This was a short but sweet update. I felt that the pacing was really well done. The sprite work was well done as always, but the highlight for me were the CGs. Second place for me was how naive that Amber was to believe thatZoe was trustworthy simply because she helped her despite being a Citizen catgirl. I was shocked to see Miss Mittens so early, but I’m glad that she did. I hope that when we go further down the questline in later updates we will eventually have a choice about whether to have a romance/ally with Zoe or kill her (possibly vore her?). Who can say though? Good job, and I’m looking forward to the next update!
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Really enjoyed this update! Very much enjoy the idea of these character-centric side quests, it’s a great way to let all the different cast members have their moment to shine.
Also, Amber’s new friend is adorable and I can’t wait to see where that plotline goes.
If there were any constructive criticism I could give, I would say that I wish there was slightly more gameplay. Even if there was some sort of simple mini game for the sections where Amber is training and for the actual eating contest itself.
I also would’ve liked to see one of the party members reacting to Amber’s slight weight gain, but maybe it’s not quite noticeable enough yet to warrant much of a reaction.
Overall though, I’m starting to get even more excited for these updates than I am for Apostles, which is saying a lot. Will be patiently waiting for more!
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Besides mechanical, gameplay and stat changes it will be interesting to see of weight gain will lead to changes in how the rebels are precieved by the public both positive and negative.
Its easy to see how they could be viewed negatively as a result however i imagine a lot of catgirls will be drawn to the fact that despite being rebels fighting against the oppressors they are still able to live it large and affulently giving the impression joining the rebels is a path to wealth and plentt lol.
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Yay! So glad you had fun! Zoey was a fun character to write!
Me, having a dark and twisted plan for a character? Neeevvveeeer!
Why thank you, I’ll pass the kind words onto CJ! He’s really been firing on all cylinders of talent to get all the various Atlas needs done!
It was a spur of the moment idea actually! I thought of having just some other random worker at the I-Scream shop do the announcing, but thought it might be a bit more fun to add in a splash of Miss Mittens!
This will be a later feature, but when we are polishing the game a bit more, I’d like to add in a “Watch TV” feature that lets us watch some whacky Human TV, and of course tune in to Miss Mitten’s broadcasts, which can vary based on choices ie
“Local philanthropist, Barbara Allens, found dead in her home”
or
“Are the slums haunted with plump nurse Catgirls!?”
It could be fun to see how humans try to spin the rebel’s actions. But this will all be a feature later down the road, when there are less critical needs to handle.
Won’t give any spoilers yet, but this is not the last we’ve seen of Zoey!
Thank you! Hope you like what Dawn and BB have in store!
Thank you! I know it’s taken a lot of time to get to this point, but hopefully the core gameplay loop of Atlas starts to shine! The swap between single character quests, to group interactions, should be a fun one to balance!
Thank you! I had a lot of fun writing Zoey, and next time we will be able to learn a lot more about her and her history.
That’s fair. I do intend for the character quests to be more “VN” formatted, but I can try to add in some mini games and such when possible.
I considered it, but since there will be 7 of these character quests, I worried it might get a bit repetitive for the players to have to hear that kind of acknowledgment every single time. So I think I’ll mix all 'weight acknowledgments" for the very end of the first city section.
Wahoo! That’s great! I hope to make both games something to be proud of, that many can enjoy!
Haha that will be fun! I mentioned above that Miss Mittens will react to game choices and progress, it might also be possible to have her have comments based on weight. Plus in further polishing we could start adding more city NPCs who remark on any character weight changes.
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Great update! Despite how short it was, it was still jam pack with content.
All of Amber portaits during her training looked great and helped visual ambers growth.
So thank you CJ!
Would you ever consider a one off portait for apostles?
Also got a thoery about Zoey, her alluded job and how she got citizenship -
I think Zoe was a former pet of Circe McQuin (Chet the Bar mans owner, and she’s noted as being from one of the wealthiest families on the planet).
Based on the interaction with Chet were told Circe has lots of pets I believe over 600 so she quite fond of catgirls it seems. With it sounding like the majority live lazy fattening lives.
However for her pet like Chet and zoe who don’t settle into this life they seem to take on a catering role for these groomed. With Circe investing money into them with goal of turing more groomed into metaphorical pigs.
Circe obviously being the name of the witch from greek mythology whom notoriously turned people into pigs. And with the pig theming of the bar and it’s drinks, I doubt it’s a coincidence.
I assume once one of these groomed feeders have pleased Circe enough with the results of their work then she’ll get them citizenship as a reward. Which also makes Chets persistent offering of drinks to the party make more sense. And makes me certain there’s something fishing about his special swine mead.
So I believe Zoe has earned her citizenship through this sort of programme. As she seemed very experienced when it came to Ambers training so I think she might have been a pro eating coach would train up new groomed into eating machines for Circes enjoyment. Something I thought might allude is first the box set of competitive eating competions she has with them potentially being reminders / trophies of her previous trainees, also whilst watching the competitions one of the competors is noted to be using is golden piggy style, perhaps a style created by zoey in omagh to circe, with a golden pig staute also being a top the bar, so it could be a theme with her feeder groomed.
And while I do think she fell for Ambers charms and kindness as they spent time to together I think she initially saw her next pig for Circe.
Needless to say I’m excited for Zoey’s return !
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I did have plans to do more art apostles! It has moatly been our principle of keeping the art needs of apostles simple so i could make more sprites!
However i will for sure in the future when i get the chance make aa much art about apostles as i possibly can well after the games done!
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Oooh! One of the first long theory posts for Atlas! Loved reading your prediction! Can’t give any secrets away just yet…but you’re right to keep an eye on the name Circe!
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Enjoyed the update excited to see what comes next for BB and Dawn!!
Wonder if zoey will have a taste of her own medicine in the future. And on the Girls gains will they all reach a similar weight or will one stand out amongst the other 2 or 3 if you include pythia, depending on player choices?
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Lovely update with plenty of quality CG, Ambers romance and training arc were an entertaining time. Zoey was a welcome addition to the cast to helping to expand the world and open up new avenues for the story. So we can only wait for Ambers next Quest to see how it pans out between them.
Out of all the quests 99 lives ingtrues me the most as depite being the leader and figure head of the reble she the one we know the least about? And if she won’t gain due to her being robot, who will ?
Had a little theory about her -
Said theory is that shes actually a ceo / family member of one of the big corporations, with her feeling guilt for her families / races action using her resources ( how she can afford all these drone ) to secretly fight against the system, which is why she targets the corporation through gorilla / systematic warfare eventually leaving her company as the last one standing so she can rebuild the society upon their ashes to start a fresh.
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i loved the new dawn update (patreon update) hope i dont make any spoilers right now but i have to report a bug, even when i already finished the romanov’s update when i reenter at the buffet the mission triggers again (i like it though 'cause i was able to see that beautiful blob sisters sprite again) but… yeah that’s what i found while i was doing the side quest of the first public release
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So glad to hear it, thank you!
Who can say 
I would say they will all probably gain the same total amount of weight overall, so long as you do all possible amount of weight gain content for them. That said, they will each have a different style of gain as time goes on, belly, butt, breast, all-over, ect.
Which will be a seen more as time goes on, for now at stage 1, most gains will mainly be in the belly!
Wahoo, glad you had fun! CJ really knocked it out of the park with his cg work, and I love how he’s designed so many Atlas characters.
Glad the mystery of 99 is felt! It’s intentional that there is a rift of ‘professional distance’ between 99 and the other three. For one, 99 does not get to partake in any of the city events with the girls. But in addition, 99 has seen dozens of Atlas rebels join and die or be lost, over and over again, so there will always be a distance she keeps from them.
Ooooh! Nice theory! Can’t confirm or deny, but was fun to read regardless!
Thanks for the report, will fix! Though just in case, to avoid any/all spoilers for the public please message me on patreon or over DMs for currently locked content.
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So guessing that at the end each character will majour in one area like the 3 sisters.
Amber - all over “jack of all trades MC is the stereo type”
Dawn - Belly “pretty much is just a belly in account of her machine parts”
B.B - Ass “everyone knows her name stands for big booty”
Pythia - breast “based on process of elimination but not sure”
Are characters also going to develop bad traits and habits with these gains like some slob stuff and worsening attitudes. Getting kinda corrupted by indugence like the other groomed in the city.
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It will be interesting to see how this develops and if ‘main routes’ spawn over time. That kind of extreme playstyle that has every player choice mapped to a kind of alignment doesn’t seem to be what the game is going for given the shades of grey coating of paint but it is still interesting to theorize.
Given the current material and what has been hinted there about 3 of these routes already. The first being the ‘pure’ route or hard mode. Taking advantage of no one and gaining the credits required to progress by pure minimalization of combat resources. While against the games themes its the kind of challenge run that tempts me because the game is almost daring the player to try and fail at it. (Yes I play dark souls…) The second is the hardcore rebel route or asshole route. Taking advantage of others in the name of needing the resources at the expense of loosing sight of the actual cats caught up in the rebellion. Easiest in terms of resources probably. The third route being the corruption route, maybe split if you are also a dick to the other cats or not. The most tempting and probably the one that everyone is going to do at first because content. It will be interesting as to what the actual moral problems will be, Amber’s wasn’t bad till the end reveal. Yes she was potentially being mislead for something but until the end she was only risking her body. Time will tell but getting back in bed with an awful person seems to be the direction the next part is heading. Amber potentially being willing to help with the horrible acts in the third part would be the obvious angle. So the corruption being a ‘its me or them’ mentality along with her potentially just ignoring it because her life gets so good after agreeing to go out with a citizen.
I am glad the game seems to be leaning into player choice flagging event triggers as opposed to an alignment system. Neither are bad but this makes me a lot more hype.
MOAR HYPE
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Good guesses! I won’t give any official answer just yet!
Great question! So while it’s never explicitly going to be stated in game, of the two quests each of the girls get, one of them will be more ‘wholesome’ lets say, with the girls having a mostly happy path to gaining. And the other route will be more of a “corruption” route, which will involve each of the girls have one of the worst aspect of their personalities grow as they become fatter.
Oh yeah, you are very much on to something! Mainly the intention we were going for is that the more you sacrifice your moral or your body for money, the easier the game will be. The ideal balance is that any player that chooses every option that will earn them money/reward will turn the game into a breeze, and you’ll be sliding through combat with more equipment and health items then you know what to do with.
But players who don’t choose the morally questionable options, and don’t pursue any of the wg causing quests, will find every single combat encounter a struggle as they’ve spent nearly all their chips on Pythia’s fees, and have shabby equipment and few healthkits to share.
Though that is very much the ideal, dream balance. I am very much making this combat/inventory buying system as we go, and while I hope it is fun as we go, I am sure that after the game’s end, I’ll need to go through the whole thing again and heavily tinker and balance it to get close to a truer balance.
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