I just so happen to be working on a real-time gui-focused replacement for manim :)
It still has a ways to go, but I was able to create one video with it so far and I'm working on all the pain points I ran into while using it. Feel free to check it out if you're interested!
I just so happen to be looking for a simple-enough morph/"magic move"-based animation software. This looks promising! Especially since I love the style of manim videos.
No, Mafs prioritizes interactivity, not sequenced animations.
I would expect explainers using Mafs would be something like this page[1] where there are many interactive visualizations at various levels of abstraction as concepts are elucidated.
I’ve used it for a few videos. But I find it pretty hard to use. It’s great if you are doing things that are covered by examples. But anything off the beaten track involves knowing about how it’s implemented.
I do like it - but don’t have the time to invest in understanding how it works under the hood.
It’s also quite slow (at least on my computer) - the feedback from making changes in the python code - to seeing results can often involve re-rendering the entire video.
I see that you already have some animation support. Great work.