Update

I took a two week break on the project to focus on school (my grades are all up to A's and B's now so that's good).

I'm starting to continue development on the game.

I have a few questions:
  1) Should I use a texture atlas? I've heard those can be both good and bad for games.
  2) Should I release much smaller updates every few days, or wait for bigger releases?

Also, I'm still learning Java using RyiSnow's tutorials, so right now it's a basic rpg game, but I'm getting close to where I can fork it into my own project.