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.
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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 three free games — DEFUSE!, Jello Merge and Jaywalkin', 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.
Ready to go live?
Download the free launcher and have your first interactive stream running tonight.
