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For TikTok, YouTube & Twitch streamers

Goin’ LIVE with the Woodbooger

“Listen here, streamer. You bring the chat, I’ll bring the trouble. Your viewers tap, the trail fights back, and everybody gets a show. Here’s how we do it proper.”

The Woodbooger, sitting

Legends of the Holler LIVE mode comin’ soon. For now:

Just play

How LIVE works

  • LIVE mode plays wide, like a TV, the shape of a YouTube or Twitch stream.
  • Stream from a computer with the free Social Stream Ninja (setup below), so your real chat reaches the game. It handles YouTube, Twitch, TikTok and Kick at once.
  • Every chat message fills a meter. Every full meter throws new chaos at the Woodbooger. Super Chats and Bits drop a coin shower.
  • Survive the chaos and coins pay out bigger. Wipe out and the chat gets the bragging rights.

Frame it right

“Good news: on YouTube and Twitch the chat sits beside your stream, not on top of it, so the whole picture is yours. Just keep your cam off the score.”

Facecam corner (most popular)The game fills the screen; you in a box in a corner. What most gaming streams on YouTube and Twitch run. Keep the box clear of the score.
Cam + chat columnGame on the left, a column on the right with your cam over the chat. Handy when you want chat on screen for folks watching the replay.
Big cam splitYou big on the left, the game on the right. For talk-heavy streams where your reactions are the show.

Hook up your chat

You’ll need a computer. LIVE mode with real chat works when you stream from a computer. Phones aren’t supported yet.

“A web page can’t hear your stream’s chat on its own, so we lean on a free helper called Social Stream Ninja. It reads your YouTube, Twitch, TikTok and Kick chat all at once and passes it to the game.”

Social Stream NinjaFree and open source, as a Chrome extension or desktop app. Made by a separate developer, not by us, YouTube or Twitch.
Get Social Stream Ninja (free)
  1. Install Social Stream Ninja and open your stream’s chat (YouTube, Twitch, or both) so it starts reading it.
  2. In its Global settings › Mechanics, turn on Enable remote API control of extension and Send chat messages to API server.
  3. Copy your session ID from Social Stream Ninja and paste it below. It’s saved on this computer only.
  4. Open the game here in the same browser and Play LIVE. Look for “Chat linked”, then capture the game window in OBS (or your streaming app) with your webcam on its own layer.
Saved in this browser only. Use the same computer and browser you’ll play on.
  • Multistreaming (YouTube and Twitch at once) is done in your streaming setup, like OBS with Restream. The game doesn’t care: Social Stream Ninja sends it every chat.
  • Just practicin’? Tick “Demo chat” in the game for fake viewers. Turn it off before you go LIVE for real.

The Woodbooger’s LIVE tips

  1. Same time, same trail.Go LIVE at the same hour, same days. Folks learn when to find you, and TikTok favors streamers that show up regular. Thirty minutes to an hour is plenty; most viewers wander off after that.
  2. Holler their names.When somebody taps, comments or sends a gift, say their name out loud and thank 'em proper. Nothing brings a body back like bein' seen.
  3. Set a goal they can see.Use TikTok's LIVE Goals for a little milestone, like the next 500 likes. A bar fillin' up gets a crowd cheerin'.
  4. Let the chat be the chaos.In LIVE mode, every tap fills the meter and throws somethin' new at me: boulders, groundhogs, fog. Call it out when a tier hits. Panic is good TV.
  5. Keep 'em talkin'.Ask questions. Let chat pick the next trail. Read comments while you play. A quiet LIVE is a lonesome holler.
  6. Stay in the picture.Folks come for the game and stay for you. Keep your face on screen, light on your face, and react big when things go sideways.
  7. Clip your best tumbles.Save the wild moments and post 'em as regular videos. That's how new folks find their way to your next LIVE.
  8. Woodboogers don't beg.TikTok's rules: never ask for gifts or promise anything in trade for 'em. Be good company and thank folks; the gifts follow the fun.

Pick your game

Tips drawn from the platforms’ own LIVE guidance. Rules and payouts change; check TikTok LIVE Center, YouTube Help or Twitch Creator Camp for the latest.