Bobbin VS Code Extension v0.1.0

The first release of the official Bobbin extension for Visual Studio Code!

Features

Syntax Highlighting

• Full syntax highlighting for .bobbin files
• Colorizes variable declarations (save, temp, extern), assignments (set), dialogue text, choices, string interpolations {}, and comments

Error Diagnostics

• Real-time error detection powered by the Bobbin Language Server
• Undefined variable references with "did you mean?" suggestions
• Variable shadowing warnings
• Assignment to read-only extern variables
• Parse errors with precise line/column locations

Autocomplete

• Context-aware code completion
• Suggests declared variables (temp, save, extern)
• Suggests keywords (save, temp, set, extern) and boolean literals (true, false)
• Smart filtering: only shows variables inside interpolations {}

Zero Setup

• Bundled language server for all platforms (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• No additional installation required — just install and go!

Commands

• Bobbin: Restart Language Server — Restart the LSP if needed

Configuration

Setting	Description
bobbin.lsp.path	Custom path to bobbin-lsp executable
bobbin.trace.server	LSP trace level (off, messages, verbose)

Full Changelog: godot-addon-v0.1.0...vscode-v0.1.0

Bobbin Godot Addon v0.2.0

New Features

Syntax Highlighting

• Full syntax highlighting for .bobbin files in Godot's script editor
• Colorizes variable declarations (save, temp, extern), assignments (set), dialogue text, choices, interpolations, and comments

Autocomplete

• Context-aware code completion in the script editor
• Suggests declared variables (temp, save, extern)
• Suggests keywords (save, temp, set, extern) and boolean literals (true, false)
• Smart filtering: only shows variables inside interpolations {}

Improved Diagnostics

• ASCII-formatted error messages in the output panel
• Clear visual indicators with line/column markers
• Helpful notes and suggestions (e.g., "did you mean 'gold'?")

Bug Fixes

• Fixed color bleeding between syntax tokens in the script editor

Internal

• Extracted bobbin-syntax crate for shared analysis between Godot and LSP
• Added editor-tooling feature flag for editor-specific functionality

Full Changelog: godot-addon-v0.1.0...godot-addon-v0.2.0

Bobbin Godot Addon v0.1.0

🎉 Initial Release — A narrative scripting language for branching dialogue and interactive stories in Godot 4.3+

Highlights

Bobbin brings a clean, writer-friendly syntax for creating interactive dialogue in your Godot games. This first release includes a complete runtime, Godot integration, and cross-platform support.

Features

Language

• Dialogue scripting — Simple, indentation-based syntax for writing branching narratives
• Choice sets — Support for player choices with nested branching paths
• Variable system — Three variable scopes:
  • temp — Session-scoped variables (cleared on restart)
  • save — Persistent variables (survive save/load)
  • extern — Read-only variables provided by the host game
• String interpolation — Embed variables in dialogue with {variable_name} syntax
• Assignment statements — Modify variables with the set keyword

Godot Integration

• GDExtension-based — Native performance via Rust and gdext
• ScriptLanguageExtension — Full editor support for .bobbin files
• Simple API — from_string(), advance(), select_choice(), and more
• Custom script icon — Bobbin files are easily identifiable in the editor

Developer Experience

• Rich error messages — Rust-quality diagnostics with source spans and context
• Cross-platform builds — Windows, Linux, macOS, and Web (WASM)
• Comprehensive test suite — Runtime tests and Godot smoke tests

Installation

1. Download bobbin-godot-addon-0.1.0.zip from this release
2. Extract to your Godot project root (creates addons/bobbin/)
3. Enable the plugin in Project → Project Settings → Plugins

macOS users: You may need to remove the quarantine attribute:

xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine addons/bobbin/bin/

Example

save gold = 100
temp greeted = false
extern player_name

Welcome, {player_name}!
- Buy sword
    set gold = 50
    You bought a sword.
- Leave
    Goodbye!

What's Next

Planned for future releases:

• Character/speaker management
• Localization support
• Event triggering/callbacks
• Language Server Protocol (LSP) support

Full Changelog

https://github.com/snowfrogdev/bobbin/commits/godot-addon-v0.1.0