Yarn Spinner
@yarnspinner.dev
The friendly tool for game dialogue! Now in Unity, Godot, Unreal Engine + more! Made by best mates from way down under, who've worked on games from Night in the Woods to Demonschool 💚🖖🌱 https://yarnspinner.dev • http://discord.gg/yarnspinner • Human-Made
If we were, hypothetically, to be at #GamescomAsia and @adventurex.bsky.social this year, would folks be keen to say hello, tell us of narrative games things, and so on?
Playing Big Walk the way Gourd intended 🔵🟡🔴 with the full max players at all times 🔴🟡🔵 📸 minor location spoiler
We’ve set up a video game hot take show inside of Big Walk. Welcome to Big Talk Our first episode is up on the Restart.Run socials IG/TikTok/YT Shorts We would love to bring more people on the show
If we could ask a quick favour of any Yarn Spinner user, it would be for those who have purchased YS+ to leave a review. Less than 1% of purchases have left a review. Y'all game devs know how much reviews make a difference, and tools are no different. Help us stand out among AI-coded slop 🙏
One of my most-anticipated wishlists rn 💚
Three More Years@threemoreyears.bsky.social · 2d agoNormalize post-capitalist futures! There are so many issues worth discussing - even after we overcome capitalism. So many unrelated but crucial ideologies we need to figure out to productively reclaim our future. Anyway, here's the full intro for "a permanent echo" #indiedev #indiegames #cyberpunk
Our full suite of sample projects have now been replicated in Godot GDscript, we're unifying how command and function registration happens in Unity, we've added loads of utilities to the VSCode graph view, and more! 🎉🎉🎉 Also, a lil' something for those caught by the recent industry layoffs.
Yarn Spinner@yarnspinner.dev · yesterdayOur latest monthly update is out! See what we've been up to! Marvel at the photo of Tasmania! Off you go! lab.to/202607
If we could ask a quick favour of any Yarn Spinner user, it would be for those who have purchased YS+ to leave a review. Less than 1% of purchases have left a review. Y'all game devs know how much reviews make a difference, and tools are no different. Help us stand out among AI-coded slop 🙏
After months of hard work, we're thrilled to finally welcome you to the island of Resthaven. The Curse of Resthaven demo is LIVE. Come experience our unique blend of investigation, trading, deck-building, and gothic horror, and begin unraveling the mystery at the heart of the island.
guess which idiot organised a whole Discord event with friends to come and play Big Walk tonight but didn't check what time of day it comes out here (11pm) ?
Our latest monthly update is out! See what we've been up to! Marvel at the photo of Tasmania! Off you go! lab.to/202607
Monthly Update: Jul '26 | Yarn Spinner
We rebuilt how Yarn Spinner understands commands and functions, finished porting samples to Godot, shipped a pile of editor features, and more...
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This month, five new people pledged on the IFTF Patreon (www.patreon.com/c/IFTF) at $10/month or less. Over a year their pledges fund about half of a grant (iftechfoundation.org/committees/g...). IFTF funds diverse education, history and engineering projects. Small numbers make a big difference!
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Fun fact: people so often compare the Citizen Sleeper UI layout to Disco but the game’s presentation of text was equally inspired by the elegant Destiny 2 conversation panel that was used extensively through its many seasons.
We went up to Queenstown, a mining town on Tasmania’s west coast, to run a storytelling and space science workshop with the local school. Jon brought his drone to get aerial footage for it, and we got some pretty nice shots!
News time! 🚨 On August 9th our Steam version will transform to become BIG HOPS TOGETHER. - Play the full adventure ONLINE with 8 players - Pick up and throw your friends - Tongue swing from other players - Steal items from each other's backpacks - Story and collection progress is shared
So excited! Today we finished porting our charming voice over sample, and there is only one more sample left to port so that the full set of Yarn Spinner for Godot (GDScript) samples matches Yarn Spinner for Unity!
So excited! Today we finished porting our charming voice over sample, and there is only one more sample left to port so that the full set of Yarn Spinner for Godot (GDScript) samples matches Yarn Spinner for Unity!
We've released v3.2.0 Alpha 7 of Yarn Spinner for Godot (GDScript). There's some breaking changes in this release, as we head towards a Beta (when the API will stabilise!) Please check the CHANGELOG very carefully! 💚 lab.to/gdscript Please support us if you value our work! yarnspinner.dev/support
We've released v3.2.0 Alpha 7 of Yarn Spinner for Godot (GDScript). There's some breaking changes in this release, as we head towards a Beta (when the API will stabilise!) Please check the CHANGELOG very carefully! 💚 lab.to/gdscript Please support us if you value our work! yarnspinner.dev/support
This is deeply emotional for us.🥹 Scarlet Deer Inn, our dark medieval folk tale with physical embroidery, is OUT NOW on Steam! Thank you so much to everyone who has supported us on this journey. ❤️ Steam: store.steampowered.com/app1553260
people have been asking for this for so long 👀
Dr Paris Buttfield-Addison@hey.paris · 2w agoAdded a oft-requested feature as an experimental/preview feature to the @yarnspinner.dev VSCode Extension: the Preview mode will prompt you for values for custom functions that the compiler knows of/can infer the type of, without your game engine being needed!
Added a oft-requested feature as an experimental/preview feature to the @yarnspinner.dev VSCode Extension: the Preview mode will prompt you for values for custom functions that the compiler knows of/can infer the type of, without your game engine being needed!
Inspired by the great @kenney.nl, if you've been hit with one of the horrendous #gamedev #layoffs, we'd love to give you things. Offer ends when form is closed. 💚 lab.to/YSClaim
A gift from Yarn Spinner
To the game devs who have recently lost their jobs in the massive layoffs in the game industry, we would like to offer you free licenses for some of our paid products. Whether you want to polish up yo...
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turns out the godot animation system lets you set any blending factors you like
Our crazy footy game will be available August 12! Check out the release trailer vid. Only Cusack could match our very own Ashby in the absurd comedic stakes. #nailedit #wishlist #indiegamedev
Pro Jank Footy@projankfooty.bsky.social · 3w agoFOOTY FOOTY FOOTY 🏉 Watch the new trailer for PRO JANK FOOTY, animated by Smiling Friends co-creator Michael Cusack. Play it this August 12 on Steam, PS5, Xbox, and Switch 2. 🏆 Wishlist on Steam now: bit.ly/455PGgP
i hope you're all ready for yarn spinner for microsoft comic chat opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2026/07...
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Microsoft Comic Chat is now open source. Explore the IRC client that turned conversations into comics and helped introduce Comic Sans to the world.
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Are you a developer who has put a fishing minigame inside your non-fishing video game? Or are you considered a connoisseur of fishing minigames? OR do you have knowledge of how real-life fishing works and how it might translate to games? I would love to speak to you for a story please!