How to play an adventure with friends (or on stream) in WriteWithPaige

Step by step

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   Step 1: Open your adventure

   Start an adventure or open one from “Your adventures”. The “Play with friends” panel sits in the play screen.

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   Step 2: Tap “Play with friends”

   The panel reads “Play this story with friends. They join from a link, vote on what happens, and suggest moves.” Tap “Play with friends”. Streaming? Tap “Stream mode” next to it instead (see below).

   

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   Step 3: Send the invite

   Tap “Copy invite” and paste the link into a group chat. The panel shows “Playing with friends” and how many people are here now.

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   Step 4: Friends join

   Each friend opens the link, types “Your name in the game”, ticks “I’m 18 or older and I agree to the terms” and taps “Join the game”.

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   Step 5: Play the turn

   Friends vote on the three choices and send ideas. You see the vote count next to each choice and their ideas under “Ideas from your friends”. You pick, or tap an idea to play it.

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   Step 6: End the game

   Tap “End” when you are done. Friends see “This game has ended” and a button to start their own.

How a shared turn works

You are the host. Paige runs the story on your account, and you play every turn. Each turn costs one of your messages, the same as playing alone. Guests do not spend anything.

Your friends help you decide. They see the latest scene, vote on the three choices, and can send their own move. Votes do not play the turn on their own: you see the count beside each choice and make the call.

Who can join, and how many

Up to five guests can join, so six people play including you. If a sixth guest tries, they see “This game is full right now.”

Guests do not need an account. They need a name to show the others, and they must confirm they are 18 or older. The header shows how many are playing.

What your guests see

Guests open a page that says “You’re invited”. Before the first scene arrives they see “Waiting for the first scene…”. Then they get each new scene as you play.

Clean mode while others watch

While a room is open, the panel says “Clean mode is on while others are watching.” Every turn in that adventure is written clean, so nothing explicit lands on a friend’s screen.

If a scene still trips the safety check, guests do not see it. You see “This scene is hidden from the others. Play on and the next one will show.” Guests see “This scene is hidden here. The game carries on.”

When you tap “End”, the room closes and your adventure goes back to how you normally play it.

Stream mode: let your Twitch chat vote

Stream mode turns your adventure into a show. Your viewers watch the story on a clean, big-text overlay and vote on what happens by typing in your Twitch chat.

Tap “Stream mode” in the play screen. Type “Your Twitch channel name” and tap “Turn on chat votes”. The panel then shows “Stream mode is on” and an overlay link. Tap “Copy overlay link” and add it to OBS (or any streaming app) as a browser source.

The overlay shows each scene and the three choices. Chat votes by typing !1, !2 or !3, and the overlay says “Type !1, !2 or !3 in chat to vote”. You see the vote count next to each choice and still make the call. When you tap “End”, the overlay says “Thanks for playing” and shows a short link where viewers can play the same world.

• The overlay link is shown once and works like a password. Keep it off screen. If it stops working, the overlay says to copy a new one from the game.
• Clean mode is on for the whole stream, and any scene that trips the safety check shows as “This scene is hidden on stream.”
• Votes only pick between Paige’s three choices. Nothing else from your chat is read or kept, and chat text never reaches Paige.
• You are responsible for your stream and for the rules of the platform you stream on. See section 8B of the terms.

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