Semi-free Poltergeist: Remote Control Overlay & Mod Tools

New Widgets: Progress Goals & Event Lists​

Dynamic widgets for community tracking are now available in the Spawn Assets menu, operating completely automatically behind the scenes.

• Live Progress Goals: Dynamic Sub, Follower, and Cheer goal bars can now be added to the canvas. These automatically connect to Twitch events and fill up in real-time. Colors, text, and starting/target numbers are fully customizable to match any channel branding.
• Event Lists (Stream Labels): A beautifully animated, scrolling list of recent supporters (Follows, Subs, Cheers, and Raids) can now be displayed on screen. The list can be configured to display a specific number of recent events and set to scroll up or push down dynamically.

️ Performance & Quality of Life Polish​

Several structural upgrades and fixes have been deployed to ensure smoother broadcasts.

• Faster Alert Queues: The timing between back-to-back alerts (like Sub Bombs) has been significantly tightened. When an alert finishes, the next one now triggers instantly, making massive sub-trains feel much snappier without overlapping audio.
• Backend Optimizations: Major structural upgrades have been deployed to the core engine. The server handling animations, games, and real-time events has been completely rebuilt. Overlays now use significantly less CPU and memory, ensuring streams remain perfectly smooth even with hundreds of active assets on screen.

Native Follow Alerts are now Free​

The Poltergeist Native Bot is now officially unlocked for all Starter Kit (Free) users.

There is no longer a need to rely on third-party bot names to catch follows. Simply check the "Use Poltergeist Native Bot" box in the Alert Box settings to get instant, reliable follow notifications directly through the system.

The Chatbot Builder Overhaul (Broadcast Suite)​

For Broadcast Suite users, the Chatbot Builder has been rebuilt to provide significantly more ways to engage communities and automate streams.

• Channel Point Integrations: Bot responses, sound effects, or even on-screen games can now be triggered using Twitch Channel Points. Just select the new trigger type and type in the exact name of the Twitch reward.
• ⏱️ Smart Auto-Timers: Set up recurring messages to automatically promote Discord servers, socials, or sponsors. A new "Minimum Chat Lines" safety feature ensures the bot only posts when chat is actually active, rather than spamming an empty room.
• Chat-Triggered Sounds: Viewers can now trigger sounds directly. Any chat command, timer, or channel point redemption can be linked to the Soundboard to instantly play audio on stream (e.g., !bonk).
• ️ VIP & Subscriber Permissions: Reward top supporters by gatekeeping specific commands, sounds, and games so that only Subscribers, VIPs, or Moderators can use them.
• Command Aliases: Multiple trigger words can now be assigned to a single command by separating them with commas (e.g., !discord, !dc, !server).
• Live Stream Variables: New {game}, {title}, and {uptime} variables have been added. The bot can now dynamically answer common viewer questions about the current game category and how long the stream has been live, removing the need for a secondary chat bot.

Quality of Life Polish​

A few interface tweaks have been introduced to make building a bot a smoother experience. The command list will now highlight the specific command currently being edited. New icons have been added to help distinguish Timers from Chat Commands at a glance, and the save button now provides a clear visual confirmation when changes are successfully applied.

You can now use SoundCloud URLs as audio source.

Example Audio URLs:

• https://example.com/sounds/airhorn.mp3
• https://cdn.yoursite.com/sfx/applause.wav
• https://storage.server.net/alerts/sub.ogg
• https://soundcloud.com/username/songname

A Copy Public Gift Link button has been added to the right sidebar of your dashboard.

Your public gift page allows anyone to purchase Broadcast Suite access for your channel directly, without needing to be one of your moderators. This makes it much easier to share with your community.

To use it:

• Open your dashboard and make sure no assets are selected.
• Scroll to the bottom of the right sidebar.
• Click Copy Public Gift Link.
• Share the copied link anywhere — your Discord, social media, stream chat, or donation page.

On the gift page, the sender can:

• Choose how many months to gift (1 to 24).
• Leave an optional name and message for you.
• Pay securely via PayPal.

The name and message are only visible if your dashboard is open at the time of purchase. Gifted time stacks on top of any existing access.

The Chatbot Builder is now available as part of the Broadcast Suite.

Create custom chat commands that are handled server-side — no third-party bot required.

To get started:

• Open the Chatbot Builder from your dashboard.
• Mod "PoltergeistCC" on your Twitch channel.
• Create a new command and hit Save Settings.

Command options:

• Trigger Type: Chat Command (e.g. !discord)
• Response: The bot's reply. Supports variables: {user}, {count}, {amount}, {months}, {tier}
• Global Cooldown: Applies to all viewers.
• User Cooldown: Per-user cooldown, independent of the global one.
• Moderator / Broadcaster Only: Restrict a command so only mods and the broadcaster can trigger it.
• Command Enabled: Toggle any command on or off without deleting it.

Now you can assign individual mods permissions weather they can edit certain things.

A new quality-of-life feature is live! You no longer have to manually recreate text styles, custom shapes, or complex alert boxes from scratch.

Asset Duplication: You can now instantly clone any asset directly on your canvas.

• Select any asset (or group of assets) on your canvas.
• Scroll to the bottom of the right sidebar and click the Duplicate button.
• An exact clone will spawn directly next to the original.

What gets cloned? Everything. The new asset perfectly copies your fonts, colors, stroke widths, and your Timeline Animation Keyframes.

Pro Tip: You can also Shift+Click multiple assets or an entire Group and duplicate the whole layout at once. To ensure smooth performance, you can duplicate a maximum of 50 assets at a time.

Refresh your dashboard to see the new button.

New Feature: Live Chat Polls
Engage your chat with the new Live Poll widget. Ask a question, set your options, and viewers can vote by typing !vote 1, !vote 2, etc., in chat. The on-screen bar chart will dynamically update in real time.

• Customize the color of each bar individually.
• Pause, reopen, and reset votes with a single click.

New Feature: Event Alert Box
You can now display on-screen alerts for Twitch and Kick Subscriptions, Gifted Subs, and Raids directly inside Poltergeist.

• Customize your alert text using variables like {user} and {amount}.
• Add a direct link to display your own image or GIF.
• Animation Integration: Create a custom animation on the timeline, and Poltergeist will automatically animate the alert in, hold it on screen for your chosen duration, and smoothly animate it back out.

Element Grouping
Building complex layouts just got easier. You can now hold Shift to select multiple assets on your canvas, then click Group in the properties panel. They will lock together, allowing you to move, scale, and animate them as a single unit. Click Ungroup to separate them again.

Clear Current Layer
A new Clear Current Layer button has been added to the left sidebar. This allows you to instantly delete all unlocked assets on your currently selected layer (1 to 4) to quickly clean up your workspace. If you make a mistake, simply press CTRL+Z to undo it.

Bug Fixes & Performance

• Fixed an issue where the Mirror Image setting would sometimes fail to save.
• Fixed an issue where timeline animations could warp, speed up, or play twice if the dashboard browser tab was minimized in the background.
• Improved overall background performance and dashboard stability during long streaming sessions.

A new way to zoom in and out has been added.

The soundboard now has per-sound volume control. Each sound in your list has a dedicated VOL slider so mods can set individual levels independently before or during playback.