Choosing a format
Six formats, from a 4-panel strip to a 32-page graphic novel chapter, each with its own page shape and panel density.
The format decides how many pages the issue has, how densely each page is panelled, the shape of the page, and which way it reads. It is chosen for you on the setup screen and you can change it there.
The one we pick is the largest your credit balance can actually finish, cover and cast included. A new account with 20 credits is started on a 4-panel strip rather than an 8-page one-shot, because a one-shot is 80 credits of drawing and stalling halfway through is worse than starting smaller.
| Format | Pages | Panels per page | Total panels | Reads |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-panel strip | 1 | 4 | 4 | Left to right |
| One-shot | 8 | 5 | 40 | Left to right |
| Webtoon | 12 | 4 | 48 | Vertical scroll |
| Manga | 18 | 6 | 108 | Right to left |
| US single issue | 22 | 5 | 110 | Left to right |
| Graphic novel chapter | 32 | 6 | 192 | Left to right |
Total panels is what drives the cost, because panels are what get drawn. Multiply by 2 credits to get the price of drawing the issue once.
Manga is genuinely right-to-left: the reader turns pages the other way, and panel order within a row is reversed. The artboard still edits left-to-right, because that is how you read the controls.
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