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Five viewer games

Host a timed game in an open chat, show its audience board and keep the answers outside your broadcast capture.

Find it in: ToolkitGames

Choose from five games

GameHow viewers playScoring
Draw & GuessGuess the secret drawing; up to five guesses each.First correct answer: 10 points.
TriviaOne locked A-D answer each.Every correct answer: 10 points at round end.
Word ScrambleUnjumble a word; up to three guesses each.First correct word: 10 points.
Number GuessGuess with shared higher/lower clues; up to five guesses each.First exact guess: 10 points.
Quick MathSolve the arithmetic challenge; up to three guesses each.First correct integer: 10 points.

Prepare a session

  1. Choose Game channel

    Select an open chat that can supply new messages.

  2. Set rounds and time

    Choose 1-20 rounds and 15-180 seconds per round, plus the offered difficulty.

  3. Choose an Answer command

    For example, !play. Viewers use that exact command followed by their answer.

  4. Prepare and share the prompt

    Use Copy chat prompt and post it yourself. Open audience board for the display you want viewers to see.

Games setup showing the five choices and round controlsEnlarge
Games keeps setup, host controls and audience display distinct.

Run rounds and show the board

Use Start round, Pause round, Resume round and End round. Prepare next round when ready. Trivia reveals and scores at round end. Stop session cancels unfinished scoring; closing Toolkit or the audience board alone keeps the session running.

Add your own questions or words

Custom packs are available for drawing, Trivia and Word Scramble. Use one entry per line, up to 100 entries and 32 KiB. Include enough unique entries for the number of rounds. Word Scramble accepts single English words of 3-14 letters.

Trivia: correct answer is first in your pack
What is 2 + 2? | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6

The choices are shuffled for play. Drawing words can include aliases separated by |. Custom packs and scores stay in this page's memory, outside preference backups.

Use results in a giveaway

Complete all configured rounds, then choose Use game results in Giveaway. Review all participants, a minimum score or tied positive leaders. Games keeps the scoreboard; Giveaways manages tickets and a separate random draw.

Does the extension announce questions automatically?

No. Copy chat prompt and post it yourself, or show the audience board.

Can old messages enter a round?

No. The game uses eligible new messages from the selected open chat.

Does a tied score have a unique rank?

Ties share their rank. A leaders-only giveaway can include all tied positive leaders.

Product screenshot

Written for version 1.1. Some controls may be unavailable in an earlier installed release. See release notes.