Chat Plays Chrono Trigger

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Chat Plays Chrono Trigger

Starting Friday, November 27th at 7pm eastern, Elliface is hosting a weekend-long event that allows Twitch chat to LITERALLY PLAY Chrono Trigger. That’s right, by typing the name of the buttons to be pushed in chat, you can play Chrono Trigger ON SOMEONE’S STREAM.

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How It’s Done

Powered by Lioranboard, a free customizable stream deck running on PC, Twitch viewers who type in chat will have their commands registered by the locally running software, which generates keyboard presses inside the game. Lioranboard is also programmed to change specific sources inside OBS scenes to reflect activated commands. This makes it possible to visually see when your typed command is activated in the stream!

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How To Play

The command list follows the layout of a SNES controller, so you can type in D-Pad directions, button presses, and even menu buttons right in chat.

LT = left trigger
RT = right trigger
UP = D-Pad up
DOWN = D-Pad down
LEFT = D-Pad left
RIGHT = D-Pad right
A = A button
B = B button
X = X button
Y = Y button
SELECT = Select button (not used in game)
START = Start button

How To Cheat

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Of course it can be cumbersome to type out left right left right in a chat box all day, so there are a few ways you can speed up the process. Here’s one:

Stream Deck!

If you have a Stream Deck, you can program buttons to send chat messages in any active window! To set it up:

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  1. Create a button using System > Text

  2. Give it a title

  3. Add the corresponding text

  4. Make sure Press Enter after message is checked

  5. Put your cursor is in the chat window where you want the text to send (twitch.tv/elliface’s chat)

  6. HIT BUTTONS TO AUTOMATICALLY CHAT! Pretty cool, right?


The stream starts the Friday after Thanksgiving at 7pm eastern and will run 24/7 until Monday, November 30th at 5pm eastern. Mods will be present all weekend and much of the stream will be supervised so elli can manually name the characters and unstick any stuck characters. Every 25 subs will trigger a merch giveaway for any DesignByHumans merch item, even stuff outside the PH16 team member stores!

What if we beat the game?

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There is very little chance that chat will successfully complete the game in the 70 allotted hours BUT if the game is finished before the end of the stream, elli will do a special COSPLAY COOKING WITH HEAT wearing a handmade sequin formal pikachu gown. Is it worth it?