A ticker is the news bar of your stream: a thin scrolling line along the top or bottom that quietly rotates your schedule, socials, announcements, and sponsor reads while you play. In Kloot you write up to ten lines, set the speed and colors, and flip the whole bar on and off from one deck key — the scroll loops seamlessly on its own the moment it’s up. Here is how to build one, on the real panel and the real overlay, so what you set up is exactly what your viewers see.
You set it up here
It lands here — the real overlay
What you’ll build
A scrolling news bar on your stream’s top or bottom edge — up to ten rotating lines in your colors, looping on its own, toggled from one deck key.
Paste your single Kloot overlay URL into one Browser source in OBS and size it to your canvas. That one source powers the ticker and every other Kloot tool — you never add another browser source.
Already have Kloot in OBS from another tool? Skip this — the ticker rides the source you already added.
Open the Ticker tool and add your messages — up to ten, one thought per line. Schedule, socials, sub goal, Discord, a shout-out. Reorder them any time; a separator character (★ by default) sits between each as they scroll.
Keep every line headline-short. A ticker is read in passes, not paragraphs — if a line takes more than two seconds to read, split it.
Pick slow, medium, or fast — medium reads comfortably for most streams — or dial an exact custom speed. Then set the text and bar colors, the bar’s opacity, and an optional edge line so the ticker looks built into your overlay, not stuck on top of it.
Bottom is the classic news-bar home. If your game parks its HUD down there, flip the ticker to the top edge instead. You can save several ticker slots, but only one runs per side at a time — a top and a bottom can loop together.
Check where your game’s HUD sits before you go live — killfeeds and minimaps usually claim one edge for you.
Pin the ticker to a deck key and press it. The bar slides in and starts scrolling on its own — a seamless loop, no gaps, no restarts. Press the same key for a clean screen whenever the moment needs one.
Hit the sub goal? Announcement changed? Edit the messages in the panel and save — the loop picks up the new lines in place, live, without touching OBS or restarting anything.
This is the move for subathons and charity streams: keep totals and milestones in the ticker and nudge the numbers as they climb.
Once it’s built, the ticker is one key — on, loop, off. The scroll runs itself; here’s the whole cycle, and what each side sees.
Tap the ticker key when you want the bar up. It slides in along its edge — your lines, your colors, over whatever scene is live. Nothing fires it for you; the bar appears exactly when you decide.
Once it’s on, the scroll is fully automatic: your messages roll through in order, separator between each, and the loop restarts with zero gap. You go back to the game; the bar does the housekeeping.
Hit a sub goal? New announcement? Edit the messages in the panel and save — the loop picks up the new lines in place. No OBS touch, no source refresh, no restart.
The same key slides the bar back out for a clean screen — boss fight, cutscene, clip-worthy moment. Your slots keep their lines, speed, and colors, so tonight’s loop is one press away next stream.
A ticker is the lowest-effort real estate on your stream — one thin line that keeps answering questions while you play:
When: Raids, hosts, a clip going around — people landing mid-stream with zero context.
Why it works: A quiet crawl of chat rules, your Discord, and what today’s stream is answers the questions before anyone types them.
When: Every stream, honestly — the always-on version.
Why it works: Your handles and “live Tue · Thu · Sun” roll past every viewer a few times an hour without you plugging them out loud once.
When: A brand deal that pays for impressions, not just a shout-out.
Why it works: Slip the sponsor’s line and promo code into the rotation — it earns passes all session. Pair it with the sponsor tools for the banner and code callout.
When: Subathons, charity streams, tournaments — anything with rolling news.
Why it works: Donation totals, milestones, and next-up segments crawl past continuously, and you can update the lines live as numbers move.
Info loop, rules crawl, sponsor line, or a top-edge bar — every preview below is the real ticker renderer, scrolling live, in your colors.
Your socials, schedule, and Discord — rolling all session.
The set-and-forget bar: every viewer sees your handles and stream days a few times an hour, and nobody has to ask “when are you live?” in chat again.
One key shows and hides itChat rules on a slow crawl — readable, never preachy.
Raid nights and busy chats: “be kind, no spoilers, English please” rolls by at slow speed, so the rules do their own moderating while you play.
Slow preset keeps it easy to readA brand read that earns impressions every pass.
Mix the sponsor’s line and code into the rotation for the whole session — quiet, constant, screenshot-able proof for the brand that the placement ran.
Toggle it up for the sponsored hoursSame bar, top edge — clear of HUDs and the action.
Shooters and MOBAs park their HUD along the bottom. Flip the side to Top and the ticker rides the other edge — tournament scores, event news, next-up segments.
Side is one setting: top or bottomThe bar spans the full width of one edge. Bottom is the classic news-bar home; flip it to the top when the game’s HUD lives down there — one ticker per side, so a top and a bottom can run together.
The scroll itself is automatic — once the ticker is on, your lines loop seamlessly on their own at the speed you set. Showing and hiding the bar is manual, like everything in Kloot: you flip it on and off from a deck key, and nothing appears on stream unless you put it there.
One per side. You can save multiple ticker slots, but at most one runs on the top edge and one on the bottom at a time — two on the same edge would overlap. A top ticker and a bottom ticker can loop together.
Up to ten lines per ticker, each with plenty of room. They rotate in the order you set, with your separator character between them, and you can reorder or remove lines any time.
Yes. Edit the lines, speed, or colors in the panel and save — the loop updates in place on stream. No OBS touch, no source refresh, no scene switch.
Yes — the ticker lives in your OBS overlay as part of your video feed, so it shows wherever you stream. It has nothing to wire to any platform’s chat or API.
The ticker is on the Creator plan ($15/mo) and up. That plan also includes polls, alerts, lower thirds, borders, counters, and the full effects library, with no watermark.
Ten lines, your colors, one key on and off — the ticker loops quietly while you play. It’s on Creator, riding the same overlay URL as every other Kloot tool.
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