The Manga Works  helps kids practice and improve the following skills:

Planning: Developing a systematic approach for setting and achieving goals.

In order to successfully advance in The Manga Works, the player needs to use their planning skills. Writing and illustrating, earning experience, working with editors, going out and getting life experiences for inspiration all require the player to plot out how they are going to spend their money, their time, and their experience points. If the player does not have a plan, they may end up receiving a job and finding they don’t have enough energy, time, or plot points to complete it. Or they may have to turn in a lower quality product, which will affect their ratings. For players who struggle with planning out larger projects in real life, The Manga Works can help them practice this skill in a fun way. 

Time Management: Working under pressure. 

No matter what type of work you are doing in The Manga Works, your character will have a deadline they need to meet. This means that they player needs to use their time management skills to assess how hard they will need to work to complete a project before its deadline. The pressure of a deadline can be stressful and your character can overworked themselves and end up hospitalized if they get too low on energy so the player needs to find a balance between getting the project done on time and maintaining a healthy work life balance. For players who struggle with getting projects done on time, this game is a way to practice this skill and learn more about balancing time and project deadlines in real life.