Welcome!
My name is Michael. My main thing is creating animated music videos featuring centered around the story of my character, Gildedguy. To further connect with my audience, I live-stream the animation process, and try to provide a place for animation and art enthusiasts to hang out.
“Headbangs? WOO? Gild? What’s going on?”
Since I usually have my head buried in my work, I’ve set up a series of inter-connected activities for viewers to engage in. My stream is centered around enjoying original art and good music.
Things you can do:
- Chat and Watch Gildedguy work on art.
- Participate in the Song Request system.
- Earn and Spend Gild.
- Support by Subscribing or Donating.
- Participate in Giveaways.
Song Request System
Song Requesting Basics
- Usually about 1 hour into the stream, Gildedguy will open up song requests to any viewer (subscriber or not).
- Type !sr followed by a YouTube url or search keywords. Examples:
- !sr https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
- !sr dQw4w9WgXcQ
- !sr Never Gonna Give You Up
- !sr jazz music
- Wait patiently! The song queue really fills up fast, but your song will pop up.
Headbang System
If you like a song, type !headbang or gildedBanger to show your support. At the end of the stream, the song request that gets the most headbangs (the “Best DJ”) will be credited.
Once per stream, you can type !superheadbang. This is worth 4 headbangs, so only use it on songs you really like.
You may see some customized headbangs and superheadbangs appearing on screen. These are cosmetic alerts designed especially for viewers who have accrued enough Gild.
BPM Mapping System
Help Gildedguy catalog the BPM of every song request! By having a song’s BPM (tempo), GildedBot can properly animate the on-screen avatar to dance in sync with the music.
Type !bpm followed by a number to change bpm. For example: !bpm 130
To permanently save the BPM to the song, it must receive 5 foottaps (votes). If the avatar looks like it’s dancing in sync, then type !foottap to upvote the current bpm.
Once a song is cataloged, Gildedbot will remember the BPM for that song forever. The goal is to have the stream bouncing to the beat of 99% of time, no matter the song!
Reward Points (Gild)
Note: All Gild interactions are managed by the Twitch Channel Points feature located at the bottom of the chat box..
Gild is a reward point currency that viewers automatically earn for watching the stream.
Gild can be redeemed for a variety of interactions, which you can browse via the loyalty extension menu.
Customize Yourself
Here are all the possible ways you can become a unique part of the stream. These customizations are permanent (as long as I keep streaming):
Subscribe Song (free to redeem)
Link your favorite riff or part of a song that will automatically play when you subscribe or are gifted a subscription. It’s like your own theme song. We’ve registered over 150 custom songs!
Upload Custom Icon or Alert (costs Gild)
Have your own !woo, !headbang, !superheadbang, or greeting icons appear on screen. These are highly sought after visual customizations, and you’ll only find long-time (or lucky!) viewers redeeming it.
BPM-mapping credit (earn it!)
Whenever a BPM-mapped song plays, the original viewer who discovered that BPM will be name-credited.
Supporter Interactions
Sun Moon (community growth)
Following (5%), Subscribing (25%), or Gifting Subscriptions (25%) contribute toward the Sun Moon meter, which resets every stream.
Tip Cup (art fund)
Cheering and Donating contribute to the tip cup. $1 = 1%. Reaching 100% automatically triggers an Interactive Giveaway.
Giveaway Events
Once in a while, the tip cup will be completed filled, triggering a Giveaway Event. I find giveaways to be a fun way to invigorate the chat, because who doesn’t like free stuff?
The Prizes
Prizes have ranged from copious amounts of loyalty points to bits of merch like stickers, buttons, and keychains. I’ve mailed out many prizes across the world to lucky winners.
The Roulette
The winner is randomly selected out of the viewer list. To keep things fair, everyone gets 1 entry per giveaway, no matter how much they’ve supported, helped in the mini-game, or won in the past.
Minigames
I have limited prizes to distribute, so I only offer rare prizes if viewers work together and win the mini-game. Better performance = better prizes!
Dragon Run
What do you do when a dragon is chasing you? Run and yell! The more you spam messages, the faster the group will escape.
Penny Picker
Test your eye sight by keeping track of the shuffling hats. If you can get past the increasingly complex rounds, then you’ll be rewarded with a satisfying squish.
Coco Loco
1 coconut tags 3 more coconuts by @mentioning their usernames. Then those 3 coconuts can tag 3 more coconuts, each. Then coconuts coconut 3 more coconuts, whoco cancoconut coconuts Coconuts coconuts coconuts.
Super Gilded Knight
Guide Gildedguy through a top down RPG filled with obstacles, enemies, and a final boss battle. Every message from the chat is a button press! Up, down, left, right, attack. If you say it, he’ll do it.
…And more!
There are plenty of things I probably forgot to include on this page, so I invite you to tune in and discover all the little details the stream has to offer!