We’re happy to announce the release of Porcupine’s new Twitch Extension — ‘Unknown Meta’ for PUBG!

‘Unknown Meta’ is an extension designed to help streamers provide real-time information about their current PUBG match, as well as past matches, without interfering the flow of their gameplay or interaction with their chat.

The extension allows viewers to open the current match’s map with a click of a button (overlayed on your stream on Twitch), with indicators of the steamer’s current location on it, where he left the plane (and stopped hearing ‘China #1’ blasted in his ears), where he got his kills, and where he finally ran himself over with his car by mistake (his death location). Here’s a screenshot of how a mediocre match looks like in the extension:

(gameplay hint — don’t just run through open fields, dummy)

When we tune into a PUBG streams in a middle of the game, we usually feel the urge to get an understanding of how the match looked so far, with the only indications being the kill count and the number of players remaining, and you can’t even see the kill count on the screen at all times. That experience led us to come up with the idea for ‘Unknown Meta’

Seeing a quick recap of an ongoing match gets the user more involved and engaged with the stream, and can generate a lot of conversation in the chat — discussing where the player should go, and why he shouldn’t have landed in the school.

The extension also offers a history of the last matches, so the streamer can use it to explain his decision making in past matches, or go over his day’s performance, flexing over his 10+ kill wins.

We’re currently working on additional features based on feedback we got from our beta testers. Here are a couple of those we’re currently working on or considering to add:

Showing popular jumping locations on the map based on the data we collect

The ability to mark places on a the map as a viewer to encourage viewer interaction

Download ‘Unknown Meta’ HERE.

We want your feedback!

It’s extremely important for us to learn what mechanics work, what’s fun and what you’d like to see in the future.

In order to share your feedback, join us in our Discord server and/or follow us on Twitter and Facebook.

We hope you enjoy using the extension, and we’d love to hear your feedback and hear about any features you would like to be added!

The team @ Porcupine