How to stream interactive games on TikTok Live

This guide takes you from nothing installed to live on TikTok with a game your viewers control. Total setup time is about five minutes. You need a Windows PC and a TikTok account with Live access.

What you're setting up

Interactive TikTok Live games run on your PC while your audience participates through TikTok gifts, likes, and follows. The ScrollPlay launcher handles the whole pipeline: it connects to your live session, listens for audience events, and routes each one into the game as a real gameplay effect. Your job is just to play — and to survive whatever your chat throws at you.

Step 1 — Install the ScrollPlay launcher

Grab the free launcher from the download page. It's a signed Windows installer with auto-updates, so you only do this once. Run the installer, then create an account or sign in. The launcher includes a free DEFUSE! demo, so you can complete this entire guide without a subscription.

Step 2 — Connect your TikTok username

In the launcher, open the TikTok Live connection panel and enter your TikTok @username. This is how ScrollPlay finds your live session — there is no password or TikTok login involved; the launcher reads the public gift and like events from your stream. Connect it once and the launcher reconnects automatically each time you go live.

Step 3 — Launch a game

Pick a game from your library and hit Play. Each ScrollPlay game opens in its own capture-ready window, separate from the launcher, so streaming software sees it as a clean game source. If you're choosing your first game, Gnome Jump is the easiest to explain to a new audience: gifts make you jump higher or knock you down, and everyone immediately understands the stakes.

Step 4 — Add the game to TikTok Live Studio

Open TikTok Live Studio and add a new Game or Window source, then select the ScrollPlay game window. Because each game runs as its own window, Live Studio identifies it as a game rather than a desktop app. Size it to fill your canvas — the games are designed for both portrait and landscape layouts, and the built-in overlay shows gift effects and the audience meter without any extra widgets.

Step 5 — Test a gift, then go live

Before going live, use the launcher's Studio panel to fire a test gift and confirm the effect lands in-game. Then start your TikTok Live as normal. The first time a real viewer sends a Rose and the game visibly reacts, your chat will figure out the rest on its own — but it helps to pin a comment explaining what each gift does. See the gift-to-event reference for the full mapping in every game.

Troubleshooting

Gifts aren't triggering effects: confirm the launcher shows your live session as connected (it must be an actual live stream, not a practice room), and that you entered the correct @username.

Live Studio shows a black window: add the game as a Window source rather than Game capture, or toggle hardware acceleration in Live Studio's settings.

Game won't launch: the launcher requires an internet connection to verify your session — check your connection and restart the launcher. Still stuck? Reach us via support.