Jon, from Videogames

😲 Cool! New! Deal! Time! 💪 We've partnered with @febucci.com and the rest of the crew to bring you a bundle! Now you can get Yarn Spinner+ AND Text Animator for Unity for one low price! It's two great tastes that taste great together! But for dialogue!!! itch.io/b/3815/yarn-...

On the loss of BioWare 💔

In the studio today, recording a tiny little thing about how much of an impact BioWare had on Yarn Spinner.

if you ever happen to see someone post a joke you don't understand or discuss a subject you aren't familiar with, you are well within your right to complain, and perhaps even scold them if necessary. you are their customer and you have rights

Thread! We’re trying something new with this, and want to make ourselves available to smaller teams at reduced rates. Take a look!

building out our sample characters to support carrying props and weapons in their hands and the result is pure comedy

We’ve just added a nice simple graph view of your Try Yarn Spinner Scripts to Try, so you get the hang of it without installing our editor! try.yarnspinner.dev

Dozens of games are released every day, but I want to focus on one that hits this week. Penguin Colony It has a very clever pitch: what if you witnessed a Lovecraftian story in Antarctica through the eyes of the local penguins? But there's a LOT more happening here about indigenous art and artists

Hearing @desplesda.net play out this again and again while working on the demo project for Story Solver.

"snowpiercer is trying to say that class societ-" WRONG, snowpiercer is saying that it even in the worst circumstances that it kicks ass to be on a train

Every AI/HCI paper I review now just sounds like this.

This week, Paris, Tim and Mars are in Melbourne for GCAP! They're there to yell and holler about how cool @yarnspinner.dev is! (it's pretty good i hear but what do i know) Grab a time to meet with them!

What we got up to this month: • GDscript's about to finish beta, has full new docs live NOW • UE's final docs + samples happening now • Unity v3.3 with a new VM, more powerful functions/commands is in final testing • Editor tweaks, VN Kit, Rewired support + more! yarnspinner.dev/blog/monthly...

Unity invited Yarn Spinner to be part of their Autumn Sale! We explained that we can’t because it’s spring here, but they said “do you want us to promote you or not” and we said “oh fine I guess” Anyway: get us at 50% off and help support development of the world’s greatest narrative tools!

Examples of good reasons to book a meeting with us during #GCAP26: • you've used Yarn Spinner • you want to use Yarn Spinner • you don't use Yarn Spinner + would like to tell us why • you haven't seen us in a while and would like to • you just like Tasmanians, game devs, coffee, or sharing dog pics

It's 1995, and you're one of the last employees at a video game hint line. And the calls have started getting weird. Hint Line '95, the sequel to the smash-hit art installation we made on a whim, just got funded by @screentasmania.bsky.social! www.screen.tas.gov.au/funding/appr...

Looking forward to going to a few #gamedev events in the coming weeks! We'll be at #GCAP2026 and the AGDAs in #Naarm, and then at #GamescomAsia in Bangkok, and #AdventureX in #London. Want to chat narrative games, tools, Yarn Spinner, exdev or codev, or anything at all? Say hello!

preserving my best cohost post before they shut the lights off

Our monthly update for August is here! We organised many events, and lots of amazing new Yarn Spinner games came out! 💚 yarnspinner.dev/blog/monthly...

no wonder this is such a popular tournament format

PRO JANK FOOTY is OUT NOW 🏆 Aussie Rules meets Aussie humor in this chaotic, unpredictable, and proudly Australian arcade game featuring commentary from Broden Kelly! Play it now on Steam, PS5, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch.

i think we’re going in a healthy direction

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 🙏

🎉 IT'S LIVE 🎉 The game industry hardship fund itch bundle made in partnership with @necrosoftgames.com is HERE. Over 100 games for $10+ bucks: all funds (save for itch fees) go directly to the UVW-CWA Game Worker Hardship Fund. GOOD GAMES FOR A GOOD CAUSE👇 itch.io/b/3802/game-...

this is genuinely my greatest fear about writing historical fiction. I'll spend a bunch of time researching, do my best, and some fucking chicken expert will be like "chickens are wrong"

made an attempt at porting @sirocyl.bsky.social 's legendary "I broke IKEA" cohost post to video so it can live on (because archive.org appears to have broken the embed in its capture, unfortunately)

I’ve been staring at this little guy for a week 🫡

I've been thinking about this sign for 6 months. a phrase I'll treasure forever. a metaphor with boundless potential

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!

A side project I've been working on—a curated link page of important essays on video game narrative—is now live. You can read about it on my blog: azhdarchid.com/the-game-nar... Or you can go straight to the dedicated website: www.gamenarrativereader.org

Damn extreme wealth creates conditions of estrangment within the family unit as a variety of domestic employees perform the majority of childrearing while the parents descend into ghoulish solipsism? I'll have to tell my governess, tutor, weapons-master, and even humble Otto the Gardener about this!

Afternoon Vibes #nitw #nitwfanart #nitwmae

HASTINGS: I say, Poirot, this vial’s labeled “hyaluronic acid”! Is it a poison? SKINCARE HERCULE POIROT: Non, mon ami. This acid, it replenishes the skin’s barrier naturale HASTINGS: So this is a gal who takes care of her skin. SKINCARE HERCULE POIROT: *irritated* The gentleman may use it as well

Love to watch new gamedev content and just come across surprise compliments 💚 (KO_OP's talk at NarraScope) youtu.be/NHvPRd9PvxQ

Video game fact! Though there are hundreds of video games of many genres and styles, there are only three possible “sizes” a video game can come in. Those sizes are: “Small” (16.00 MB) “Medium” (374.26 MB) “Large” (154.44 GB)

Today is International Non-Binary People's Day and the Nonbinary Coded Games showcase on Steam is running to celebrate! 💛🤍💜 It includes a bunch of Yarn Spinner-powered games (here's just a few!), and there's no time like the present to buy/support/play them! 👇 store.steampowered.com/curator/4610...

hardware prices 🤝 astrology keeping an eye on chinese ram

wow unreal engine really does have everything built-in

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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

With #DevWorld On Tour done, it's time to turn our attention to #XWorld & #DevWorld in #Melbourne! The CFP is open for another ~10 days, and ticket are now available! We've announced our #keynotes for #DevWorld! You'll hear from the amazing Judit Klein + Daniel Steinberg. devworld.au xworld.au

our monthly update for June is here! look at all the things from June! marvel at them! yarnspinner.dev/blog/monthly...