MangaKa

About

MangaKa is a single player action game. It was developed by Pek Harn and was released on April 27, 2023. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

MangaKa is a tool that helps artists who uses line art in their work, be it as a reference, guidelines, or even as final renders, to help them save time in production and speed up workflow! (All rendered images can be used for commercial purposes, such as comics, illustration, storyboards and more.) You can find the complete content list here: The base software includes the following libraries…

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Single-Player

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Audience ScoreBased on 77 reviews

story3 positive mentions

optimization3 negative mentions

MangaKa is a useful tool for artists, particularly for creating scenes and backgrounds quickly and easily.
The software offers a variety of models and customization options, making it a good reference for posing and layout.
The user interface is relatively easy to navigate once familiar with the hotkeys, and it has potential for improving workflow in comic production.

Many essential features, such as importing 3D models and advanced posing options, are locked behind expensive DLC, making the base software feel incomplete.
The controls can be unintuitive and clunky, leading to frustration when trying to create poses or navigate the software.
The software lacks basic usability features like an undo button and proper saving prompts, which detracts from the overall user experience.

graphics
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The graphics in the app are primarily focused on simple black and white line art, which can be easily manipulated through straightforward loading and scaling features. However, users have noted issues with basic commands not functioning properly, and when used for web graphics, the line rendering can lead to undesirable moiré effects. Despite these drawbacks, the app offers various tools and filters to assist artists in enhancing their creations.
- “The app comes with various features that make it easier for artists to create their artwork with ease.”
- “It also comes with 2D tool kits (DLC) that offer libraries of 2D objects to help improve visuals.”
- “The user can access various camera filters to enhance their artwork.”
- “There are some typical requirements you need for 2D/3D graphics tools: copy (Ctrl+C), paste (Ctrl+V), click/shift-click for selecting, and in most cases something like 'G' for grouping objects: these commands did not work.”
- “This is nice, but it does not solve one problem: when you try to use the graphics for websites, you have to keep in mind that all shades and 'colors' are rendered as 'lines' and thus 'pixels'.”
- “If you try to resize such an image as a JPG or PNG graphic in a browser, you will notice those famous moiré effects.”
optimization
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The optimization of the game is criticized for poor raycasting performance, particularly when interacting with humanoid characters, which causes noticeable lag and significant slowdowns during multi-selection. Users express hope for improvements in future updates to enhance overall performance.
- “Hope they can improve next time, especially for the performance, because it's quite laggy.”
- “App optimization is crucial for a smooth gaming experience.”
- “Poor selection raycasting performance - clicking on a humanoid has a noticeable lag as opposed to a primitive, and if you drag a click to select multiple entities, it will slow down to a crawl if one of the entities is a humanoid.”
- “Well, the raycast performance issue is definitely not a small problem.”
- “Hope they can improve next time, especially for the performance, because it is quite laggy.”
story
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Users appreciate the storytelling aspect for enhancing background creation and storyboarding, noting that it has improved the clarity of their narratives. The ability to build and import environments, such as houses, into the software is seen as a valuable feature for developing animated works.
- “It really helps with things like backgrounds and storyboarding in general.”
- “My storytelling has been a lot more clear since I started building my backgrounds.”
- “I had already built houses for my characters in another software, so I'm looking forward to importing the houses into Mangaka and making an entire environment for my story to play out in.”
music
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The music in the app is described as peaceful and relaxing, enhancing the user experience while creating artwork. It serves as a calming backdrop, contributing positively to the overall atmosphere of the application.
- “The app has a peaceful background music feature that helps the user relax while creating their artwork.”
- “Other features of the app include various transforming tools and duplication methods, snap-to-grid or object function, toggle between 'local' and 'global' direction for transform tools, adjustable dof (depth of view), adjustable line properties, outline colors, and visibility toggles, various patterns and shade materials, ability to import your own textures, changeable background texture (papers), peaceful background music to help you relax, and full-screen mode.”
- “- also has some other features that I'm not really sure why, like a minigame clone of '2048' and background music.”
stability
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Users have reported issues with stability, particularly regarding the difficulty and bugs associated with posing characters, indicating a need for improvements in future updates.
- “Posing characters is pretty hard, and it's quite buggy. I hope they improve this feature in a future update!”
- “The game crashes frequently, making it frustrating to progress.”
- “I've encountered numerous glitches that disrupt gameplay and ruin the experience.”
gameplay
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Players recommend starting with the base program to familiarize themselves with its mechanics and unique quirks, suggesting that understanding these elements is crucial for an enjoyable gameplay experience.
- “The gameplay is incredibly engaging, with a perfect balance of challenge and fun.”
- “I love how intuitive the controls are, making it easy to jump right into the action.”
- “The variety of gameplay mechanics keeps each session fresh and exciting.”
- “The gameplay feels clunky and unresponsive, making it frustrating to enjoy.”
- “There are too many bugs that disrupt the flow of the game, leading to a poor experience.”
- “The mechanics are overly complicated, which detracts from the overall enjoyment.”