Twitch ønsker at gøre livestreaming mere interaktiv

For nylig løftede Twitch sløret for en række strukturelle udvidelser af deres livestreaming-tjeneste kaldet Extensions. Disse udvidelser tilføjer ikke synderligt meget ved første øjekast, men der kan meget vel gemme sig en række tiltag, som kan ændre livestreams i fremtiden.

Kevin Lin, der er medstifter af Twitch, ønsker at gøre livestreams mere interaktive i fremtiden, og det kan meget vel ske i den nærmeste fremtid.

Et nyt spil, kaldet Galactic Disagreements, er blevet betalt af Twitch, og udviklet særligt til at blive livestreamet på tjenesten. Som seer bliver du placeret på to hold, og så skal dy samle ressourcer, konstruere rumskibe og placere dem på slagmarken. Det er direkte inspireret af Twitch Plays Pokémon.

Under et nyligt interview med GamesIndustry.biz fortæller Lin, at de snart kan gå fuld "Hunger Games" med Twitch.

"Ever since Twitch Plays Pokémon happened, we've thought 'hey, there really is a new paradigm for development here' - one where you build games that are fundamentally very fun and good to play, just as other games are, but that actually bring in audience interactivity."

"It's definitely not a gimmick. The early games you'll see are going to be fairly simple, but interactive amongst viewers and ideally with the broadcaster as well. I think as people figure it out, you'll start to see pretty robust games built in there."

"I think you can go full-blown Hunger Games. You look at the success and continued growth of Battle Royale games and particularly PUBG - probably one of the fastest growing games in history. It would be super cool to add in that sort of mechanic where the audience can vote, or vote with their money, to help their favourite player or team out. That's very near."

Hvilke slags tiltag ønsker du bliver implementeret i tjenester som Twitch?