Twine Cookbook

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Twine Cookbook

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Cookbook Introduction
Cookbook Introduction
Common Questions
Common Questions
- What can I make with Twine?
- How do I get started? How do I get started?
  Table of contents
  - Online
  - Offline
  - Twine 1
- How do I make links?
- How do I style text?
- Where are my stories saved?
- What do I need to know?
Common Terms
Common Terms
- Twine
- Cookbook
- Stories
- Passages
- Variables
- Markdown / Markup
- Macros
- Story Formats
- CSS
- JavaScript
- Twee
- HTML
Twine 2 Editor
Twine 2 Editor
Getting Started
Getting Started
Working with HTML
Working with HTML
- Reviewing HTML
- Story Formats
  Story Formats
  - Chapbook
  - Harlowe
  - SugarCube
  - Snowman
Working with CSS
Working with CSS
- Reviewing CSS Selectors
- Story Formats
  Story Formats
  - Chapbook
  - Harlowe
  - SugarCube
  - Snowman
Working with JavaScript
Working with JavaScript
- Reviewing JavaScript
- Story Formats
  Story Formats
  - Chapbook
  - Harlowe
  - SugarCube
  - Snowman
Twine 2 Examples
Twine 2 Examples
- Adding Functionality
  Adding Functionality
- Arrays
  Arrays
  - Chapbook
  - Harlowe
  - SugarCube
  - Snowman
- Audio
  Audio
  - Chapbook
  - Harlowe
  - SugarCube
  - Snowman
- Conditional Statements
  Conditional Statements
  - Chapbook
  - Harlowe
  - SugarCube
  - Snowman
- CSS Selectors
  CSS Selectors
- CSS and Passage Tags
  CSS and Passage Tags
- Cycling Choices
  Cycling Choices
- Date and Time
  Date and Time
  - Chapbook
  - Harlowe
  - SugarCube
  - Snowman
- Delayed Text
  Delayed Text
  - Chapbook
  - Harlowe
  - SugarCube
  - Snowman
- Deleting Variables
  Deleting Variables
- Dice Rolling
  Dice Rolling
  - Chapbook
  - Harlowe
  - SugarCube
  - Snowman
- Dropdown
  Dropdown
  - Chapbook
  - Harlowe (v3.0.1 or later)
- Fairmath System
  Fairmath System
  - Chapbook
  - Harlowe
  - SugarCube
  - Snowman
- Geolocation
  Geolocation
  - Chapbook
  - Harlowe
  - SugarCube
  - Snowman
- Google Fonts
  Google Fonts
- Headers and Footers
  Headers and Footers
  - Chapbook
  - Harlowe
  - SugarCube
  - Snowman
- Hidden Link
  Hidden Link
- Images
  Images
  - Chapbook
  - Harlowe
  - SugarCube
  - Snowman
- External JavaScript
  External JavaScript
  - Chapbook
  - Harlowe
  - SugarCube
  - Snowman
- Keyboard Events
  Keyboard Events
  - Chapbook
  - Harlowe
  - SugarCube
  - Snowman
- Left Sidebar
  Left Sidebar
- Limiting Number Range
  Limiting Number Range
  - Chapbook
  - Harlowe
  - SugarCube
  - Snowman
- Loading Screen
  Loading Screen
  - SugarCube
- Lock and Key (Variable)
  Lock and Key (Variable)
  - Chapbook
  - Harlowe
  - SugarCube
  - Snowman
- Looping
  Looping
  - Chapbook
  - Harlowe
  - SugarCube
  - Snowman
- Modal (Pop-up Window)
  Modal (Pop-up Window)
- Modularity
  Modularity
- Moving through a 'dungeon'
  Moving through a 'dungeon'
- Passage Events
  Passage Events
- Passages in Passages
  Passages in Passages
  - Chapbook
  - Harlowe
  - SugarCube
  - Snowman
- Passage Transitions
  Passage Transitions
- Passage Visits
  Passage Visits
- Player Statistics
  Player Statistics
  - Chapbook
  - Harlowe
  - SugarCube
  - Snowman
- Programmatic Undo
  Programmatic Undo
- Render Passage to Element
  Render Passage to Element
  - SugarCube
  - Snowman (2.0 or later)
- Saving Games
  Saving Games
- Setting and Showing Variables
  Setting and Showing Variables
  - Chapbook
  - Harlowe
  - SugarCube
  - Snowman
- Space Exploration
  Space Exploration
  - Chapbook
  - Harlowe
  - SugarCube
  - Snowman
- Static Healthbars
  Static Healthbars
  - Chapbook
  - Harlowe
  - SugarCube
  - Snowman
- Story and Passage API
  Story and Passage API
- Storylets
  Storylets
  - Harlowe (3.2 or later)
- Style Markup
  Style Markup
- Templates
  Templates
  - SugarCube
- Timed Passages
  Timed Passages
  - Chapbook
  - Harlowe
  - SugarCube
  - Snowman
- Timed Progress Bars
  Timed Progress Bars
  - SugarCube
  - Snowman
- Turn Counter
  Turn Counter
  - Chapbook
  - Harlowe
  - SugarCube
  - Snowman
- Typewriter Effect
  Typewriter Effect
  - Chapbook
  - Harlowe
  - SugarCube
  - Snowman
- Variable Style Styling
  Variable Style Styling
  - Chapbook
  - Harlowe
  - SugarCube
  - Snowman
- Using Add-ons
  Using Add-ons
  - SugarCube
Twine 1
Twine 1
- Common Terms
  Common Terms
  - Passages
  - Links
  - Formatting
  - Tags
  - Story Formats
  - Special Passages
  - Scripts
- Getting Started
  Getting Started
- Twine 1 Macros
  Twine 1 Macros
  - back
  - button
  - checkbox
  - choice
  - display
  - else
  - endif
  - endsilently
  - forget
  - if
  - nobr
  - print
  - radio
  - remember
  - return
  - set
  - silently
  - textinput
- Twine 1 Functions
  Twine 1 Functions
  - alert
  - confirm
  - either
  - open
  - parameter
  - passage
  - previous
  - prompt
  - random
  - rot13
  - tags
  - turns
  - visited
  - visitedtag
- Twine 1 Story Formats
  Twine 1 Story Formats
  - Jonah
    Jonah
    
    Jonah
    
    Common Questions
  - Sugarcane
    Sugarcane
    
    Sugarcane
    
    Common Questions
Release Notes Archive
Release Notes Archive
- Twine 2
  Twine 2
  - 2.6.2
  - 2.6.1
  - 2.6.0
  - 2.5.1
  - 2.5.0
  - 2.4.1
  - 2.4.0
  - 2.3.16
  - 2.3.15
  - 2.3.14
  - 2.3.13
  - 2.3.12
  - 2.3.11
  - 2.3.10
  - 2.3.9
  - 2.3.8
  - 2.3.7
  - 2.3.6
  - 2.3.5
  - 2.3.4
  - 2.3.3
  - 2.3.2
  - 2.3.1
  - 2.3.0
  - 2.2.1
  - 2.2.0
  - 2.1.3
  - 2.1.2
  - 2.1.1
  - 2.1.0
  - 2.0.11
  - 2.0.10
  - 2.0.9
  - 2.0.8
  - 2.0.7
  - 2.0.6
  - 2.0.5
  - 2.0.4
  - 2.0.3
  - 2.0.2
  - 2.0.1
- Twine 1
  Twine 1
  - 1.4.3
  - 1.4.2
  - 1.4.1
  - 1.4

Getting Started#

Online#

Twine 2 can be accessed online.

Offline#

Twine 2 can also be downloaded and run on Windows, MacOS X, and Linux systems. The latest releases on GitHub has a listing of the current versions per operating system.

Twine 1#

Twine 1 is only a desktop application. While it can still be used, it is not currently maintained or under active development. The current version is 1.4.2. The IF Archive retains builds for Windows and macOS.