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Creating such a page takes a few minutes on the Twine website(you can do that online). You can add Javascript, videos, music, images, customize styles via CSS and do the linking and playing around. It's a great way to start. Next, I will show you a different approach if you're used to coding in any developer's editor and want version control.
Now, closer to the coding: what is config.tw? This is where your code will be in Twine format. Take a look at the specification. You may name this file whatever you want. It's named config for readability. There, we specify the settings for our game:
You'll need to install Tweego, a tool that can parse stories as files in any preferred text editor. Be aware of its limitations, though:
You can go without it and feel fine. But if you have custom stuff, you'll use some macros and scripts. What are they? Imagine Twine as a core, but it has various engines that do things differently. It supports four such engines(story formats) to make the creation process more accessible. Each of them varies in complexity. In this article, I'll be using SugarCube.