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Yarn Spinner is a set of friendly tools for writing interactive narratives and games.
Yarn Spinner is easy for writers to use, but also has powerful features for programmers, game designers, narrative directors, producers, and more.
Yarn Spinner is used in thousands of amazing games, including Rift of the Necrodancer, Night in the Woods, A Short Hike, Lost in Random, Dredge, Frog Detective, Button City, Escape Academy, Baladins, and Unbeatable.
What to do next
Join our friendly community Discord before you start working with Yarn Spinner. It's the best place to keep up to date, get support and advice, and share what you're working on
Yarn Spinner includes a narrative scripting language, Yarn, that allows you to write your game narratives, quests, and logic in a friendly format. The Beginner's Guide will start you off on your path to learning Yarn Spinner.
Use Yarn Spinner in Unity, Godot, or Unreal
Once you're comfortable writing Yarn Scripts, you can integrate Yarn Scripts with a game engine, such as Unity, Godot, or Unreal. Buy one of our useful add-ons, too, if you need it!
We'd love to hear about your game, and show it off when we talk about awesome Yarn Spinner-powered games. And please, don't forget to include a credit for Yarn Spinner!
Yarn Spinner powers amazing games, including:
... use it to power your game too!
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