POPGOES and The Machinist

**POPGOES and The Machinist** is an expansion to POPGOES Arcade. It was officially revealed October 26th, 2021 and was released on July 1st, 2022. It is the first POPGOES game to be fully **paid**.

## Description

If you pay for the "premium" upgrade to POPGOES Arcade, you will be able to play POPGOES and The Machinist once you attain 100% completion in the main game. It'll be a direct continuation of your journey.
POPGOES and The Machinist is about half of the size of the current main game. If you consider POPGOES Arcade to be split into two parts, one where you fight the minibosses, and then one where you fight the dead minibosses, then you can sort of expect PATM to be a "third part" in Popgoes' adventure.
Our development team has been in a bit of a slump for the past few months, but lately Emil has been back to work and we've been working exclusively on POPGOES and The Machinist. A LOT of it has been finished, it's just mostly programming left now.

## Gameplay

The expansion mostly follows the gameplay of POPGOES Arcade, albeit with a few differences, such as the following:

* The player can earn Scrap from either the overworld, defeating Scrapbots or Overkilling enemies.
* Overkills can now be preformed on enemies up to a total of Overkillx5.
* There are now Charged-variants of enemies that can be found in the underground part of each forest.
	+ Crits for Charged enemies can stun you making it so you can't use your abilities for 3 turns.
	+ Charged enemies can also use a shield which makes the enemy invincible for 3 turns.

#### West Forest

* **Rusty Popgoes** - 300HP/65ATK
* **Rusty Blake** - 200HP/95ATK
* **Rusty Sara** - 400HP/45ATK
* **Rusty Saffron** - 250HP/55ATK
* **Rusty Stone** - 350HP/55ATK
* **Rusty Scrapbot** - 200HP/120ATK
* **Silver Paintbot** - 350HP/60ATK
* **Rusty Coinbot** - 800HP/40ATK
* **Rusty Chica** - 600HP/75ATK

#### South Forest

* **Robot Popgoes** - 360HP/78ATK
* **Robot Blake** - 240HP/114ATK
* **Robot Sara** - 300HP/90ATK
* **Robot Saffron** - 420HP/66ATK
* **Robot Stone** - 420HP/66ATK
* **Robot Scrapbot** - 240HP/144ATK
* **Indigo Paintbot** - 420HP/72ATK
* **Robot Coinbot** - 960HP/48ATK
* **Robot Foxy** - 700HP/90ATK

#### East Forest

* **Pristine Popgoes** - 420HP/91ATK
* **Pristine Blake** - 280HP/133ATK
* **Pristine Sara** - 560HP/63ATK
* **Pristine Saffron** - 350HP/105ATK
* **Pristine Stone** - 490HP/77ATK
* **Pristine Scrapbot** - 280HP/168ATK
* **Violet Paintbot** - 490HP/84ATK
* **Pristine Coinbot** - 1120HP/56ATK
* **Pristine Bonnie** - 800HP/105ATK

#### Underground

* **The Machinist** - 1200HP/30ATK
* **Prototype Manora** - 650HP/100ATK
* **Laser Pillar** - 400HP/10ATK per sec
* **The Mangle** - 2500HP/100ATK

### Shops

#### Holly's Shop

There is a shop run by Holly the Robin in West, South and East Forest called **Holly's Shop**. To find the shop, you need to stray off the dirt path. Every shop sells the same items for the same price.

#### Blake's Smithing

There is a shop run by Blake the Badger in West, South and East Forest called **Blake's Smithing**. Unlike other shops, this one uses Scrap as currency.

## Characters

* Popgoes the Weasel is the main protagonist of this expansion.
* Blake the Badger is an NPC that sells you upgrades among other things.
* Sara the Squirrel is an NPC.
* Saffron the Squirrel is an NPC.
* Manora the Mouse is an NPC that acts as the damsel of distress in this expansion.
* Holly the Robin is the merchant of this expansion.
* The Machinist is the main antagonist of this expansion.

## Development

Development of PaTM began when the Fazbear Fanverse Initiative began. When Kane and the team were wondering how they could make it up to players who had to pay, to purchase the games on consoles/phones. The idea for a DLC expansion was decided on. For PC players who didnt have to pay, they decided on making it an optional DLC purchase for when the game releases on Steam. It was planned to be released on December 2021, but when the time came, it didn't release for seemingly unknown reasons.

## Gallery

### Teasers

Promotional Art for POPGOES and the Machinist (by StupidButterfly)Robot Blake's revealPOPGOES Arcade Premium - Clip -1 - "The Bestiary"A clip shown on one of Dawko's livestreamsPOPGOES Arcade Premium - Clip -2 - "The Machinist"Another clip shown on one of Dawko's livestreamsPOPGOES Arcade Premium - Clip -3 - "Surprise Battle"Yet another clip shown on one of Dawko's livestreamsPOPGOES Arcade Premium - Clip -4-Final - "Overkill"The last clip shown on one of Dawko's livestreams"Who is The Machinist?" Teaser"Who is The Machinist?" Teaser with Labels
### Other

Concept Art for the "Main" EnemiesConcept Art for the "Mimic" EnemiesConcept Art for Morse and Prototype ManoraConcept Art for The Mangle