Thanks for your messages, Iāve read through all of them now and even if I donāt manage to get around to replying to all of them, I do appreciate receiving them! Iāll definitely work on as many of the bug reports, feedback/suggestions that I see though!
On that note, a happy announcement!
Chapter Eight Update
Iām done with writing chapter 8 and Iām getting started on the editing!
This chapter update stands at ~57k words (with code), and features:
Returning to Cargill after the National Doubles tournament (including spending the night with G or having breakfast with Rayyan if youāve unlocked those scenes)
Freshman hang-out session with Max and Blake
Spend time with G preparing for the photography exhibition
Meet your mother ānot once but twice?? (If you so choose)
Thanksgiving break
Have dinner with Sam and his/her family (sleep over and possibly reveal that youāre together), play a friendly game with Sam at the neighborhood courts where youād grown to love the game, finally unlock the Samwise Gamgee nickname while playing a lord-of-the-rings board game with Sam and their sister )
Call Rayyan, G, Tobin, or your mother
Bond with your father
Face the consequences of your choices over thanksgiving break
Will you manage to submit all your papers in time?
Will you get benched for the last match of the seasonā¦?
Chapter release dates
Early release (less polished): May 6
Early release (more polished): May 15
Public release: May 29 or earlier
Beta-tester slots
I have about 3 open beta-tester slots for CT:OS! If you:
Are interested in giving the full game a thorough play-through, particularly the later chapters
Are prepared to try out different branches/routes
Want to provide detailed thoughts, feedback, and suggestions (e.g. continuity, various moments that could be improved etc.) (preferably not just bugs/typos)
And would be available to do all of the above in the next week or so (in preparation for the update)
Do reach out to me either by Tumblr DM or by email (allieebobo@gmail.com), I would be very grateful for all the help I can get!
P.S. If you have a bug/feature that you desperately want to be implemented that I havenāt gotten around to yet, feel free to submit an ask/drop me a DM and Iāll consider doing so in this update! Iām also combing through previous asks to make sure I catch some of the stuff, but apologize in advance if I donāt make it to something youāve pointed out previously!
Chapter 8 is out for Ko-fi supporters and Patreon supporters!
Following the National Doubles tournament, this update is more slice-of-life focused, and takes us to the week right before Finals. And yes, the big mom reveal is here.
Release dates
Early release (less polished): TODAY! Early release (more polished): May 15
Public release: May 29 or earlier
In no world did I ever expect to read, much less enjoy a game about tennis, a sport Iāve only ever had a passing interest in. Yet here we are, kudos to the author, Iām hooked.
I wasnāt thinking of anything specific, hell it could just be cramping or something else, but every top-tier player has that one moment where they should be winning, theyāre going to win, and then your body is like, yeah, no, I need a fucking nap
Hi Allie I just want to tell you that I love all update especially thanksgiving scene with Sam. I donāt have any complain because I really love this new update.
I hope I donāt sound stupid here but, I have exported a save from my last play and such but I canāt figure out how to import it to use it for the next update. I go to the save section, hit import and even click on the save file then hit okay but it never imports to the game, can someone please tell me what i am doing wrong or even what I have to do to get this to even fork to begin with? Please. Thank you so much in advance.
The update is generally pretty great. I enjoyed the doubles championship and the Thanksgiving scenes and thought they were generally well done. My only nitpick is Iām not a fan of our MC phoning in a loss at the end of the demo! If we are spending hours scrutinizing the stats, conditioning etc up to that point to make sure weāre in fine form and keeping the MCās grades up, the auto loss is a bit unfortunate and while I appreciate itās extra work an extra match would be preferable.
Hi! Yeah I think saves donāt work super well if I add variables to startup which I usually do after an update. New things to track and some changes to the approach in earlier chapters etc. Generally I think saves break after each update.
@chrisbat Very glad you think so! Mm actually the loss at the end is avoidable!
You need to work on tennis at least once during the thanksgiving weekend. Gotta keep grindinā, keeping those skills sharp!
ānot once but twice?? (If you so choose)
where youād grown to love the game, finally unlock the Samwise Gamgee nickname while playing a lord-of-the-rings board game with Sam and their sister 
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