"We wanted to create games that first and foremost provide a stage for online performance"

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Indie studio Sentinel Games built Twitch integration directly into their hospital simulator game Cure to attract streamers and solve discoverability challenges. The "Shoutout Engine" lets viewers create NPC patients with their Twitch names and avatars using chat commands, while streaming alerts appear on in-game monitors. The approach targets content creators by designing multiplayer co-op games that provide a stage for performance and chaos. Since launching in Early Access, Cure sold over 20,000 copies and generated 116,000 watched hours across 1,000+ streamers with zero marketing budget. The studio plans to expand the technology to Discord and Unity, eventually offering it as a platform for other developers.

How Cure: A Hospital Simulator aims to snare content creators through some clever Twitch integration