Creating Interactive Fiction Using Twine

Follow these instructions to make an interactive story using twine.

Download and Install Twine

Go to twinery.org and download and install Twine 2 for your operating system.

Giving Permission for Twine to Open in System Preferences.

The first time you click on the Twine app, it may display the below error. If so:

1. Click OK

2. Under the Apple Menu, Open System Preferences

3. Open the icon for Security & Privacy

4. Click the Open Anyway Button to the right of the statement that says: "Twine was blocked from opening because it is not from an identified developer."

Open Twine

When you open twine, it will walk you through an introduction to twine if you click on "tell me more". It's worth doing if you have time. When finished, click "Go to the Story List".

You'll have no stories. Let's create one by clickign the + Story button

Name your story

In this case we'll create a story named Boston Tea Party

Starting passage

Every stort starts somewhere. In Twine, it starts with Untitled Passge. Double click the starting passage, or click the edit pencil icon, to open the text of the passage.

Editing a Passage

1 - Enter a name for your passage. In this case, we are starting in the Boston Harbor, so we've named the passage Boston Harbor.

2- Enter the text that describes the situation.

3- In twine, any decisions are surrounded in square brackets. Write your option surrounded by double brackets, [[like this]].

4 - Repeat for any other choices you will offer.

5 - Close the passage

Story Map

Now you'll notice your story has two new passages. Double click a passage to edit it. In this case we'll edit the choice for stopping and arresting the colonists.

Edit the passage

Edit the passage, indicating choices by surrounding them in [[double brackets]].

Editing the other passage

Let's edit the other choice - do nothing.

Double click the passage or click the pencil icon.

Continue editing

Continue editing your story and creating choices as needed. Here's an example of a story with 3 levels and 7 passages.

Testing

To test your story, click the Play button in the bottom right.

Viewing the story

Now you can read the story - choose your options to test the story.

Exporting your story

if you'd like to export your story, click Home in Twine, then the gear icon and publish to file to create a html file.