The Yarn Spinner project was started by Jon Manning, co-founder of Secret Lab.
Yarn Spinner is now maintained by Jon, together with freelance game developer Tim Nugent, Secret Lab colleague Paris Buttfield-Addison, and researcher and freelancer Mars Buttfield-Addison, together with a huge community of open source contributors. ❤️
You can support Yarn Spinner on Patreon.
v0.9 was the first public release on 9 October 2015
v1.0 was released on 8 January 2020
v2.0 was released on 20 December 2021
v2.1 was released on 17 February 2022
Secret Lab is an independent games and creative technology studio located in Hobart, Australia.
We’ve been enthusiastically building video games, apps, and technology to showcase culture, history, arts, and narrative experiences since 2008.
We’re the proud creators of Yarn Spinner, and are currently working on the BAFTA- and IGF-winning Night in the Woods.
You can hire us to build your video games, interactive experiences, fancy apps, or to add features to, or support your integration of Yarn Spinner.