Fattening Office WG Visual Novel 1.6.9 08/17/26

[eisenwg]

@Wert844

One last thing. Is it possible that we see Dr. Johnson’s added weight stages in the codex soon?

I think her third stage should unlock now, but I’m not sure, I’ll check that for the next update! About both the codex and gallery it’s a bit tricky to keep them updated right now because I added things that weren’t planned. But once the game is complete it’ll be very easy to add everything, so I just ask you for a little patience

@Wert844

I think you’ve found a very good balance by making each update in much smaller chunks and posting them more frequently. I find games that have several month between updates i tend to forget about over time.

I hope the game has been progressing in a satisfying way for you and the others that have been following since the beginning.

@Wert844

It’s not super vital to the game at all, but I’ll just mention that the only rule that is set in stone for a haiku is that the lines are in a specific syllable structure of 5/7/5. I wouldn’t worry too much about it because it’s a very nit-picky thing on my end. What you did get very well with them is that they are about the feeling of an environment. And you’re very right, as an extremely traditional Japanese art form, Haiku fits Maki very well.

That’s very interesting, I read like fifty of them the other day and they were really fascinating. Unfortunately I don’t really have the time to do the proper researches for everything but I will look more into it, even though the fact the second one is worse is intentional. I myself practice (italian) poetry in my free time!

[pacifistical]

Haven’t checked in for a while (had to manually come to this thread as it wasn’t showing up on the projects page - I’ve missed tons of info!) to say I’ve been really impressed by the pace and quality of the updates. The vacation arc has been rather enjoyable so far and I like where Maki’s storyline is going and how you’ve weaved WG into the plotline. All I can really say is keep cooking at a pace which works for you!

[Wert844]

Did a second playthrough of Maki’s route. I think there’s a lot of potential in her storyline and personality to end up as the traditional full-fledged feeder-feedee relationship, assuming they both admit their preferences after the wedding is called off.

That’s something I really have to commend eisen for again is having the characters feel varied in both fetish and personality/archetype.

[eisenwg]

@pacifistical

Haven’t checked in for a while (had to manually come to this thread as it wasn’t showing up on the projects page - I’ve missed tons of info!)

I think you have to enable AI tags in the preferences to see the thread. Anyway thank you for the feedback about the current arc, if you have any specific suggestion you’re welcome!

@Wert844

Did a second playthrough of Maki’s route. I think there’s a lot of potential in her storyline and personality to end up as the traditional full-fledged feeder-feedee relationship, assuming they both admit their preferences after the wedding is called off.

That’s something I really have to commend eisen for again is having the characters feel varied in both fetish and personality/archetype.

Well, the next events will focus on their secret preferences and Maki’s definitely going in that direction

Honestly I’m positively surprised that Maki is liked so much (probably the most liked character based on the last poll) since she was the last of the main girls I thought of adding to the game. I suppose the samurai-girl secret feedee is a great combo.

[Wert844]

There’s definitely something to be said about the fact that we spend the most time with Maki while she is thin and the fact that she is athletic and in shape, not to mention disciplined is well established. It makes her getting fattened up all the more appealing to break that characterization of her. It really gets back to my main point about there being something for everyone. Shiori is also referenced as being athletic at the very start of the game, but I think because you only see her at stage one for a brief period at the start of the game that characterization never really gets fully established.

This is also one of the reasons i think Azumi is the second most popular, you get a good amount of time with her at stage one in the game, so you get to establish her character as a hot party-girl. Eri is another case because her specific fetish trope of pregnancy is less universal in the community than others. She’s still definitely a great character though and the tsundere personality is something that is definitely needed in the story.

But it really gets back to my main point about there being something for everyone.

Haruka is straight forwardly gluttonous. Shiori is overworked. Azumi is an indulgent tan gyaru, and also an older woman. Eri is pregnant. And Maki has a secret fetish. They all have their own reasons for having gained weight.

Not to mention the side characters that are the extremes of some of these archetypes like Dr. Johnson who is extremely overworked. Kyoko being an older woman to the point that she is the mother of your childhood friend. And Rin that is the extreme of being disciplined.

Overall it’s my belief that one of the big elements that makes a weight gain satisfying is that characterization changes. This can either be done by reinforcing that characterization like with Haruka, she doesn’t just be gluttonous and gain weight, she gets more gluttonous as she gains weight. Or breaking that characterization like with Maki, who is known as a fit and disciplined character and that fitness and discipline is broken by her circumstances . And I think Fattening Office does a good job of executing those two concepts with good balance.

Sorry for the rambling post again.

tl;dr Maki is a prime example of fit-girl gets fat, which is one of the most popular tropes in the community.

[cheddar]

@eisenwg

from now on the MC will focus on a single girl

I’ll be honest, given how oblivious he is for 99% of the game, I started feeling like the most in-character move from him would be a celibate harem of him unknowingly fattening every girl in his vicinity without a single unchaste thought lol

[eisenwg]

That’s a great analysis. I really like the way you’ve outlined the characters and it definitely seems like I followed a similar reasoning (mostly unintentionally) to build the cast. I’m also a big fan of the personality changes and fit-to-fat trope so I guess it works well for Maki and Azumi.

You’re also right that we see Haruka and Shiori at stage 1 only for a short time and, while I think it worked quite well in the end, it’s because back then the game was supposed to be way shorter. But mostly I wanted to get to the final arc with the various girls at different weight stages, so that’s why I kept Maki fit for a longer time.

(I just decided to have Rin enjoy a sweet in her morning scene on Jun 6, to show that her discipline is starting to crumble )

[eisenwg]

Well, the celibacy could come to an end very soon

What do you think that belly massage during the minigame was a test for?

Minigame feedback

Actually, I’d like to hear some thoughts about the minigame. I shouldn’t even call it a minigame since it’s more a click-through. If anyone has any suggestions on how to make it more interesting please post them, even though I will probably keep it like that with minor fixes because I feel like it’s not something central. For now it’s enough if it’s working and it’s not completely unbearable

[pacifistical]

You were spot on - I normally can’t be bothered to login so didn’t realise I was missing tons of stuff lmao. Better late than never.

The minigame was a nice distraction to make it a bit more kinetic though maybe doing it 6 times was a bit much? Perhaps 3 or 4 would’ve been just right or have some more dialogue inbetween stages? Either way now the frame is there I’m sure you’ll find some cool things to do with it

[Stream_Time]

For the mini game, it’s not too bad actually. Personally, I think it should be kept pretty light on mechanics because I don’t want to have to think too hard lol

I think there’s a lot of things that could be don’t to make it more immersive though. For example it would be cool to actually drag the food to her mouth or have more sound effects/reaction, especially during the belly rubs. It might be fun to have a small animation as well.

The perspective on her belly gets a little out of whack after it grows, but not sure how to fix that.

I’d also say having her sprite be bloated afterwards would be good too. It was quite jarring having her be back to normal right afterwards.

I think also one or more CGs during or after the minigame would be excellent!

[jameswoods809]

I thought the stuffing mini-game was decent as a first time go around, but not something to where I would always play it in future playthroughs in it’s current format. The stuffing mini-games that keep me interested in playing them more than once have sounds implemented like burping, stomach growls, and moans. I did think Maki had too many stages though. After stage 3, it just started looking like her stomach was getting fatter instead of being stuffed. I would have liked to see a stuffed sprite of Maki after the eating contest. I understand the reasons why there isn’t a sprite for every situation, but when the MC monologed that Maki’s stomach went back to it’s normal size after just and hour, I couldn’t help but roll my eyes.

I would have liked to read/see the other girls cheering on Maki during the eating contest. While it was a Maki update, the other girls were around, and I would think they have things to say to Maki for winning the contest. Maki would then be embarrassed and saying how much of a pig she was while playing with her stuffed gut. Outside of the mini-game, I thought everything was great. I do enjoy the little details/touches you put in the updates. I loved the part where the MC needs to pick the girl to participate in the eating contest and there is Haruka jumping up and down wanting to be picked.

[magusobscurusadiposi]

Hey i’m sorry if this was covered earlier in the thread, i tried to do a quick scan of the past comments and didn’t see it mentioned. Do you have a rough estimate of what the end size for the main LIs is going to be?

I’ve been eyeing up the game basically since you started but i’ve never pulled the trigger on it for this reason. I’m kind of assuming since we’re like 6 acts in and they’re still kind of in the chubby/BBW stage that the weight gain is going to be somewhat modest even by the end?

Please don’t take this as a critique or me pushing my preferences, purely just asking out of curiosity.

[eisenwg]

Thanks to everyone for the opinions! You have mentioned a lot of things, and I mostly agree with you. Unfortunately I thought of the minigame as a little side thing to add some stuffing content, so the current structure is VERY limited and I can’t really implement a lot of the things you said (more interactions, animations etc.).

Now, it could be changed. I could even use the new match-3 minigame I’m developing for Voluptuous Elves but I prefer not to recycle it completely (in the other game it will be a cooking and not a stuffing minigame but it could definitely be adapted).

So I’m sorry it it’s not going to be a good minigame or anything here. What I think I will do is just remove a couple of stuffing stages from Maki (yeah she gets way too big ) and add more dialogue between the stages. I could even remove the buttons entirely and make it a normal talked scene, I didn’t do that from the start because I thought it would be too repetitive to write four different stuffing scenes. I can add more sounds, but that is something I should do in general.

Anyway I think all of your other suggestions were absolutely great!

@magusobscurusadiposi

Do you have a rough estimate of what the end size for the main LIs is going to be?

Assuming LI stands for love interest, well, each girl is going to have six stages. Two of them have already reached that point, so that’s it for this game while the future expansions will add new stages. I don’t know if you’ve played the game or not (if you did through other means that’s fine too) but they get quite fat for a kind-of-realistic setting. If you’re going by the last illustration on Patreon that’s the stage 3 though, so those two are way bigger now!

The “harem route” could add more stages, who knows

That said, out of fairness I tell you that last week I worked entirely on Volputuous Elves so the next thing to come out is most likely going to be the new version of that. I think it’s right to move that project forward as well after I released that short demo in June, and a lot of people subbed to the Elite tier. After that I’ll be back working on the Azumi update, of course.

As usual I’m asking for your patience, I work on these projects hours every day (as is only right since I charge for them) and I’m doing my best even though I know there are a lot of flaws

Please take a look at the other thread as well, I will release more details soon!

[GingerAle]

Hearing that they cap at stage 6 is a little disappointing for Haruka and Shiori imo. They reach that stage pretty quickly all things considered and depending on how long the game continues past the hot spring stuff it feels like there’s isn’t as much incentive to continue down their paths. Story wise I’m sure they’ll be enjoyable but while all the other characters are gaining upwards of 3 more stages it feels like those two will just stagnate for the rest of the game.

[magusobscurusadiposi]

Thanks for getting back to me, and yeah you got it, LI was short for Love interest. I haven’t sampled the game yet, i’ve just been periodically checking the thread and the public patreon previews. I try not to pirate anything but i also have probably 30 devs i rotate out support which is part of why i haven’t just grabbed it already.

Sounds like i might have to just keep an eye out on things, i tend to favor girls who are pushing the limits of realism at minimum lol.

That said, with your Elves project, any chance we’re going to see some more fantastical sizes since it’s in a fantasy setting?

[eisenwg]

@GingerAle

Hearing that they cap at stage 6 is a little disappointing for Haruka and Shiori imo. They reach that stage pretty quickly all things considered and depending on how long the game continues past the hot spring stuff it feels like there’s isn’t as much incentive to continue down their paths. Story wise I’m sure they’ll be enjoyable but while all the other characters are gaining upwards of 3 more stages it feels like those two will just stagnate for the rest of the game.

Haruka and Shiori’s routes are almost complete! After the resort arc there’s just going to be one more day for them. They’ll make brief appearances in the other routes but that’s basically it.

As I teased a couple of months ago I plan to make expansions (like DLCs) for each of the main five, so they will get new stages in the future

@magusobscurusadiposi

Thanks for getting back to me, and yeah you got it, LI was short for Love interest. I haven’t sampled the game yet, i’ve just been periodically checking the thread and the public patreon previews. I try not to pirate anything but i also have probably 30 devs i rotate out support which is part of why i haven’t just grabbed it already.

Sounds like i might have to just keep an eye out on things, i tend to favor girls who are pushing the limits of realism at minimum lol.

That said, with your Elves project, any chance we’re going to see some more fantastical sizes since it’s in a fantasy setting?

No problem! I just mentioned piracy because I thought you had already seen some of the stages. I am a big fan of very huge sizes, fat blobs and immobility myself, but for the moment there aren’t such contents in the game.

About the fantasy game, I’m completely reworking the old demo and I plan to add huge sizes there. That said, it’ll take time to get there so I think you should wait to support and I will advertise when I add such contents. Thanks for checking out the thread though!

[Wert844]

I’m currently very happy with the pacing of the game. That being said, it’s good to hear that the girls may get a few sizes bigger. I am also a fan of the immobile sizes (maybe not fantastical and impossible). But for me it needs to come from a natural progression, ideally starting from fit and athletic and working its way over time to being huge. I think this is one of the things that this game does best.

[pacifistical]

Will echo others’ thoughts and say I think you’ve threaded the needle on how fast the weights ramp up. While obviously a bit exaggerated it feels believable with the office’s descent into gluttony and if Shiori and Haruka’s current stage 6 is the biggest main story size, that is a sweet spot I think. I will say it makes sense for Haruka and Shiori to be a step bigger than the other girls as the main heroines of the piece but on the whole no complaints. Likewise if the girls are getting epilogues I suppose you could tip them a little further with a bespoke scenario so it doesn’t stretch continuity or anything. It might be nice if while the girls are all a little bigger in their unique epilogues, their gains are also differentiated a bit reflecting the habits/nature of their story as well as being broadly bigger? Either way that’s a way off and you’ve knocked it out the park so far so no sweat.

I’m not as into when sizes get absolutely crazy so this being near the max size works for me and fits the scenario well. I’m not opposed to it (e.g. with fantasy elements I think it makes more sense) but it’d be a bit bizarre if they all suddenly blew up to immobility etc so I think you’re doing well as is. Bit of a fun police opinion but figured worth saying.

[GingerAle]

I guess the main point I’m trying to get at is that it feels weird for the game to be pretty focused on the MC discovering his fetish for feedism and that he himself is a feeder when two of the love interests weight has already reached the max stage before he gets to do any really feedism things. I get that their stories are almost over but wouldn’t it make sense to have like one extra stage where they explore that topic a bit more? Cuz not to be nitpicky, but it doesn’t really feel like the mc being a feeder has any relevance in the story unless your in Maki’s path

[Wert844]

i think the crux of the story is the the MC is acknowledging his fat fetish, which is a bit more broad than feedism. then within that each girl has their own extra fetishes to go with their story, which Maki’s caters to feedism specifically.