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Threadbare is a story-driven, collaborative game where players don't just explore a world — they co-create it. Set in a world unraveling at the seams, players rebuild civilisation by recovering knowledge, crafting stories, and designing characters, quests, and cultures drawn from their own lives.
This wiki is the definitive guide to everything Threadbare: the game world, how to play it, and how to contribute to it.
The Handbook is organised into five Core Threads that bind this project together. Find and follow the one that's right for you:
Explore the lore, characters, creatures, and story of Threadbare.
Discover the world of Threadbare: its history, its landscape, its people, and the creeping threat of The Void. Start here if you want to understand what Threadbare is before anything else.
Learn how to play Threadbare: mechanics, controls, and quests.
Everything a player needs to know — how the game works, how to move through the world, and how LoreQuests and StoryQuests are structured.
Create and contribute your own story to the Threadbare world.
A guided journey for learners, educators, and mentors through the process of designing, building, and submitting a StoryQuest — from first ideas to merged pull request.
Technical reference for developers and contributors working on the codebase.
Godot conventions, code style, asset production, level design tools, and the full technical reference for anyone building or extending Threadbare.
How the Threadbare community works, and how we work together.
Licensing, the code of conduct, the review process, and guidance for maintainers and programme coordinators.
| I am... | Start here |
|---|---|
| A new player | Playing the Game |
| A learner or student | Making a StoryQuest |
| A mentor or educator | Making a StoryQuest → Community and Governance |
| A developer or contributor | Building the Game → Community and Governance |
| A lore enthusiast | The Game World |
| A maintainer | Community and Governance |
Threadbare is open source and currently in pre-alpha. New releases are published every 2–3 weeks. Join our Discord to discuss the project with the team.