College Tennis: Origin Story (WIP) - Updated 8 Jun '25 [968k words]

Yay I’m glad you enjoyed more than one character!

Haha, you’ll just have to see :wink: I guess my non-spoilery answer is just that it’s only possible insofar as Sam’s able to deal with MC’s feelings for G… and it also depends on how both Sam-MC and MC-G’s feelings/dynamics play out. Definitely won’t be tenable if MC ends up developing very strong relationships with only G, and less with Sam. Sam would just feel like they were getting in the way.

Yup!! I took it away because it felt more like Sam-MC’s relationship had been on the back burner for literal years, and to have it be a quick locker room kiss just didn’t feel right. And better placed after the exhilaration of a match, with the reaffirmation of Sam being firmly in MC’s corner, supporting them after a match just like they used to in high school.

This is very fair, I’ve put in an option to answer honestly that you’ve not been seeing anyone, if you’ve got a romance score < 20 with all other ROs.

@dawn thank you so much!! I unfortunately can’t find the jacket issue anymore or the photo strip, and I can’t seem to find an error with the Tobin partner – it does seem like it correctly brings the player to a Tobin-{first name} and Rayyan-Deepal pairing all of the time?

Haha. Okay, so I don’t know if it’s because I erroneously wrote something somewhere, but I think for now the freshman orientation conversations should correctly represent G’s backstory. Essentially, G’s father is French, and they’ve lived in France their whole lives. However, after their mom divorced, their mom, who is from Quebec, moved back and has been living there for about the past 3ish years. So now when G goes back ‘home’, it’s to their mom’s new apartment in Canada, despite never really having lived there, ever. (They’re mostly living and studying in Paris).

Yup, the fact that you had to either go all in or reject Sam after asking about an open relationship is is an error on my part, I think it should be fixed now, I think. (This should answer your question as well @Shiro_XKuro) You can continue to actually be in an open relationship with the new patch.
And I’m glad G’s slowly winning you over :slight_smile: Also, very pleased that you’re into the tennis parts too! :smiley: (Same for you, @we51nat0r ;))
@fsix also answered your question on the (x)! Thank you!

@sketchy This comment is so awesome, thank you! Glad you enjoyed the game :slight_smile:

You can’t, but you can hook up with them.

@Silverwing23 Thank you for your support!! :slight_smile: I’m also excited to see how that plays out, and changes the dynamic between MC-G, MC-Sam, and maybe even between G and Sam…???

@KingHenryofFrance This comment is also soo lovely wow!! Thank you so much, I’m so glad you feel really immersed in the world of CT:OS, and really happy you think there’s no dead weight haha, I constantly feel the need to go in and re-read and edit and cut things, so I should probably just chill :stuck_out_tongue: Honestly, what you said as a whole really means a lot to me!


Okay, I know I’m still nowhere close to replying to everyone’s messages, but I wanted to at least get to them slowly one by one! I have been reading all of them though, and thank you all once again for continuing to support the game <3 You guys are lovely.

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Awesome! I will go check it all out again. And G is firmly pulling me to their side. It’s impossible not to like them at this point. You’ve done an excellent job balancing the characters, relationships, and tennis aspects to make each part as enjoyable as the next. :grinning:

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Thank you for giving us College Tennis! <3 Also, apologies in advance for the code diving I have no save slots to go back to and it probably will be more helpful in finding them later? Hopefully - and do not wonder if I do code dive, w-who would do that not me haha…

For the photo strip that you can show Sam earlier right before the semester starts

Sam fills you in on ${Sam_his} preparations before leaving for college. $!{Sam_his} moving-in day is tomorrow. “I packed in a photo of us—my favorite one, where we’re at the beach after that big doubles tournament, and you look like a giant doofus-”

You sigh, knowing exactly which one Sam’s referring to. “I’m coming to visit with the sole intention of acquiring that and burning it.”

Sam cackles. “You can try.”
*if (photo_strip)

You show ${Sam_him} the photo-strip that you have of you and ${Sam_him} at the arcade, and ${Sam_his} expression melts into one of wholehearted affection. “Dope.”

A moment pauses, before Sam asks, “So…how bout you?”

For the double jackets, it looks like its in the label text that all the jackets sizes versions go to

*label sam_jacket_much_bigger
[…]
*gosub shouldnt_happen
*goto hold_up_jacket

[…]

*label shouldnt_happen

The jacket mix-up really shouldn’t have happened as often as it did, considering both jackets had your last-names stitched into the sleeve, and the fact that the two of you really weren’t the same size.

When Sam wore your jacket, the sleeves would come past ${Sam_his} fingers, too long for ${Sam_him}, but it never seemed to bother ${Sam_him}. $!{Sam_he}'d just roll it up slightly and continue wearing it anyway.

“That’s obviously mine and you know it,” You’d say, looking at the rolled-up sleeves, and Sam’d just toss ${Sam_his} jacket at you.

“I don’t want your jacket,” You’d sigh, looking down at the jacket balled up in your hands. But you’d put it on anyway, sleeves coming up short on you, resigned to the fact that your teammates would be calling you “O’CONNELLY” for the rest of the day.
*return

For the pairing decisions, I thinks its the last else for preferring Ryan as doubles

*if (preferred_doubles_partner = “Rayyan”)
[…]

*else

“Rayyan’s reaction on Friday made us question our initial assessment of the rapport the two of you might have as doubles partners,” Coach Sý begins, looking first at you and Rayyan.

Coach Jones nods. “When Tobin came to us with the suggestion to swap partners, we considered it, and honestly, that combination would work as well.”

“Therein lies the conundrum. At the end of the day,” Coach Sý says. “It boils down to belief. We have two decent possibilities, separated only by how much each player would fight, to make things work, in either combination.” You feel her grey eyes peering right into the hidden depths of your mind.

“After some deliberation, we think that the alternative pairings of Deepal-Rayyan, and Tobin-$!{first_name}, may actually bear most fruit, especially where chemistry, communication, trust and respect are concerned,” Coach Jones says. “Taking everything into holistic account, we believe that this pairing would give us the best chance at weathering tough draws.”

Tobin’s eyes flick to yours. You hold your breath.
*goto coaches_decide_rayyan_partner

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Fantastic WIP and update. The long distance relationship with Sam is excellent and replaying all the matches was a genuine pleasure.

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@burninglights

You probably are already aware or will be soon and I’m being redundant and annoying.

But I just found out that Dashingdon is apparently closing at the end of the month and stuff is being ported over to cogdemos.ink, with everything in Dashingdon being deleted at end of month.

I assume you wouldn’t lose the code/text then but I figured better safe than sorry!

I look forward to reading this (and Merry Crisis and anything else you make!) wherever it ends up!

Reference post here (I hope this link works) : Dashingdon: Free ChoiceScript Game Hosting - #796 by dashingdon

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Thanks so much for the heads up, and for the kind words!

I’ve ported the demo to cogdemos.ink, here’s the new link!

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Ooh, with new spiffy image banners to celebrate, even~

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Is Merry Crisis also getting ported over by the way? Gonna feel bad for not having read yet if I have to wait a while to read it after dashingdon goes! :smiley:

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Yep merry crisis has been ported over too! Here is the link.

@fsix hehe, glad you like em :blush:

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I’ve made a patreon!

Cross-posted on tumblr.

Hey everyone! I finally did it! :slight_smile:

Folks who’d prefer to subscribe to me on Patreon rather than Ko-fi can do that now! :smiley:

The tiers, perks and pricing remain exactly the same as what you can find on ko-fi:

  • $3 tier if you enjoyed the games and wanna buy me a coffee every month
  • $6 tier if you want early-access to demo updates (both Merry Crisis and CT:OS).

Details in this post.

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Hey, amazing game so far, really enjoying it! Just wanted to say that there’s a bug with romancing G where it won’t let you pick the romance option at the language fellow party because the achievement it tries to give you doesn’t exist.

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I have fixed this, let me know if you still encounter any problems! :wink:

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Is there a cheat mode? Or Codes

There made available to you after you finish each match

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Yup and the cheat code (called “beast mode”) is “unleashthekraken”. You enter it in before every match

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Wait seriously?

Yes, for real :>

Technically, that mode allows the MC to pass all the checks during the matches, no matter MC’s actual skill levels. You quite literally cannot lose when it’s on.

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Perfect thanks

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Missing the crew🥲 this is still my fav cast of side-characters in any COG game. Love them all

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Wow! The demo is amazing! I’m hooked. Looking forward to more content.
Btw, found an error. There should be Rajasthan instead of Rajasthani. Rajasthan is a state in India and Rajasthani is the language spoken there.

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