Dead Cells’ Twitch integration is great

The new Metroidvania-style Roguelike action platformer Dead Cells from developer Motion Twin that is out today on PC and consoles comes with Twitch integration in its Steam version. In this “streaming mode,” your Twitch chat gets the power to affect the world of the game, and it creates a fun dynamic that makes for an entertaining Dead Cells broadcast.

I tried out the Twitch integration during a recent livestream, and it was fun to work with and against my chat. Dead Cells’ streaming mode enables chat to enter for a chance to become something of the player’s cooperative partner. Motion Twin calls this role “Captain Chicken,” and it decides when to heal the player. It can also send messages into the game for the player to see (so make sure you have your word filter on Twitch set up effectively).