Manta is working on several writing projects, including:
City of Smiles, a fantasy choose-your-own-adventure story updated in installments where anyone can vote on what the main character does next
The webcomic version of CoS
Well Bread, the audio story of Phoebe and Jay's attempts to pay for college by selling peanut butter and jelly sandwiches
Only Fools and Sages, a story where viewers can change the story as it's being written live
and more, all of which are set in the same universe, where a secret world that has lived in parallel to ours is finally revealing itself—for better or for worse.
He's also working on some technical pet projects, such as:
An advanced machine learning bot for playing Pokemon competitively
Similar bots for other games
An automatic karaoke maker that takes a song and spits out a video with voices removed and lyrics properly timed
Manta loves to share the art and writing he works on, the coding projects he does, and the video games he plays. Catch him at youtube.com/@the_manta_rays or twitch.tv/themantarays for streams and videos! (At the moment, due to his work, he does not have a consistent schedule.) Join the discord to be part of the community and get all the latest updates: discord.gg/HGkVhZf5jA
If you want to reach out to themantarays, the best way is via discord.
Manta recently quit his full-time job to pursue his real passions in life. He has previously interned for NASA and has degrees in economics and computer science. An incessant daydreamer, Manta is the kind of person that will watch an entire season of a cartoon while complaining about how stupid the plot is out loud to himself. He loves adventure and strategy games. You can also challenge him at chess on lichess or chess.com.