History VideoGame / AvrilsAppetite

* EvilInc: Upon fulfilling certain criteria, the player can play a foreboding mini-game that strongly hints at Gotis Publishing's ties to the occult. They are tasked with searching through empty files to find a picture of the company's mascot, the crudely drawn Capybara found when Avril bypasses the boulder in ''Idol Idle.'' The desktop background transforms into a drawing of a Capybara's skull, complete with tendons trailing beneath it. Considering the details surrounding the mysterious Jester haunting Avril throughout a second playthrough, it's clear this company has some hand in Avril's situation, as well.

The game stars Avril, who, according to the game's advertising, ''loves'' eating lots of cake, along with the resulting consequences that come with doing so. However, what seems to be a straightforward feeding game quickly gets flipped on its head when Avril loudly refuses to participate. After chiding the player for daring to subject her to this treatment, she presents them with her game's beta so she can be left alone. What follows is an exploration of Avril's character as the game continuously tries forcing her back into the role it had planned for her.

* MirrorCharacter: The protagonist of the ''Chow Wow'' mini-game is Avril's polar opposite. She actively wants to over-indulge on food, even as the added weight makes it harder to continue feeding. A bonus image shown after the mini-game is complete reveals that she has the agency to exercise and shake off the extra weight, presumably so she can continue eating without worry. She's a much more traditional protagonist in a fat kink game like this, especially Lachevite’s, whose protagonists generally treat weight-gain as a mild inconvenience at worst. Meanwhile, Avril spent most of her screen-time prior actively protesting the genre conventions holding her back, all while her agency is removed and she's unable to lose her surplus weight.

* MirrorCharacter: The protagonist of the ''Chow Wow'' mini-game is Avril's polar opposite. She actively wants to over-indulge on food, even as the added weight makes it harder to continue feeding. A bonus image shown after the mini-game is complete reveals that she has the agency to exercise and shake off the extra weight, presumably so she can continue eating without worry. She's a much more traditional protagonist in a fat kink game like this, whereas Avril spent most of her screentime prior actively protesting the genre conventions holding her back, all while her agency is removed and she's unable to lose her surplus weight.

** The game goes out of its way to demonize both the game's publisher and a mysterious figure who shows up in a second playthrough. The former has an implied connection to a cult thanks to a post-game mini-game, and the latter rendered as an unsettling, shadowy monster, hinted to be directly responsible for Avril's treatment.

** The game goes out of its way to demonize the game's publisher in a post-game mini-game and the mysterious figure who shows up in a second playthrough. The former has an implied connection to a cult, and the latter rendered as an unsettling, shadowy monster; the intent behind their treatment of Avril, though ambiguous, is ''not'' framed as anything good.

** The game goes out of its way to demonize the game's publisher in a post-game mini-game and the mysterious figure who shows up in a second playthrough. The former has an implied connection to a cult, and the latter rendered as an unsettling, shadowy monster; the intent behind their actions, though ambiguous, is ''not'' framed as anything good.

** The culprit responsible for Avril's predicament reveals themself in subsequent playthroughs. They're rendered as an unsettling, shadowy monster, and the intent behind their actions, though ambiguous, is ''not'' framed as anything good.

* DefiantToTheEnd: The endgame sees Avril left anchored by her weight gain and extremely tired out as the game tries fattening her up with the final slices of cake. Even still, she has enough energy to resist swallowing, holding the last three slices inside her cheeks as they're forced into her... [[SubvertedTrope until she gives up and swallows them all at once]]. The sudden weight gain crashes the game and kills her.

* EvilInc: Upon fulfilling certain criteria, the player can play a foreboding mini-game that strongly hints at Gotis Publishing's ties to the occult. They are tasked with searching through empty files to find a picture of the company's mascot, the crudely drawn Capybara found when Avril bypasses the boulder in ''Idol Idle.'' The desktop background transforms into a drawing of a Capybara's skull, complete with tendons trailing beneath it. Combined with the details surrounding the mysterious Jester haunting Avril throughout a second playthrough, it's clear this company has some hand in Avril's situation, as well.

* EvilInc: Upon fulfilling certain criteria, the player can play a foreboding mini-game that implies Gotis Publishing has ties to the occult. They are tasked with searching through empty files to find a picture of the company's mascot, the crudely drawn Capybara found when Avril bypasses the boulder in ''Idol Idle.'' The desktop background transforms into a drawing of a Capybara's skull, complete with tendons trailing beneath it. Combined with the details surrounding the mysterious Jester haunting Avril throughout a second playthrough, it's clear this company has some hand in Avril's situation, as well.

* DefiantToTheEnd: The endgame sees Avril left anchored by her weight gain and extremely tired out as the game tries fattening her up with the final slices of cake. Even still, she has enough energy to resist swallowing, holding the last three slices of cake inside her cheeks... [[SubvertedTrope until she gives up and swallows them all at once]]. The sudden weight gain crashes the game and kills her.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: The beta Avril presents the player ends when a level border fails to load, allowing the cake within to be dragged outside and into Avril’s mouth. This foreshadows the overall game's willingness to break its own rules and destroy itself, just to keep its stuffing premise intact.

** Some of the video game heroes Avril imagines as she discusses her dream to the player are fairly obscure ones, such as a characters from the indie-game titles such as ''VideoGame/PsyCard'' or one from an old LEGO flash game called ''Junkbot.'' The fact she wishes to be on their level--and not characters more popular or well-known--implies her end-goal is humbler than she makes it out to be in her frustration. Conversely, the three characters she negatively compares her fattened self to are all relatively popular, especially in the weight-gain community--''[[VideoGame/TouhouKoumakyouTheEmbodimentOfScarletDevil Touhou's]]'' Patchouli, ''VideoGame/RaymanOrigins[='=]'' Edith Up, and ''[[VideoGame/SkullGirls Skullgirls']]'' Filia.

** Some of the video game heroes Avril imagines as she discusses her dream to the player are fairly obscure ones, such as a characters from the indie-game titles such as ''VideoGame/PsyCard'' or one from an old LEGO flash game called ''Junkbot.'' The fact she wishes to be on their level--and not characters more popular or well-known--implies her end-goal is humbler than she makes it out to be in her frustration.

** Some of the video game heroes Avril imagines as she discusses her dream to the player are fairly obscure ones, such as a characters from the indie-game titles such as ''VideoGame/PsyCard'' or one from an old LEGO flash game called ''Junkbot.'' The fact she wishes to be on their level--and not someone more popular or well-known--implies her end-goal is humbler than she makes it out to be in her frustration.

** Some of the video game heroes Avril imagines as she discusses her dream to the player are fairly obscure ones, such as a characters from the indie-game titles such as ''VideoGame/PsyCard'' or one from an old LEGO flash game called ''Junkbot.'' The fact she wishes to be on their level--and not someone more popular or well-known--implies her end-goal is humbler than she makes it out to be.

* HiddenDepths: The first few times Avril is fed cake, [[OrgasmicallyDelicious her expression becomes blissful as her face is surrounded by hearts]], implying she ''does'' enjoy being indulgent. She just doesn't want to be forced into it when she's not in the mood, and ''especially'' not if it's going to impede her hopes and dreams.

** Ostensibly, the purpose of ''Avril's Appetite'' is to feed cake to the titular character and watch her belly expand to massive size. At first, Avril only swallows a single piece of cake early on, giving her a noticeable paunch for most of the game. It doesn't get larger sooner because she successfully fights against the game's attempts to feed her further for a while... until [[spoiler: The endgame. By that point, the game has free reign to stuff Avril rapidly, and she balloons to such a large size that the game can't contain her, with her belly visibly pressing up against the screen as the game finally gives in]].

* DefiantToTheEnd: The endgame sees Avril left anchored by her weight gain and extremely tired out as the game tries fattening her up with the final slices of cake. Even still, she has enough energy to resist swallowing, holding the last three slices of cake inside her cheeks... [[SubvertedTrope at least until she gives up and swallows them all at once]]. The sudden weight gain crashes the game and kills her.

* DefiantToTheEnd: The endgame sees Avril left anchored by her weight gain and extremely tired out as the game tries fattening her up with the final slices of cake. Even still, she has enough energy to resist swallowing, stuffing the last three slices of cake into her cheeks... [[SubvertedTrope at least until she gives up and swallows them all at once]]. The sudden weight gain crashes the game and kills her.

* DefiantToTheEnd: The endgame sees Avril left anchored by her weight gain and extremely tired out as the game tries fattening her up with the final slices of cake. Even still, she has enough energy to resist swallowing, stuffing the last three slices of cake into her cheeks... [[SubvertedTrope at least until she gives up and swallows them all at once, the sudden weight gain crashing the game and killing her]].

* NonSequitur: Early in a second playthrough, the mini Avril in the beta mini-game will eventually say something different from the onscreen text. Instead of admiring how big her belly has become, she describes an animal similar to a guinea pig, but with longer legs. She's talking about a Capybara--the same creature used as Gotis Publishing's mascot.

* EvilInc: Upon fulfilling certain criteria, the player can play a foreboding mini-game that implies Gotis Publishing has ties to the occult. They are tasked with searching through empty files to find a picture of the company's mascot, the crudely drawn Capybara found when Avril bypasses the boulder in ''Idol Idle.'' The desktop background transforms into a drawing of a Capybara's skull, complete with tendons trailing beneath it. Combined with the details surrounding the mysterious jester haunting Avril throughout a second playthrough, it's clear they have some hand in Avril's situation, as well.

{{Foreshadowing}}: The beta Avril presents the player ends when a level border fails to load, allowing the cake within to be dragged outside and into Avril’s mouth. This foreshadows the overall game's willingness to break its own rules and destroy itself just to keep its stuffing premise intact.