Interactive TikTok LIVE, for beginners

An interactive stream is one where your viewers change what happens in your game. A gift can spawn a zombie. A follow can send you an airdrop. You choose the actions for your game.

This page assumes you have never done it before. If you have, the games list is probably what you want instead.

The words people use

These ten terms will help you follow the setup steps.

Interactive stream

A stream where what viewers do changes what happens in your game. A gift spawns an enemy; a follow drops an airdrop.

Trigger

One rule you write: when THIS happens, do THAT. A rose spawns a zombie. That is a trigger.

Action

The thing that happens in the game. Spawning an enemy, giving ammo, turning on god mode. Fenrir ships hundreds, already mapped.

Gift

Something a viewer sends you on TikTok LIVE, which costs them coins and earns you diamonds. Gifts are what most triggers listen for.

Coins

What viewers buy and spend on gifts. A rose is 1 coin; the big ones are thousands. Trigger costs are usually set by coin value so a rare gift does something rarer.

Diamonds

What you receive when someone gifts you. TikTok determines their value and payout eligibility. Gift coin totals are not a reliable measure of earnings.

Overlay

A layer on top of your stream showing gifts, goals, leaderboards or alerts. Fenrir builds one and serves it from your own PC.

Browser source

How OBS puts a web page on your stream. You paste a URL into OBS and it appears as a layer. That is how the overlay gets on screen.

Game mod

Something that changes a game so it can be controlled from outside. Fenrir includes its own game scripts and an experimental GTA runtime. Install the required third-party loaders and any optional mods separately; the selected game's setup instructions in Fenrir explain what you need.

Points

An economy you run. Viewers earn points for watching, gifting or following, then spend them on actions. Your rules, your prices.

What you need

• A PC running Windows
  Fenrir is a desktop app. It runs on the same machine as the game.
• A game Fenrir supports
  48 integrations available to try, with 46 more written and locked until each is checked — 2257 actions in total.
• OBS, or similar
  For streaming, and for the overlay if you want one.
• A TikTok account that can go LIVE
  TikTok sets its own requirements for that, not us.
• A Fenrir account (optional)
  The app opens straight in without signing in. Sign in from the account menu (email, Google or Discord, in your own browser) if you have Plus or Pro.
• Your TikTok username
  Fenrir never asks for your TikTok password.

Your first stream

1. Install Fenrir and open it
2. Pick your game — it will tell you what that game needs
3. Let it write the scripts and binds, then launch the game from Fenrir
4. Start with two or three triggers so they are easy to test
5. Press Test on each one and watch the game react
6. Add the overlay to OBS as a browser source, if you want one
7. Go live on TikTok, then enter your username in Fenrir and connect
8. Tell chat which gifts and events trigger each action

Four mistakes worth skipping

• Going live before testing anything
  Use Test on each action you plan to use, and check that the game responds. This gives you time to fix keys and settings before viewers join.
• Making disruptive actions too easy to repeat
  An action that ends a round can interrupt the stream if it fires repeatedly. Choose its trigger and cooldown carefully.
• Forgetting the game has to be in focus
  Most games only receive keypresses when their window is on top. Alt-tab to your browser and actions stop landing. In Black Ops 2, Fenrir presses your key first, as in every game, and sends an action straight to the game only when it has no key or the window cannot be brought to the front.
• Not explaining the actions to chat
  Show viewers which gifts and events trigger each action. An interaction overlay can keep that list on screen.