Fellow Olympians, we’re back with our last Jock Studio Development Update of the year, featuring new previews, development updates and more! Please read the following post for full details, as it contains information for all fans of Jock Studio!
Physical Reward Previews – Keychains, ID Cards, Post Cards & Merch Round Up
Just like we promised on our last development update, we’re back with more physical merch previews, starting off with the finished character keychains!
Carry a cute chibi of the Jock of your choice around with you everywhere you go! These adorable acrylic keychains adorned with their house symbols and cool effects can be added to your pledge on PledgeManager now!
Next up, we have finalized previews for the character ID cards!
These Character ID Cards can make you feel like you’re a member of Olympus University yourself! Not only that, but each one has character information for each of the Jocks, letting you know even more details about them and their college lives! Pick up an ID Card, along with a lanyard to hang it on, on PledgeManager today!
Finally, we have a preview for the exclusive Post Cards ready for viewing too!
Included as a bonus in the Junior Tier and above, the Post Card features a physical print of our exclusive Jock Studio promotional art, as well as a message from our team to you, thanking you for your generous support!
That’s all for our physical merch previews, but we have exciting news – you can now view all previously shown merchandise, including all variants, in an easy to see format on our website! We’ve received lots of requests for a compilation of merch to make choosing your options on PledgeManager easier, and you can now do so at the link below:
https://www.blitsgames.com/js-merch/
All Jock Studio Merchandise will be viewable at the link above from now on and will be updated as merchandise designs are completed. We also plan to add visuals to PledgeManager soon, so please stay tuned for that as well!
Additionally, if you haven’t pledged yet and want to grab a copy of Jock Studio or any of these items, you can sign up now on PledgeManager at the link below:
PledgeManager will be available for new and existing backers for a limited time only, but once it’s closed these items will no longer be available for purchase! Make sure and take advantage of them while you can, Olympians!
Development Diary 4 – Sprite Arm Poses, Background Art, New Interfaces & Opening Theme Vocals!
Next up, we’re going straight into our fourth development diary, with detailed reports on what the team has been up to over the past month!
Part 1 – Sprite Arm Poses & Side Character Sprites!
Last month, we previewed new sprite poses unlocked as a stretch goal on Kickstarter for our main characters, and now, we’re happy to show off even more sprite features as part of that goal – additional arm movements for existing character poses!
These new arm movements make the cast even more dynamic, allowing their poses to express an even wider variety of emotion, adding more depth to both light-hearted and emotional moments!
Arm movements aren’t all that’s been done too – we’re also happy to show off a clearer shot of Ace and the Jocks including two new poses for our side characters, Matt and Jacques! Check out the full compilation below:
All of these sprite poses and arm movements are only the beginning, and we’ll show off more sprite work, including costumes, side characters, superbacker cameos and more in later development updates!
Part 2 – Background Art
Next up, just like in our last development update, we’re happy to show off even more 3D renders made by Micman and Zemyx of two more locations around the Campus – the mess hall and club houses!
Looking to grab a bite to eat? Or maybe it’s a Friday and it’s time to party? Either way, these locations will be perfect for traveling to and exploring, and may even provide Ace with new opportunities for character interactions throughout the story!
You can look forward to even more location previews throughout our development, in both the 3D render state and completed states!
Part 3 – New Interfaces & UI Design
Next, we showed off the Campus Map Gameplay Preview in our last development diary, and we’re happy to show it off again, but with its completed interface! Check it out below:
There’s lots to see and unpack here, so we’ll itemize it all down below!
- Energy, Hunger and Money – On the top left, you can see your three resource stats, and determine how much Ace can do in the day!
- Date and Time – On the top right, you’ll see the current time, as well as the date, helping you remember when planned activities will happen!
- New & Improved Quick Menu – On the bottom right, the new and improved quick menu can give you all the information you need – check out your current affection with the Jocks, your studio funds, and even your performance stats, as well as access the settings menus!
- The Map Itself – Finally, the map itself is much like we previously previewed but with even more details. Under certain circumstances, view where the Jocks are at certain times of day, and hover over a location to let you know where it is, ensuring you never get lost!
That’s a whole lot of information – but don’t worry! There will always be a handy tutorial available on the bottom left of the screen, making an easy reference for any questions you might have throughout gameplay!
Finally, some of you may have noticed that the character stat icons appear different from what they did in our previous development update – our graphic artist, Peach has ironed out their designs, making them fit more into the aesthetic of Jock Studio. Check them out below:
These stats still function the same as in our previous update, and if you want to learn more about them, you can read it below!
https://www.blitsgames.com/jock-studio-development-progress-report/
Part 4 – Opening Theme Vocals
Last, to close out our development update, we have one final exciting preview – a snippet of our opening theme, with vocals! Check it out below:
https://on.soundcloud.com/AiXTt
Composed by Goomin Nam and with vocals and lyrics by Keno, the Jock Studio Opening theme is guaranteed to get stuck in your head, and you can look forward to hearing the full version in the future, alongside the opening video!
Closing Word
That’s all for this development update, and this will be the last Jock Studio development update of the year! We’d like to once again express how thankful we are to everyone for their support of our brand-new project, and our team is still in shock at how much love you have all shown for it during the Kickstarter campaign and beyond! From the bottom of our hearts, thank you so much!
We are so excited to continue working on Jock Studio in the new year, and we can’t wait to show you all more development previews and updates! We’re still working our hardest to ensure that Jock Studio will be the best BL Game – we won’t let you down!
That’s all for now, and we wanted to let everyone know that the next Jock Studio Update will be at the end of January / early February, so please stay tuned till then! In the meantime, we will have one more update next week, featuring some news about Camp Buddy: Scoutmaster Season and other Winter News!
Thank you as always for your support, Olympians, and we’ll see you soon!
Lots of love,
~BLits Games
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yuuto must be pure top！！！！！
No, i want to rail him ! ! ! ! !
Why not both? ;P
I love Yoichi !
awesome 3D scenes!
I lowkey get a feeling that Ace is kinda a twin of Hyunjin from Scoutmaster Season. They react and even look nearly the same, so let’s say Jin gets his spotlight after all! As far as I can see there is quite a good chance to integrate some kind of an easter egg on this into the game, I bet this would look really cool hahaha
What do you mean cameos? Like camp buddy cameos? I hope so…
It would be great to have derek being a bottom for once
I saw in the JS Kickstarter goals, that Ace will join his love interest’s sport club. So does that mean that Ace’s body will get a little more fit or buffer by then?
Hi there! Ideally we wanted this feature to be implemented, but after realizing how much it would blow up the scope of our work and cause inconsistencies with the artworks, unfortunately changing Ace’s appearance would not be possible!
I understand, It’s okay. I get that you and your team have some limitations 🙂
Your backgrounds are so pretty it’s almost life like, like a photo.
Thank you so much for your words of appreciation! Our BG team works very hard and pays a lot of attention to these BGs!
Judging from the all the update I don’t think an Android version of this game will be available 🥲🥲🥲
Exactly or it will be only be limited to Android devices with Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 and up due to the features that it has. However, I’m still excited for its eventual release soon
i so can’t wait for this game I’m so excited to play it. Everything is looking great. Your team is doing an amazing job. Thank you for always giving us updates on your projects. You and your team are awesome. I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and new year
Thank you so much for taking time to leave a supportive comment! We’ll continue to give updates on our progress! I hope you enjoyed the holidays too!
We need a sprite of leo showing his ass .
Yeah pls!
The poses are great! Please, add more characters for that Belami casting couch! Never too much, you know… Also, body stats info will be nice to have.
As a devoted follower and admirer of your work, I’ve been excited about the “Jock Studio” project since its inception. As someone who has invested time and money into your previous projects, such as Camp Buddy, I can’t help but express concern about the seemingly slow progress of the new game.
I understand and appreciate the exploration of different character types, but I’d like to share my worry about the trend toward hyper-muscularization of characters, particularly noting the changes in Yoichi from Camp Buddy to the rewards and in Aiden across both games.
What always attracted me to your work was the detailed attention and importance given to each character beyond merely emphasizing muscularity, unlike others, but nowadays it seems that that is chaning. Mikkoukun has proven to be a unique and talented creator, and it’s that distinctiveness that led me to invest in your projects.
As a loyal follower who has been supporting the community for years, I have concerns about the direction the character designs are taking. While I understand diversity is essential, I fear that the distinctive essence that made your previous works so special might be lost if excessive focus is placed on certain physical aspects, changing even the aspect of current characters, like yoichi who has a lot of more muscles than in the game (bara mode) , or Aiden who was added unnecesary muscles.
I admire your creativity and the quality of your art, and I just want to express these concerns in the hope that the artistic integrity that has defined your work so far will continue. I’m eager to see how “Jock Studio” evolves and trust that my feedback will be received with the same openness with which you’ve interacted with the community in the past.
As someone who has significantly invested in your projects and supported the community, I wonder if this change could negatively impact the unique essence that has always characterized your work. We don’t want to see the uniqueness and diversity of the characters lost in pursuit of a singular physical standard.
I appreciate your creativity and talent, and I only wish to express these concerns in the hope that the community’s opinion, which has supported your work over the years, will be taken into account. I’m eager to continue being a part of this community and witness the evolution of “Jock Studio”. Thank you for your attention, and I eagerly anticipate future updates on the project.
Hey there! There are many things that we work on behind the scenes that we do not decide to preview because they are not ready yet and would only cause misinformation. Our development team is quite small and doing everything we can to increase our team size effectively and fit as much things as possible in our weekly schedule while maintaining everyone’s health and well-being.
Due to the nature of our current project, the featured athletes in Jock Studio has a bit more ‘muscle’ than our previous characters, but even to an athletic standard, half of the cast still have lean and twink-ish body types. Also, our coloring style has improved over the years which results for the muscles to show more even with the same body type. We try to balance out the cast to have something for everyone.
Thank you for your admiration, appreciation, and especially for the support and understanding!
Thank you very much for the response, I understand that perhaps the coloring does show more shadows in the muscle, and that jock studio is trying to balance that, however, I think it is important to understand that it is obvious that, for example, Ayden has had a big change in his body from the first game to the second, just like Yoichi in the images of then and now, and that is not so much due to shading but rather to muscle mass. I know you are doing a great job, I’m just a little worried since I want this development to be perfect as much as you do. I’m a little afraid of that camp buddy style going away (although I understand the new body types), but I wouldn’t like previous characters to look so strong, obviously it’s just my opinion, but I needed to express myself, since I noticed that really was a problem.
Cheer up and I’m sorry for these types of comments, I love your work, and deep down I know that you are doing great. Good luck!
Thank you for leaving us feedback! We do our best to listen to the fans whether we respond to them or not, but I can guarantee that we will include as much body types that we know how to draw in Jock Studio through the side characters and NPCs! For now, we hope you enjoy our current cast lineup of pursuables for Jock Studio!
Korea please
Same but in French, German, Italian and Scots languages soon
omg yaaaassss
Wish you all an amazing Christmas and Happy New Year!
Keep up the amazing work and hope you saty safe and well everytime!
Right now I can’t support you the way I want too, but next year I will!
In the meantime, I’ll keep engaging. (You may remember me as the “make Bryce top too fan” hahahahaha)
But really, wish you all happinness in the work!
Never been so excited for something before.
Just can’t wait to play the game!
Again, wish you all all the love in the world!
Thank you for the holiday wishes!
Your comment and good words are more than enough to support our team! We’ll continue working hard and we wish you happy holidays as well!
Wish you all an amazing Christmas and New Year!
Thank you for all the hard work and wish you all the amazing things in the world!
Right now I can’t support you the way I want too, but I’ll always be here to show how much I care for you. (You may remember me on the others updates as the Bryce’s fan, asking him to top someone hahahahahha)
But really, can’t wait for the game! Never got so excited for something before!
Loved all the updates and keep up the amazing work!
You deserve everything good in the world And stay safe.
I don’t know what to say other than thank you so much for your work!
Thank you also for your support! We appreciate comments and words of encouragement!
So excited!!!
Matt looks so sexy, I low-key want him and Ace to have some steamy scenes together
I agree… Matt looks very sexy haha
He really is hot, Shame he’s just a supporting character. I don’t know why, but Matt reminds me of Yoshinori and his younger self…