Stream Arenas

If chat is the most important part of your stream, pick up Stream Arenas! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZXGhj3QXvw If you want to see Stream Arenas in action, watch my first stream of it and judge for yourself. We're all familiar with the automated free-to-play games where chatters simply join only to watch the game play itself. Stream Arenas turns that idea on its head by putting chat at the front and center and including commands that reward your chatiators for staying engaged with the game. Choose which player you'll target. Unleash your ultimate attack every 30 seconds. I love that chat is the focus now instead of the streamer, that members of my community will recognize and compete against each other directly. Alliances will be forged, rivalries will take root, and your community will become closer than ever. Early Access means that it's rough around the edges, but I'm incredibly excited for the future. Character selection and icons let chat personalize themselves, and potential customization features will lead to tremendous success in the future. Until we see the app, chatiators are limited to 3 character choices, but 8 are currently available to those who own the game. I hope we see a League of Legends approach of free-to-unlock, pay-for-custom-skins. Being able to tweak colors within the custom skins would make it even better. There are promises of more Bit integrations, which will hopefully create the positive loop for streamers to earn money while chatiators enjoy the game. (Other games have done a weak job of incorporating bit options, and Stream Arenas' price tag will be much more palatable if a streamer expects to earn back their investment.) It's worth mentioning that Stream Arenas is at its best with a large group. The sheer amount of chaos and tactics will be beautiful. Some will want to wait for the game to develop further, and that's fine. But there's a great core idea already at play, and as long as development continues as expected, Stream Arenas will stand as a more-than-worthy alternative alongside the other chat-centric games.