In-game event30 Sep 2025News from The Nightly BuildsHello! It has been a long time since we posted here, but if you continue to use our app (either the paid or the free version) you'll know that development is continuing steadily towards 1.0 from the 'Latest Updates' section in the welcome screen. We have refrained from posting here on Steam, not wanting to flood your feed with little updates, but it seems due to Steam's latest update policy now…
Hello! We have just released a new tutorial video, to replace the ones that was released more than a year ago. A lot has changed since then, with simplified workflow and a lot of new features. Feel free to check it out!
Stable builds have been updated! This is the first step during our final stretch towards 1.0 release. A lot of changes have been happened: · The reworked male template is now ready to use. Some clothing still needs to be worked as we're targeting all clothing templates to be able to be used with any body templates, but the number of clothing templates that can be used with male template has far…
Hello! It’s the end of 2023 already. Happy holidays! Hopefully all of you will have a wonderful time with your family and friends. As we have done before, we’re writing some developer log at the end of the year to reflect on what we’ve done and talk about what’s next. Today is no different, except we don’t really have anything new to share regarding the plan for 2024; it will be mostly finishin…
In the latest stable builds, we have fixed some things and added a bit of new content: · Bugfix for Inochi2D export, fixing some wrong layer grouping; · Added several furry tails which can be found in the 'Additional Hair Parts' section. Each tail styles has Inochi2D-ready templates. Some of the newly added tails are available in the Free/Demo version, and the others are reserved for the Pro/Fu…
In the latest stable builds, we have fixed some things and added a bit of new content: · Bugfix for rendering process, making it more reliable and eliminating glitches like missing layers; · Adjusted some movement tracking behavior for Inochi2D export; · Added new hair accessories (multiple hairbands); · All templates in the 'Skirts/Pants' category are now Inochi2D-ready when using the female t…
Fixed some parts causing error when exporting to Inochi2D with Puppetstring as Preferred Tracker; · Fixed some irresponsive UI element in the free/demo version; · Tweaked Inochi2D rigging for long, chest-covering hairs, making those bounce differently depending on chest size. · Improved rendering speed by up to 100% (50% time reduction), depending on current character configuration. This improv…
Fixed a bug that causes clipping/artifacts with hair wisps; · Fixed a bug that causes error message to be shown at the end of batch export process; · Fixed wrong head position adjustment when using 'Mirror Pose' feature; · Minor memory usage optimization; · Deprecated 'Masculine (Lipsync - AA)' mouth template for Inochi2D export, replaced with 'Masculine (Inochi2D)'; · Added 9 eye styles to…
Hello! Today we’re back with a new update to Mannequin, which wraps up Inochi2D export features (at least for some time). Shortly after the release of 0.3.17, Inochi2D started implementing some new features that made rigging easier, so we decided to redo the head section of Mannequin’s outputs for better movement range and facial expression. Below you can find more details regarding these chang…
Fixed comedic eyes white parts disappearing when 'Skin Gloss/Shine' is deactivated. · Fixed splitting brows for exported Inochi2D models when 'Thin (Raised)' brow template is used. · Added 'Inochi2D' templates for some eye shapes. These templates provide better expression tracking and will replace the 'Neutral' ones for Inochi2D export. · Preferred Tracker option for Inochi2D now has 3 options:…
Fixed disappearing 'Face Color' browser button. · Fixed splitting brows for exported Inochi2D models when 'Brow See-Trough' is enabled. · Fixed error messages showing up due to bug regarding Steam Workshop folder management. · Added early version of 'Skirts Collection' which currently contains skirt accent lines. · Added shirt collar accent line template to 'Shirts Collection'. · Added more Ino…
Fixed 'Background Image' section constantly closing whenever any value is changed inside. · Fixed female template arm physics for Inochi2D export, and added some new poses with Inochi2D rigging. · Fixed movement misalignment when exporting to Inochi2D with 'Mirror Pose' enabled. · Camera node now automatically added when exporting to Inochi2D.
Hello! Just a quick update regarding Inochi2D export in the latest version of Mannequin. We have uploaded two videos that can be used for a quick visual guide regarding how to best use this feature step by step: from designing our character, setting up face tracking, to displaying our character in OBS for recording or streaming! You can watch these tutorials on our YouTube channel. Thank you fo…
Hello! It has been a very long time since we last wrote a development log, and the news we have today is a very big one. We have finally redrawn the female template, and with it comes a lot of additional changes. So, let’s go and review them one by one! More Body Part Sizes and Variants Previously, we can only switch between five chest sizes for the female template. Now, we have small and large…
Hello! Happy holidays everyone. We hope you can relax, meet up and have good time together with your friends and family in this festive season. Since now is the end of the year, we think that it is a good time for us to talk about the current state of Mannequin’s development and the plans for 2022. First, let us review the current state of development. Art Polish Update Progress The current art…
Hello! Today we have released a new update which brought quite a big change in the UI/UX department of Mannequin. We also have some reports regarding the art polish and male/masculine-focused templates which is still in the works. Without further ado, let us get into the details! Tweaked User Interface The updated user interface shrinks a lot of controls, removing a lot of thumbnails (which are…
Hello! Today we have updated Mannequin to version 0.3.15. Below you can find more details regarding what’s new in this release: Steam Workshop Steam Workshop is now implemented! You can browse the Steam Workshop page and subscribe to one of our released test items. The app will automatically download your subscribed items and manage the files on disk shortly after launch. You can quickly manage…
Hello! Mannequin version 0.3.14 has just released. This update brings new template selections and several performance improvements. Below you can find more details regarding what is changed: Summer Collection and Animal Ears Collection New Summer-themed templates is now here which includes several bikini variations, pareo, sandals and summer hats. In the Animal Ears Collection, we have added fo…
Hello! Today Mannequin has just updated to 0.3.13. Well, that was fast. Indeed, it was fast. We have decided to move 0.3.13 release forward due to the significant amount of performance gain with the rendering. Previously, our prediction regarding the results of these optimization hovers around 25% rendering time reduction on average, but after the optimization is implemented, we are seeing rend…
Hello! Today Mannequin has been updated to 0.3.12 and we have brought a lot of big changes to the app. Let us go into more details! New Features Here are the highlights of the new features introduced in this update: Reworked Hair Template Structure Hair templates has been totally reworked, enabling much more control and customization. Previously, you can only select one hairstyle template, assi…
The year is coming to an end, and we have several updates to share, both inside outside the app. The latest version of Mannequin (0.3.11) brought so many new things to the table, and there are also several developments from the planning/management side. Let us delve into more details! Eye Template Updates The latest change in the eye template structure means some new features, such as customiza…
Happy Halloween, everybody! Today we have updated Mannequin to 0.3.10. The highlight of this version is the revamped default male template, which brought the art style and clothing template compatibility closer to the default female template. Another little addition is the Halloween Collection DLC, which brought a few Halloween-themed accessories. Just like the Christmas Collection and the Defa…
Hello! We have another update to the stable builds today. It might look a bit out of sync considering the previous update released just a little over a week ago, but we have decided to do this due to the recent progress of our online documentation. Online Manual The manual explaining most of Mannequin’s basic functions is now available and you can access them through this link or by clicking th…
Hello! Today we have brought another update to the stable builds of Mannequin, and it is quite a big update, to say the least. We have revamped most of the clothing templates for the default female body, adjusted the way we package DLCs, and more. Let us delve into more details: Revamped Female Clothing Templates Almost all clothing templates for the default female body has been revamped with a…
Hello! The planned big update which will bring a more polished art and additional template options is still in the works, but we have quite a lot of tiny updates on the app side that has been accumulated. Therefore, we have decided to release these updates with this 0.3.7 update. Here are the changes for this version: Customizable Stroke and Cast Shadow Color Now you can customize Stroke and Ca…
Hello! This is our first post here on Steam, and we would like to say hi to all of you who is interested or has already supported our project, Mannequin. As you might’ve read on the store page listings of our app, Mannequin is a 2D character portrait generator crafted especially for visual novel developers (but also very usable for other kind of projects, such as RPGs and even non-game projects…
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