Publisher and developer TinyBuild has unveiled a new animated TV programme for its Hello Neighbor franchise.

Production for the show will happen in-house at the company's head office in Seattle. The first episode will be released on Friday, and is titled "Breaking and Entering."

Carly Anne West will pen the TV show, she is already attached to the franchise as the author of four spin-off books – of which two million copies have been sold. Furthermore, the animation will be done by Animasia Studio.

TinyBuild is using the subscription tool available on YouTube. The six-minute pilot will be free for everyone to watch. However, a 20-minute version will be available to those who subscribe, and all following episodes will also require a subscription to watch.

Recently, the publisher revealed the Hello Neighbor franchise had accumulated 30 million downloads. Last month, the American publisher and developer expanded with a new office in Boise, Idaho.