Streamlabs Desktop setup

Add a game to Streamlabs with one link.

A StreamArena game goes into Streamlabs Desktop as a Browser Source: add the source, paste the game link, set 1920 by 1080, and viewers play from their phones by scanning the code on screen. It sits next to your alerts and widgets like any other source.

How do I add a game to Streamlabs?

  1. Copy your game link from StreamArena.
  2. In Streamlabs Desktop, click + next to Sources and pick Browser Source.
  3. Name it "StreamArena", paste the link as the URL, and set width 1920 and height 1080.
  4. Place it in your scene, above your camera or full screen between segments.
  5. Go live. Viewers scan the code on screen and play on their phone.
Streamlabs setup at a glance
Source type
Browser Source
Size
1920 by 1080
Viewers play
By phone, QR code or short link
Chat play
Through Upstream.so, not in Streamlabs
Cost
Free

Is StreamArena a Streamlabs widget?

No, and that is the point. Streamlabs widgets like alerts react to your stream. A StreamArena game is a whole game, with rounds, a timer, a reveal and a scoreboard of your viewers' names, in the same Browser Source your widgets use.

Can Streamlabs chat play by typing?

Not in Streamlabs. Chat play reads chat through Upstream.so's multistream chat, so it works when you stream with Upstream.so. In Streamlabs, viewers play by phone wherever they watch, and guests do too.

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Do I click inside the game?

You don't need to. Streamlabs can let you interact with a browser source, but the host remote on your phone or second screen runs the round: start, reveal, skip, next.

Where should the game sit in my scene?

Give it its own scene, with your camera small in a corner, so the question and code read on a phone. To keep it running while you talk, add it to your main scene too. It keeps its place unless the source shuts down when hidden.

Chat in Upstream.so, phones in Streamlabs.

The games and the scoreboard are the same either way.

Chat plays
Stream with Upstream.so

Your chat plays by typing. YouTube, Twitch, Kick and Rumble chat land on one scoreboard, on Upstream.so's free plan too.

Phones playstreamarena.so/KQZT
OBS, Streamlabs, Meld

Add the game as a browser source. Viewers scan the code on screen and play from their phone. Free, no app, no account.

Guests join from their phone in every setup, and their answers stay secret until you reveal them.

Scoring. Answers count by the moment they were sent, so a slow chat never decides who was first.

Questions

Does it work with Streamlabs Desktop?

Yes. Add the game as a Browser Source with the game link as the URL.

Do I need a Streamlabs account or Ultra?

No. It is a normal Browser Source, and every StreamArena game is free.

Can my chat type answers?

Chat play runs through Upstream.so. In Streamlabs, viewers play from their phone.

What size should it be?

1920 by 1080. It scales down if your canvas is smaller.