Now on v0.5.0 alpha
Changelog
What changed in each version of Wisdom of the Chat. The newest is at the top.
v0.5.0 2026-09-27CURRENT
Added
- A much bigger question pool: 140 questions across 15 categories, including Film & TV, Music, Geography & places, Food & drink, Animals & nature, Space & science, History, World records, Money & prices and After Dark.
- Every question now tells chat exactly what to answer in, like "Answer in millions of hours" or "Answer with the number of islands".
Changed
- Bigger "Type in Chat" prompt and answer examples, easier to read on stream.
- The result banner sits in the middle of the board, larger, away from camera corners. Click it to hide it.
v0.4.0 2026-09-27
Added
- "Signed in as" indicator above the question, with a light that shows when chat is connected.
- The Your guess box pulses while the timer runs until the streamer has guessed.
Changed
- Clearer Sign in & settings button that shows it opens a menu.
- Rounds can only start once you've signed in with Twitch and your chat is connected.
- Chat reconnects on its own when you reload the page.
v0.3.0 2026-09-27
Added
- Spot on names on the result banner for anyone who guessed the exact answer, streamer included. If nobody did, it shows the closest chatters and how far off they were.
- Auto reveal: the Reveal button counts down (15s by default) and reveals the answer on its own. Change or turn it off in Host.
- Sign out of Twitch button in Host. It cancels the sign-in with Twitch and removes it from your browser.
- Privacy, Security and Terms pages, plus this changelog, linked in the footer.
- Version tag in the footer.
- Contact line: questions, ideas, bugs and question suggestions go to hello@wotc.stream.
Changed
- The crowd wisdom score now sits in a tab next to the Galton board, so the page is shorter and cleaner.
- Cloudflare no longer stores request logs for the site.
v0.2.0 2026-09-27
Added
- Live at wotc.stream on Cloudflare, with HTTPS, security headers and locked-down file access.
- New name: Wisdom of the Chat (WOTC).
- Question pool of 33 sourced statistics in 5 categories: Human habits, Gaming, Twitch & streaming, Wikipedia and Classics.
- Crowd wisdom score, based on the Diversity Prediction Theorem.
- The scale zooms to fit chat's answers. Outliers are parked at the edges.
- Chat shows while the timer runs, then fades away as everyone flies onto the scale.
- Demo chatters, available only to the game's owner.
Changed
- The Galton board falls slower.
- Code split into separate style and script files.
v0.1.0 2026-09-27
Added
- First prototype: chat answers land on a scale with their profile pictures, chat's average takes on the streamer, and a Galton board shows the spread.