diff --git a/src/components/twister.js b/src/components/twister.js
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+AFRAME.registerComponent('twister', {
+  schema: {
+    twist: {default: 0},
+    vertices: {default: 4, type: 'int'},
+    count: {default: 20, type: 'int'},
+    positionIncrement: {default: 2},
+    radiusIncrement: {default: 0.5},
+    thickness: {default: 0.4}
+  },
+
+  init: function () {
+    this.currentTwist = 0;
+    this.animate = false;
+  },
+
+  update: function (oldData) {
+    var radius = 4;
+    var segment;
+    var lastSegment;
+
+    if (Math.abs(this.data.twist - this.currentTwist) > 0.001){
+      this.animate = true;
+    }
+
+    this.clearSegments();
+    lastSegment = this.el.object3D;
+
+    for (var i = 0; i < this.data.count; i++) {
+      segment = this.createSegment(radius);
+      segment.position.y = this.data.positionIncrement;
+      lastSegment.add(segment);
+      lastSegment = segment;
+      radius += this.data.radiusIncrement;
+    }
+  },
+
+  createSegment: function (radius) {
+    const R = this.data.thickness;
+    var points = [
+      new THREE.Vector2(radius - R,  R),
+      new THREE.Vector2(radius - R, -R),
+      new THREE.Vector2(radius + R, -R),
+      new THREE.Vector2(radius + R,  R),
+      new THREE.Vector2(radius - R,  R)
+    ];
+    var material = this.el.sceneEl.systems.materials.black;
+    var geometry = new THREE.LatheBufferGeometry(points, this.data.vertices);
+    var segment = new THREE.Mesh(geometry, material);
+    return segment;
+  },
+
+  clearSegments: function () {
+    this.el.object3D.remove(this.el.object3D.children[0]);
+  },
+
+  tick: function (time, delta) {
+    if (!this.animate) { return; }
+    if (Math.abs(this.data.twist - this.currentTwist) < 0.001){
+      this.animate = false;
+    }
+
+    this.currentTwist += (this.data.twist - this.currentTwist) * delta * 0.001;
+
+    var child = this.el.object3D.children[0];
+    while (child) {
+      child.rotation.y = this.currentTwist;
+      child = child.children[0];
+    }
+  }
+});