College Tennis: Origin Story (WIP) - Updated 28 Aug 2026 [1.2 million words]

Hey everyone! The Public update has been released! :snowman:

I hope you guys like this chapter, do let me know if you have any thoughts, suggestions, or bugs to report :smiley:

@fyhrdv

Thanks for the heads up on the wonky code, I wasn’t sure what I was aiming for there haha, but I’ve fixed it now / made it more straightforward. :slight_smile: Appreciate it.

New code
Before you know it, it's Monday again.

*if intelligence > 25
  *set readings - 1
*if readings < 2
  You cruise through your classes, and even take the chance to answer a few questions. 
  *goto doubles_training_mon
*elseif readings = 2
  You make it through your classes without too much difficulty, having done a decent amount of your readings.
  *goto doubles_training_mon
*else
  You make it through your classes as best as you can, scrambling to finish your readings in the pockets of time you have between classes. 
  *goto doubles_training_mon
42 Likes

I doin’t know if anyone else is having this problem, but the Genevieve route for me appears to be broken. Having played the other routes, I know I’m supposed to visit the RO, leading up to the new year. In my playthrough, I end up staying with Sam and getting dialogue that indicates I’m with Sam instead of Genevieve.

1 Like

(spoiler i guess?) but you have to say goodbye to geneviève before the trip and agree to visit her over winter break. then the mc goes to g’s mom’s cabin after spending christmas with dad and sam.

1 Like

That doesn’t really explain the MC all of a sudden being with another RO. Just letting the author know that it’s something they need to fix.

1 Like

ah yes, i thought you were asking how to get the winter break’s scenes with g. my bad.

1 Like

Ahh, do you mind sending me the line where it happened or a screenshot please? :slight_smile: I’ll get on it right away

Sure! It’s not an error per se. It just goes from one storyline to another without any error message.

(EDIT) After loading up the game and going through it, I’m really not sure how to show the error

(EDIT 2) I was able to laod a save from Ch7 and get the Genevieve visit. I still have the ‘malfunctioning’ save here, but I don’t know how to show you, since no error pops. The stats page shows me in a relationship with Genevieve, but on boxing day I make no reference to visiting her and I end up doing the Sam route (default option I guess?).

2 Likes

You can just do a screenshoot of the page and send it here or copy the text that appears to you and paste it, that way the author can see where exactly the error is

2 Likes

Replaying for the new update and was just thinking, man, I gotta admire the dedication of a transmasc MC. I’m pretty sure I’d straight up die if I had to do some of those drills and stuff in a binder like he’d have to. :sweat_smile:

Edit: Also some pronoun errors for Pan. Sam’s a girl in my playthrough and her doubles partner was Pan for the tournament.

Summary

Pan couldn’t shut up on the family groupchat afterwards about the Cargill team, by the way. He basically thinks you guys are the shit."

There was an earlier one as well that I forgot to copy down.

Edit2

Summary

Rayyan seems to sense your doubt. “They know. About… me,” he says quietly, continuing the conversation you’d started when he’d first floated the idea to you. “I told them back in high school, when I had a girlfriend/boyfriend. For a hot sec.”

I think it’s meant to be gf or bf, not both?

4 Likes

I feel like it’s been asked but is there a master post with the passwords to skip? I’ve done a lot of work to win every time because I’m kind of a perfectionist but skipping to new content seems to have absolutely destroyed all my stat-work. I’d like to go through this round of updates in the order that makes the most sense to me before I start going back and checking why my stats might be coming out so low. But can’t remember the passwords for any of the matches except the match vs Sam. :sweat_smile:

Hi so I’ve found a few typos during my saves, I just genuinely don’t know how to send the screenshots :broken_heart:

The button should be near the reply abd trash icon, it’s like a rectangle with an up arrow lol

Also guys, would it be viable to have a character with a strength of 11? :sob: my little guy has actual spaghetti arms. And don’t even mention his s/v stat of 13

Edit: I ended up respecting lol, aggressive baseliner has such better stats than counter puncher, and somehow finesse is still my highest stat at 38 lol

1 Like

You got the screenshots ready, right?

in the Reply window there should be a upload button that looks like an arrow on a disk where you can select the pics you have
it should show up in the reply window after it successfully upload

Like this

1 Like

It’s telling me I can’t embed media items in a post. Since I’ve only been using a mobile device, is posting screenshots only viable through laptop/pc?

No, it’s your user level being too low that’s causing this.

2 Likes

Is there a way you can have a slower burn romance with Rayyan, as in, he doesn’t confess at the beginning of fall if you’ve been flirting with him? I know you can choose not to commit which drags it out a bit, but I’m moreso curious if you can DEVELOP romantic interest after Fall, or is that when romantic interest is locked

2 Likes

I finally caught up with the last release, and overall I enjoyed it. Hanging out with Geneviève and her mom and visiting our mom in New York were my favorite parts.
That being said, I kind of wish there was a bit more drama at times, nothing too dramatic, since I understand it’s a pretty chill story, but if sometimes we had a bit more conflict like what happened with Rayyan when they made us partners for the first time would make things a bit more interesting. I feel like the whole process of rekindling our relationship with our mom, or the fear of a future separation from Geneviève, has been going way too smoothly overall.

2 Likes

Great update, though this game has so many plot points like you’ve earned a US open spot it could go in forever! Not that that would be a bad thing