Blog · Streamers · Creators
The LiveGotchi blog — page 2
One shipped feature, one article: what it changes for a stream, how to use it, and the questions it raises.
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Streamers · Formats · Study with me
Study with me streams: how to host live coworking
Pomodoro timer on screen, chat's goals, breaks that bring people together, lo-fi vibes: how to host a study with me or coworking stream on Twitch.
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Streamers · Raising · Evolutions
Evolving your creature faster: the levers that work
The levers that move a LiveGotchi creature forward, what does nothing at all, and why taking the fallback costs about twice as many hours on air.
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Creators · Collection · Workshop
Inside Filon9's workshop: drawing a mine in pixels
Filon9, a pseudonym of the LiveGotchi workshop, holds eight creations on one theme. Its workshop notes say what it refuses to draw, and why.
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Streamers · Chat · Reactions
What your creature does when chat pops off
Emojis, words, scenery that lights up: what the overlay plays when chat speeds up or a raid lands, and the rules that keep it from flickering.
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Creators · Earned credits · Royalty
Creators: credits on every purchase, and on every resale
A LiveGotchi creator receives earned credits for every copy sold, and a royalty on every resale between players: how the shares are calculated.
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Players · Battle · Stats
Health, strength, precision, mana: what changes at each level
The four stats of a LiveGotchi creature: what the chat gives them, what wears them down, and what they become in battle, level after level.
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Players · Creators · Evolutions
How a creature evolves: branches, conditions and fallbacks
The tree of a LiveGotchi creature, its branches and their conditions: hours on air, care, chat activity, and the fallback branch that waits for its hour.
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Creators · Prices · Launch collection
How the prices of the launch collection were calculated
Making a creation is paid once, its price is collected on every copy: the formula behind the launch collection prices, and what the workshop does.
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Streamers · OBS · Installation
Install your creature in OBS with the free script
The free LiveGotchi OBS script places the overlay and its widgets at the right size. The exact steps, then the browser source set up by hand.
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Creators · Chat · Emotions
Make your creature react to chat emojis
An emoji or a word in chat, and the creature plays an emotion. How a creator sets up its reactions, and what keeps it from flickering.