Making a Simple Roblox YAML Parse Script for Your Game

If you've spent any time working on complex game systems, you've probably realized that building a roblox yaml parse script is one of those things that sounds easy until you actually try to sit down and write the logic for it. Roblox, or more specifically Luau, is fantastic for a lot of things, but it doesn't exactly come with a "YAML.decode" function ready to go. We have HttpService for JSON, but when it comes to YAML, we're mostly left to our own devices. ...

February 20, 2026 · 7 min · Nele Parfitt