The Token Economy

Arcade Tokens are a play-money currency for your chat. Viewers earn them by taking part, then spend them on prediction markets, receive them as awards and bounties, and climb your leaderboards. Tokens are a GameShuffle Pro feature.

What tokens are (and aren't)

• Closed-loop. Tokens are never bought with real money and never cashed out. They have no monetary value; they're a game layer for engagement.
• Per community. Balances live within your community, and every change is recorded in a ledger, so a balance is always the sum of what a viewer has earned and spent.
• Earned by taking part. Viewers pick up tokens for joining in; the exact amounts are tuned by GameShuffle's economy settings.

Turning it on

Enable the pieces you want in Account › Community & Chat › Chat Modules:

• Prediction markets — viewers bet tokens on outcomes.
• Awards — hand out tokens at your discretion.
• Bounties — put tokens on a specific outcome.
• Leaderboards — rank your community by tokens.
• Chaos / events — token-fueled chat events.

Some features are gated for compliance by region before your toggle applies; where betting isn't allowed, viewers see markets in a spectator mode instead. These guardrails can't be turned off.

Prediction markets

Open a market, let chat bet, then lock and resolve it:

• !gs market open [1|3|5] — open a market with 1, 3, or 5 outcomes (host).
• !bet <option> <amount> — viewers place a bet.
• !gs market lock — stop new bets (host).
• !gs resolve <value> — settle the market and pay out winners (host).
• !gs market close — cancel and refund (host).

Awards & bounties

• !gs award @user <amount> — a discretionary token award (host).
• !gs bounty <amount> <description> — open a bounty tied to an outcome (host).
• !gs bounty award @user — pay it out, or !gs bounty cancel to release it.

What viewers can do

• !tokens — check a balance.
• !give @user <amount> — send tokens to another viewer.
• !leaderboard — see the top holders in your community.

Viewers also see a live token balance and open markets on your /live page. A community balance follows a viewer across the channels where they play. See the full chat command reference for everything.

Leaderboards

Leaderboards have three layers: viewer performance, streamer engagement, and a global view. Streamers are operators, not contestants, so they're excluded from the viewer leaderboard.

Keeping it fair

• Balances can never go negative; a spend that can't be covered is declined.
• Tokens can't be purchased or redeemed for anything of real value.
• Use awards and bounties to reward participation, not to imply real prizes.

Still need help?

Email support@gameshuffle.co and we'll help you set up your economy.