Collaborative Game
Development for Learners
An 18-session program where students design and build a complete StoryQuest using Godot and GitHub.
Core: Threadbare - A Collaborative Game-Making Journey for Young Creators
Core: Threadbare is an 18-session learning experience, with each session lasting about one hour. It is designed for learners ages 15 and up who have a basic familiarity with digital tools and coding concepts, an understanding of story structure, and a willingness to experiment, test, and refine their ideas.
In Core: Threadbare, learners step into studio-style roles, collaborating across engineering, game design, art, marketing, and production as they contribute directly to our open source game Threadbare. They work together like real developers, tracking their progress on a project board, gaining xp and and building their own StoryQuest.
Learners also leave their mark by bringing in their own cultural roots, identities, and personal interests, turning game-making into a form of expression and exchange that enriches both the game and the community. All session guides, project boards, and facilitator resources are hosted inside the Endless Studios platform.
Upon completion of Core: Threadbare, learners can earn an industry-recognized microcredential from Arizona State University.
Why Core: Threadbare Matters
Core: Threadbare introduces learners to the fundamentals of game design through StoryQuests, collaborative development, and hands-on creation inside the Threadbare universe.Learners create new characters, levels, and dialogue while gaining practical experience with tools like Godot and GitHub.
Along the way, they work like real development teams, planning tasks, tracking progress, and iterating on ideas as they build their StoryQuest. The program introduces real studio practices in a way that is accessible for classrooms and community spaces, and most importantly, it prepares learners with future-ready technical and collaborative skills.
StoryQuests are narrative-driven challenges inside Threadbare, where learners take on themed game-making projects that advance the story while building skills. They make the learning experience flexible and adaptable, allowing educators to tailor projects to curricular topics or social impact themes.
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Who Is This For?
Educators and facilitators
Who want to guide learners through structured, creative projects that combine clear outcomes with plenty of space for imagination and personal expression.
Learners aged 15+
With basic familiarity with digital tools, coding concepts, and story structure, and who are eager to experiment, create, and contribute to an open source game.
Partners and organizations
That want to scale Core: Threadbare to reach hundreds or thousands of learners across schools, clubs, or communities. We provide training, resources, and tailored support to help bring the program to life at scale.
Core: Threadbare
All instructions are available in our guides or you can join our educator community and ask all the questions!
- A Google Account
To copy and edit planning materials
- Godot Engine
To build, test, and upload StoryQuests to the community game.
- GitHub
To contribute StoryQuests and collaborate with the wider community.
- Guides and setup materials
Everything you need to get started, even if you have never used Godot or GitHub before.
- Endless Studios Platform account
An Endless Studio Platform account, to connect with our game-making community, earn skill achievements, and build a learner portfolio.
Testimonials
It takes five minutes to teach, but students could spend weeks making their own quests.
Engaging students with real-world applications makes complex concepts relatable.
This program is SUCH a natural fit with what we have been working to build for students!
Project Gallery
Want to see what learners create? Browse our gallery of sprites, levels, and dialogue projects contributed by students around the world. View Threadbare repository.
Sueños nocturnos
Inside a dream, the hero needs to find a lost item but there creatures that will try to stop him.
El juguete perdido
The Elder’s grandson and his toy are lost somewhere in the world of Threadbare.
Stella
There’s a missing star in the sky! Stella needs to go and explore the Threadbare world to find it.
Free and Open by Design
Educators and learners can access contribution resources for free through the Threadbare project and the Endless Studios platform.
Access to the Endless platform is free and supports learner participation by enabling achievement tracking, XP progression toward microcredentials, and the development of contribution portfolios.
All resources are released under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0) license. This allows educators and organizations to use, adapt, and extend them, provided appropriate credit is given and any adaptations are shared under the same license.
Community and Support
No learner should create alone. Core: Threadbare connects learners to a global community of peers, educators, and contributors who share ideas, give feedback, and support one another’s growth.
