 298, in interact
File "D:\Ren'Py/renpy/display/core.py", line 3007, in interact
File "D:\Ren'Py/renpy/display/core.py", line 3816, in interact_core
File "D:\Ren'Py/renpy/display/layout.py", line 1027, in event
File "D:\Ren'Py/renpy/display/transition.py", line 48, in event
File "D:\Ren'Py/renpy/display/layout.py", line 1027, in event
File "D:\Ren'Py/renpy/display/layout.py", line 1027, in event
File "D:\Ren'Py/renpy/display/screen.py", line 720, in event
File "D:\Ren'Py/renpy/display/layout.py", line 1027, in event
File "D:\Ren'Py/renpy/display/behavior.py", line 2146, in event
File "D:\Ren'Py/renpy/display/behavior.py", line 323, in run
File "renpy/common/00action_other.rpy", line 537, in __call__
File "game/phone.rpy", line 161, in tick
File "D:\Ren'Py/renpy/python.py", line 992, in __getitem__
IndexError: list index out of range
[/code]
Also new text messages are rather buggy, they cannot be skipped a d some unknown texts during character select get sent by yuuichi instead of (?) sender
It also breaks on PC version
Wait, there's a C path for Shoichi? I figured there would be an A and B path (Confronting Sho about issues vs. Letting problems go unchecked), but I'm not entirely sure where a C path would be
yeah, would be cool if this kind of stuff would be specified somewhere
Here's what I understand of the shoichi routes:
A -> Confront / Success
B -> Don't confront
C ->Confront / fail
Spoilers for all paths up ahead:
I figured out what they mean with Path C. It means there are 3 possible paths in Shoichi's route. Path C is the bad route where you fail to convince Sho to visit his mom, thus ending up quarreling with him. Path A is the good route where you convince Sho to visit his mom. Path B is where you dont push him to visit his mom, thus never going to talk to her.
You get Path B by just choosing to stop pushing him. You can get Paths A and C by choosing to keep pushing him, which will then depend on your last 2 choices. (Hint: go big or go home.)
What is the C path? Because for me the game ends at the same point than last update
Yep still stop at day 31 for Sho-cha
C path is the bad route. That bad route ended in day 28 (though with this update, it ended in day 29.) If both of you left off in day 30 or 31, you're going through the neutral and good route respectively.
why do ypu said that the C path is bad??? I just played it and I was freaking out about how Yuu confessed to shoichi, and if you analize it the C path it's just like the same as the A path (the only differences are that in the A sho met his mother and in the C their relationship it's better) SO IDK xD I always think that the worst path is the B
It is the bad route, but the route is going to fuse again in the next few updates so I guess we can expect a similar scenario to this one at the next update
What are the paths of Shoichi?
A path is good, B path is neutral, and C path is bad.
How to know which path you are in on?
In order to answer that question, I'd have to spoil the paths, but I can give you a non spoiler answer.
The paths start to shift with your decision when confronting Shoichi's dad on day 24. If you decide to stay quiet, you've automatically set yourself to either a neutral path or bad path. If you choose the other option, the next 2 options will significantly affect what path you go through. I already said what to choose on the first choice, but you must figure out the other 2 yourself. All I'll tell you is that you have to convinced Shoichi to go visit his mom.
Here's my understanding of the paths:
A: success
B: end the conversation
C: fail
Just to spare you a bit of worry, you know you're going through the bad route if shoichi gets mad at you. Good luck. (Hint: go big or go home. You'll get the bad route if you mix n' match. Stay firm all the way through)
Btw, there's a 4th choice some time later where you ask Saya for advice (only on path A and B). Say that you want relationship advice (trust me).