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How to run a great show
Step-by-step guides for every part of Game Show Studio, with screenshots and a how-to video for each. Start at the top and work down, or jump to what you need.
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Build your show
Build your show
The Rundown: add, arrange, check and save steps; reserves; defaults for every step.
Read the guide and watch the videoYour AI cohosts
Choose and name them, give them a personality, tell them about the show, set how they behave.
Read the guide and watch the videoBackgrounds, music and media
Search the video library for a looping background; your own pictures, music and sound effects.
Read the guide and watch the videoThe games
Trivia
Fill a round four ways, five kinds of question, one at a time or all at once.
Read the guide and watch the videoBingo
Number bingo or your own words, songs and pictures; winning patterns; cards for everyone.
Read the guide and watch the videoIt's Sketchy and Draw & Guess
Two drawing games: draw, bluff and vote; or draw a word live while the room guesses.
Read the guide and watch the videoSquares
Football squares, touchdowns and list pools: claim, lock, draw, score. No money handled.
Read the guide and watch the videoPolls and quick games
A live poll, closest number, written answers, the wheel, the buzzer and the timer.
Read the guide and watch the videoPhotos and the reaction wall
The photo challenge, the photo showdown, and the moderated reaction wall.
Read the guide and watch the videoMusic, picture and price rounds
Name that tune, the picture round and the price round: item by item, guests type their guess.
Read the guide and watch the videoRun the night
Screens and cards
Welcome, title, rules and break cards, announcements, the scoreboard and the winners.
Read the guide and watch the videoTeams and scores
Let guests pick teams, keep scores for players and teams, and show the leaderboard.
Read the guide and watch the videoRun the night by voice
Talk to your cohosts to change screens, ask questions, reveal answers, play sounds and jump around.
Read the guide and watch the videoVideo library
13 how-to videos, in the order to watch them.
Quick answers
What is Gig Game's Game Show Studio?
Game Show Studio is human-hosted and AI-assisted: you are the host, and one or two animated AI cohosts - Sally Sharp and Barney Bartflast - back you up. They talk with you through a microphone, work the TV, and keep a room full of phones in the game. Together you can run trivia, bingo, a prize wheel, drawing games, photo challenges and more.
Is it a real host or just an AI?
It is human-hosted and AI-assisted. You are the host: you choose the games, set the pace and talk to your guests. Sally and Barney are your animated AI sidekicks - they banter, read out questions, run the screens and keep score on your cue, and you can step in or quiet them at any moment.
Do my guests need to download an app?
No. Guests scan the QR code on the TV, or go to giggame.app and type the code shown on screen. They play in their phone's browser.
What do I need to run a show?
A TV or projector with a web browser (or any laptop connected to one), a microphone if you want to talk to the cohosts, and a Gig Game host account. Your guests need only their phones.
Ready to run your first show?
Build it in minutes, then let your AI cohosts carry the night.
Included with every Gig Game membership. Guests join free from their phones - no app, no account.