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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 has been used in thousands of amazing games, including Night in the Woods, A Short Hike, Lost in Random, Dredge, Frog Detective, Button City, Escape Academy, Baladins, and Unbeatable.

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Script Fundamentals

Advanced Scripting

Yarn Spinner for Unity

Unity Add-Ons

Community Discord

Show us your game

Crediting Yarn Spinner

FAQ

Story Solver

Yarn Spinner for Godot

Yarn Spinner for Unreal

What to do next

1

Join the Yarn Spinner Discord

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

2

Read the Beginner's Guide

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.

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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.

4

Build a Game

Simply draw the rest of the owl.

5

Tell us about your game

We'd love to hear about your game, and show it off when we talk about awesome Yarn Spinner-powered games.

6

Credit Yarn Spinner by following our simple guide.