

And the visuals and sounds you use for alerts are easily customizable, and can match your stream’s aesthetic or sense of humor. Alerts are an easy addition to engage with your audience: Viewers get to feel like they’re a part of the show when their donations, follows, and subscriptions get recognized. If someone donates, for instance, an alert naming the viewer and donation amount will pop up, often with a sound effect and gif. Stream alerts are the onscreen notifications that appear when a viewer interacts with a stream in some way. Luckily, there are a few easy options for streamers looking to make streams more engaging, and they require little to no prior experience.

But turning your stream into an interactive show is another step that will invite your viewers to cheer, donate, and follow along with you. You can move the components to any position on the screen using positioning mode.A decent camera, mic, and working knowledge of OBS software is all you need to start a stream.

In this menu you need to enable the in-game overlay and whether you want the recent events and/or chat to show on the overlay.From the settings tab navigate to "Game Overlay".Open Streamlabs Desktop and navigate to the settings tab in the top right corner.It will not work with a game in fullscreen mode. *Please note that you must run your game in borderless-windowed or windowed-fullscreen mode in order for this feature to work. This guide will detail how to set up this feature and use it while streaming.

This feature allows you to stream with one monitor while also keeping an eye on your chat and recent events. The new Streamlabs Desktop Game Overlay feature allows you to apply a toggle-able overlay of your recent events and chat on top of your game or activity.
