Introduction

1. Welcome to your Twine tutorial!

This Wiki is designed for using Twine to write for the Storyways app.

The following guide will show you how to write an interactive story with Twine. The complexity builds up as you progress further. Eventually, you'll be able to add more and more fancy effects into your interactive stories, even if you have no programming experience.

At the end of the guide, there is an Overview for a clear summary of all the information.

2. Try out a sample story

Download a sample story to play through a Twine file that incorporates all the functionality explained in the following guides.

Play through the file twice, making different choices to experience what possibilities you have with using Twine. Some of the possibilities might not seem apparent at first, like using variables to show the reader different information in the same passage, based on their decisions. You will get to know those cool elements in this guide.

This file includes most examples that can be used with stories for the Storyways app. If you want to do something that isn't included in the file or these guides, contact us to make sure it is technically possible!

Right click on the following link and choose to "Save link as" to download the HTML file: Download the story.

Open the downloaded HTML-file, and it will open in your browser.

3. Interactive help for interactive story-making

Don't worry if you get stuck working through these guides: help is always available. Here are some of the places you can find support.

  1. Share your Twine experiences with other authors, and find solutions in our Discord-channel: Discord-Channel
  2. Contact writer support for one-on-one help: hey@storyways.app
  3. Find quick reference guides here: quick references

4. Enjoy the journey

The Wiki should make your life easier, but if you have suggestions for improvements, please send us an email: hey@storyways.app.

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