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How We Built Threadbare in 8 Weeks (With a Team That Had Never Made a Game)

Threadbare began as an experiment: could a small team with little or no experience in game development build a playable game in just eight weeks? In this episode of Loom Lounge, we explore how the team approached the challenge, what tools they used, and how open source collaboration helped turn an idea into a real game. From early prototypes to community contributions, this story shows how game development can become a powerful learning experience.

An Open Source Video Game Won Best of GDC. Here’s What Happened at Threadbare's Booth.

Our open source game Threadbare received a Best of GDC recognition from Game Developer. But what made the week special wasn’t just the award. It was what happened at the booth.

Game Development for Learning: How Threadbare Helps Educators Teach Future-Ready Skills

Game development is becoming one of the most powerful tools for project-based learning. In this episode of Loom Lounge, we explore how Threadbare helps educators teach coding, storytelling, collaboration, and creative problem-solving through an open-source game experience.

Open Source in Education: Opportunity, Reality, and the Work Ahead

Explore how open-source ecosystems are reshaping education, balancing innovation, privacy, and access while complementing traditional systems in a rapidly evolving edtech landscape.

Open Source Pixel Art Tools Educators Can Use in the Classroom

The Future of Credentials: Why Game-Making Is Becoming a New Path to Employability

Discover how game-making and microcredentials are redefining credentials, helping learners prove real skills and succeed in a skills-based job market.

Announcing The Loom Lounge: A Live Look Inside Game Creation

The Loom Lounge is a live stream series that offers an open, behind-the-scenes look at the real process of building Threadbare, an open-source video game. Designed for learners, educators, and aspiring creators, the series explores the technical, creative, and collaborative aspects of game development. Through live demonstrations, candid discussions, and community interaction, viewers gain practical insights into tools, workflows, and career pathways in the digital and game industries. By making the development process visible and participatory, The Loom Lounge supports a broader mission to help more people move from consuming technology to actively creating with it.

We’re at GDC This Week! Come Meet our Team

We’re at GDC this week! Stop by booth #2363 to meet the Endless Access team and learn about Threadbare.

What Happens When Learners Build Real Games Instead of Assignments?

What Happens When Learners Build Real Games Instead of Assignments?

Why Game-Making Is What Your Classroom Is Missing

Learn how game-making transforms education through interdisciplinary teamwork, real-world problem solving, and hands-on, playable learning.

UTP and Endless Access: A Partnership Fueling Digital Talent Through Game-Making

What happens when a university embraces educational innovation and partners with an organization that believes in creative, collaborative, and open learning?

Endless OS: A Conversation About What’s Changing and Why It Matters

Inside Endless OS 7: how Endless Access and Codethink are modernizing Linux with GNOME, BuildStream, and open-source collaboration at scale.

Getting Started with More: Threadbare

Discover how More: Threadbare empowers learners to contribute to an open-source game, build real GitHub portfolios, and develop advanced game-making skills.

Getting Started with Core: Threadbare

Core: Threadbare teaches learners to build full game levels in a professional game engine, boosting creativity, collaboration, and real game-making skills.

Getting Started with Explore: Threadbare

Discover how Explore: Threadbare empowers first-time creators to build real assets in an open-source game world. A playful, free pathway into game making.

How Open-Source Game Development Is Transforming How We Teach Digital Skills

Open-source game development is reshaping digital-skills education. Discover how community-built games like Threadbear give students real experience, mentorship, and published work.

Top 10 Open-Source Game Engines Every Educator Should Know

For those who support students, choosing the right game engine can be the difference between sparking their curiosity or overwhelming them. Here is our list of the open-source game engines we explored.

Top five things to do first on Endless OS 5

Discover what's new in Endless OS 5—free to download or upgrade! Explore top features like educational apps, games, multitasking tools, web apps, and more.

What Motivates Developers to Contribute to Open Source?

Discover what truly motivates developers to contribute to open-source projects—from that first pull request to long-term involvement.

The Endless Tech Team Goes to Berlin

Discover how our remote team came together in person to collaborate, game jam, and showcase our Block Coding plugin at GodotCon 2024—plus behind-the-scenes moments, hands-on demos, and community highlights.

Solving PC Battery Drain Issues

Explore how Endless OS engineers resolved unexpected battery drain in sleep mode—uncovering hidden firmware quirks and delivering a lasting fix for users worldwide.

Empowering Students Through Game-Making Programs

Discover how students at UTP used collaborative game making to build 'A Path to the Throne'—an open-source English-learning game built with Godot, fostering real-world skills, teamwork, and social impact.

Moddable Platformer for Godot

Jump into game design with our open-source, no-code moddable platformer—perfect for beginners! Learn, create, and explore game development in a fun, accessible way.

How to Engage Your Students with Game-Making

Discover how open-source game development can transform classrooms by boosting student engagement, collaboration, and future-ready skills.

Hack Computer Chronicles

Discover Hack Computer by Endless—a kid-friendly Linux laptop designed to teach coding, creativity, and problem-solving. Explore its legacy, vision, and evolution in empowering young minds through technology.

Getting Started with Endless OS 6

Block Coding for Godot

Learn how block-based programming helps early-stage learners create games while easing the transition to professional tools like Godot.