My live personal live stream started out kind of laggy, the computer I was using didn’t work with me to stream. I was unable to stream without lag and it was hard for the viewers to actually keep up. 

For the next couple of weeks I was unable to live stream after talking with Ian and Harrison I got good advice on getting a streaming box that I can connect to the Xbox I have and my surface. Until it arrived I was unable to stream but I did work on overlays and what I wanted to be my branding. 

For branding I decided to go with things I liked and that made it feel like me, I wanted to combine two different things so I decided to combine Halo and my favorite colors. I took lines that were similar to the helmet hud of chief and then combined purple and blue. I also liked the gradient look so I combined that. I wanted to keep my face concealed so I wore a mask which also goes along with my streaming name Stealth, I added that to my logo sign as well in the shape of a hooded figure. This makes my branding feel more like me and gives me better confidence to be on stream. 

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Once I was able to get my streaming box I began streaming from my Xbox and I believe it went very well, although I didn’t get many views I still had a friend that joined in and made streaming enjoyable. I also have a bad anxiety when it comes to being on camera so having someone there was really great to continue live streaming. Although I usually had my camera stream dark in order to get a better environment with the games I think it still went well having the interaction. 

At the end of this class I learned a lot about streaming and what it takes to stream, I knew nothing other than watching streams so from going from that to being on a stream was a major jump for me. Although I had to figure out how to stream in a shared room and with minimum gear I think it went pretty successful.    

This was the last week we did the live stream for class and it was one of the funnest ones I believe, after the first mach we just ended up hanging out and playing for rounds. Although it was the last stream for class it I think some of us will still be playing on the map and hunger games since its so well done and we can get great content from it. I heard that more maps are going to be made and even more mini games will be implemented, so that should give us more to do on the server. Overall I think my stream went well I didn’t even notice that I had streamed 2hrs, thats how fluently it went. I believe those are the best streams, I’m looking forward to playing more with this group.

For week 3 of our group live stream we are continuing our Hunger Games in Minecraft and its actually going very well, its a lot of fun and we get great content. The things we talked about last week were implemented into the changes of the map like the parkour and the new lobby for hunger games. It looks really nice and more interesting, we also have a lot more people playing not just us but those that watch the stream come in and play. I think our dynamics on the group stream are working really well and I cant wait for next weeks stream.

This week’s stream went really well, it was fun and entertaining. Map was good and the additions that were added worked really well, it gave enough content to keep stuff going. Like the added mini games was good and the parkour in the lobby worked out well. Personally I think I need to work on adding music during the stream when we are not all talking together, because during that time it’s just silence except when I talk. I was able to set up OBS better for streaming and my setup is working better, sadly I don’t have a camera for that computer but it still works out well. 

Work on for next week:

Test sound at beginning of stream because last time it was too quiet.

For the group live stream we will be doing Hunger Games in Minecraft while we have Erik being the broadcaster for the entire game. Everyone will be individually live streaming but Erik will have everyone’s stream in one place in order to make commentary but we will also be able to spectate once we die in game. We scheduled to go live around 8-8:15pm on Wednesday and play about an hour with everyone, possibly doing a couple of rounds of the Hunger games.  

After live streaming week 1 with the group I think the game went very well. It was fun and entertaining. Although there were some aspects that needed to be updated on the map my biggest concern was my own stream. I realized I needed get my obs a little more set up since it was my first time using discord on stream I wasn’t sure how to set it up and it made a mess, I was also using Stream Labs and although it works well with my Xbox stream I think I’m going to switch back to OBS for the Minecraft streams. Although the stream went well I need to set up my OBS for next week a little better and get it running so that I can mute discord and talk to the stream at times. 

Things to fix for next week:

    Switch to OBS

    Set up discord so it can be muted 

    Test stream discord to see if it works out better 

Genesis Noir

This week I continued to play Genesis Noir and it’s going very well. I get good feedback from chat on what’s going on in the game and it’s actually fun. The stream is running smoothly so far and I’m really happy with it, although I want to work on adding maybe other widgets that will give me more interaction or incentives. But other than that I’m just continuing playing the game. 

I also know that we’re starting to wrap up the semester so I was unsure if I wanted to continue streaming but I actually ended up liking it and starting to feel comfortable with it. So I will at least finish Genesis Noir and then from there maybe stream on and off during the summer. But I would like to continue streaming with the group. At least those days are really fun.  

Genesis Noir 

This week I have found a new game that looks really interesting and it was free on Xbox. Genesis Noir was a game I stumbled upon while reading through a couple of gaming sites, it looked interesting and I read the description which got me hooked on it. I thought it was a good game to play on stream since it was a little long but it was a puzzle mystery game so its good for interacting with the chat.  Everything else is working for me so I will just be changing the game I’m playing and make it to a series on twitch. 

Unraveled
This week I decided to go with a much more feel good game since Little Nightmares was a little more horror, I decided to play Unraveled. Although it is a good game I don’t think I will continue playing it because it doesn’t give the exciting vibe to streaming. It doesn’t give me the excitement of being engaged on stream, I need a game that will make me more talkative while playing. The layout did work for me, using stream labs was a better idea because I can use the widgets that will help me engage more with my stream. Although I can’t get the premium edition, what I am using works for me. 

Little Nightmares Finally 

This week I was back to streaming and I was actually excited to get to finish little nightmares. After learning about Stream Labs and all the widgets you can use I decided to add the chat into the actual live stream. I think it made the stream more interactive since now I can actually keep the messages from chat and anyone else watching can see as well. This week we had interactions happen on stream which was good and I was able to finish up the game as well. It was a good conclusion to the game since both me and the chat were confused about that ending, but this week was fun to learn how to use stream labs. I did have some issues with the sound at the beginning but then I figured it out and was able to start streaming. Was honestly one of my favorite game to play. 

This week I was unable to stream due to being sick but I did miss streaming, next week ill be back to playing little nightmares. I had Covid….