Do I need to know how to code to make a game?

No, you do not need to know how to code to make a game, thanks to a range of no-code and low-code tools. For story and text games, tools like Twine and browser-based builders let you write and link scenes with no programming at all. For visual games, engines like GameMaker, Construct, and Bitsy offer drag-and-drop or visual scripting so you build logic without writing raw code. You will hit a ceiling eventually, since deep, custom mechanics usually need at least some scripting. But for a first game, and for many complete published games, no-code tools are genuinely enough. If your idea is a branching, choice-based story, a no-code visual builder gets you to something playable without a single line of code.