# Prepare your show for Bloopstream

Choose your camera, try the sample overlays and flows, and prepare your real Bloopbot show for cloud streaming.

Updated 12 October 2026

## Before you start

Bloopstream is cloud broadcasting for IRL streams, powered by Bloopbot's overlays and flows. Cloud streaming is being built and is not open for purchase yet. Prices and included hours have not been announced.

You can prepare your Bloopbot show now. The setup on Bloopstream does not connect your camera, buy access or start a real broadcast.

## 1. Choose your camera

Open [Bloopstream setup](https://bloopbot.com/bloopstream/start). Under **Your camera**, choose **My phone** or **Camera or encoder**. The camera sends your video; Bloopbot adds your overlays and runs your flows in the cloud.

Press **See your show on stream** to continue. This choice changes the setup explanation. It does not configure your device.

![Bloopstream setup with My phone and Camera or encoder choices, the sample phone image and See your show on stream.](https://bloopbot.com/docs/screenshots/bloopstream-camera.jpg)

_Choose the device you plan to stream from. This prepares the explanation; it does not connect your camera._

## 2. See what the flow does

Under **Your show**, press **Simulate a follow**. The **New follower** trigger runs first, then **Send to overlay**. Completion ticks show which steps ran, and the sample broadcast shows Ada's follow alert.

Choose **Chat command** and press **Send !hello** to see a reply in the sample chat. Choose **Low signal** to try the fallback and recovery. The **Chat**, **Alerts** and **Custom overlay** switches let you see each layer's place in the broadcast.

The footage and events are examples. They do not change your channel or go live. Press **Prepare my real show** when you are ready to continue.

![Bloopstream sample show with a completed New follower to Send to overlay flow, a labelled sample broadcast and Prepare my real show.](https://bloopbot.com/docs/screenshots/bloopstream-show.jpg)

_Try a labelled sample flow and see its alert on the example broadcast._

## 3. Prepare the real show in Bloopbot

Press **Sign in with Twitch** to open Bloopbot's existing sign-in. If you already use Bloopbot, press **Already use Bloopbot? Open your dashboard**.

In Bloopbot, [prepare your overlay](https://bloopbot.com/docs/arrange-your-overlay) and [make your first flow](https://bloopbot.com/docs/first-command). Pebble's **Your first overlay** and **Your first flow** tutorials are in [Tutorials](https://bloopbot.com/docs/tutorials).

When your channel has cloud-stream access, open **Run → Cloud stream** in Bloopbot. **Phone setup** supplies your private camera connection. Keep that address private: copying it into your own streaming device happens inside your channel's setup, not on the public website.

Connecting the camera and going live use your channel's settings and permissions. If cloud-stream access is not enabled, prepare the overlays and flows first and return when it is available.

## Explore on your own

At any step, **I'll explore in Bloopbot** opens the dashboard. **Back** returns to the previous setup step. Leaving or reloading the public setup starts it again; no account settings or stream configuration are saved by these pages.