The StreamArena blog
Guides to games your viewers and guests can play, and notes from the team building StreamArena. New posts most weeks.
Meet the controls: the cast behind StreamArenaSix controls made of black jelly, built in the browser after we threw out a colorful plastic first cast.
YouTube live polls and Playables: what they do for your chatWho can start a YouTube live poll, what Playables lets the host play, and how to let viewers play a round.
Jackbox alternatives for streaming: party games with no room codeSeven party games for streams, compared by how viewers join, which platforms work and what you need to install.
Guess the movie game: 9 ways to play with friends, guests or chatNine clue types, from emoji plots to color barcodes, and how to host a round at home or on stream.
How we made StreamArena fun on a stream with five viewersWe built host vs chat, a house player, guests on phones and a daily puzzle for streams with three people in chat.
Interactive stream ideas: 12 games and where to fit themTwelve ideas sorted by chat size, from one regular to a raid, and where game breaks fit in a stream.
Podcast segment ideas: 10 games to play with your guestsTen game segments that work on audio and on camera, and the prep they need.
OBS browser source settings, step by stepSix steps to add a Browser source in OBS, the settings that change its behavior, and fixes for common problems.
What is a movie barcode? How a whole film fits in one imageA whole film as stripes of color, one per frame. The idea dates to 2011, and FFmpeg can make one from your own video.
Twitch polls, predictions or a game: four ways to let your chat playPolls, Predictions, Extensions, downloads or a browser source game: who can use them, and where chat plays.
Why we're making StreamArenaChat on most streams has little to do. Running Upstream.so showed us that up close, so we wrote five rules our games follow.