Shiba Games Guide

Step-by-step instructions to download, install, and enjoy our interactive TikTok game.

Step-by-step guide for downloading and installing our TikTok game.

Download the Game by clicking "Download for Windows.

Once the game has finished downloading, unzip the folder in your downloads folder (or wherever you want it).

Once you've extracted the files, You will see three folders

Before we can run the game, Java needs to be installed. Open FinishedServer and you will see a file "runServer".

THIS IS A WINDOWS BATCH FILE. Be very careful running files like this that you download from the internet. Bad Actors can plant malware in these files.
Right click and open the file in notepad to double check the contents of the file. The file should only check if Java is installed, and if so, run the Java server application
If you run the file and it tells you that you do not have Java installed, go HERE to download JDK21 from oracle.com. Make sure it is JDK 21 for Windows.
Download x64 Installer and run the installer after it has downloaded

After installing java, you need to add it to your paths. If you've never done this before, it can be scary. But it's pretty simple.

Go the directory (folder) where java has been installed. Usually C:\Program Files\Java then open the jdk folder. Double click the Bin folder to navigate there.
At the top of your file explorer, copy the ENTIRE path: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-21\bin for example
Now for the hard part: Click the windows search bar and type in "environment" ---- Click on [edit the system environment variables]
Click on Environment variables
Under System variables, click the one that says "Path"
While Path is selected, click edit, click new
Paste the java path --- click OK, click OK, click OK to close the 3 windows.
YOU DID IT!

Going back to those 3 folders you downloaded.

Open Finished Server
(optional) Inspect the runserver.bat with notepad if you want to double check there is no malicious code
Double Click runserver.bat then when prompted with the scary screen that says "Windows protected your PC", Click "more info" --- Run anyway.
Windows does this with applications it does not recognize to protect you from potential harm.
Now, the server should have started, type in your 4 digit Local server port you wish to use, then press enter.
THE SERVER IS NOW LIVE AND RUNNING

Going back to those 3 folders you downloaded.

Open FinishedTikTok
(optional) Inspect the RunTikTokLiveConnect.bat with notepad if you want to double check there is no malicious code
Double Click RunTikTokLiveConnect.bat then when prompted with the scary screen that says "Windows protected your PC", Click "more info" --- Run anyway.
Windows does this with applications it does not recognize to protect you from potential harm.
IMPORTANT
You must START your livestream before continuing. (You can connect to anybody's Live while you setup the game, just to test that everything is working properly)
Now, the Client should have started, type in the username of the ACTIVE tiktok live that you are connecting to, the press enter.
Enter the same server port number and press enter
THE Client IS NOW LIVE AND RUNNING

Going back to those 3 folders you downloaded.

Open Windows folder
Double Click MyProject (Unreal Engine Game APP)
IMPORTANT
If you have never run an unreal engine game file, your computer will need to update windows with some dependencies that are required to run the application.
Download the prompted unreal engine and windows updates. Install them. Wait a bit, it could take a while.
IMPORTANT
You must START your livestream before continuing. (You can connect to anybody's Live while you setup the game, just to test that everything is working properly)
Now, Run the Unreal Engine game "MyProject"
Enter the same server port number and press "Confirm Port"
THE GAME IS NOW RUNNING

Main Menu

Start: Starts the game
Quality Options: Adjusts resolution, Antialiasing, graphic quality. (default settings are already best, leave as is)
Screen Settings: Adjusts screen resolution and window size. (Make window vertical, select vertical resolution 720x1280 or 1080x1920 and choose windowed or windowed full screen ----Windowed fullscreen only works with portrait oriented monitors)
Exit: Exits the game

Pause Menu (ESC)

Pauses game

Resume: Resumes game
Settings: Screen settings again, and adjust [win point threshold]. (Win points are how many points greater than the other team are needed in order to win) You should adjust these based on how many viewers you are getting in your stream.
Restart: Restarts the game, restarts points and wins
Exit: Exits the game

Debugging Commands

Spacebar: Recalls the Gift Queues (if viewers claim their gifts aren't being activated it could be just that they're not on a team but in case of bugs spacebar will recall the gift queues from the server if they are backlogged)
1: Triggers Kamala Corgi Animation
2: Triggers Trump Corgi Animation
3: Triggers Kamala TinyDiny Animation
4: Triggers Trump TinyDiny Animation
5:Triggers Kamala Tiktok/Lightning Animation
6: Triggers Trump Tiktok/Lightning Animation
8: Gives Team Trump 250 Points
9: Gives Team Kamala 250 Points