Do you need to know how to code to use Twine?

No, you do not need to know how to code to use Twine for a basic branching story. You write passages of text and link them together with a simple double-bracket syntax, and Twine turns that into a playable HTML game. That covers a lot of interactive fiction on its own. Where coding helps is for advanced features: tracking variables (like an inventory or a health stat), conditional passages, and custom styling use Twine's scripting plus a little HTML or CSS. Many writers never touch that side and still ship complete games. So Twine is genuinely beginner-friendly for straightforward branching, and it scales up if you later want to learn the technical parts. It is one of several no-code-friendly ways to build a choose your own adventure game.