Hold Your Horses

Getting started

A pixel-art field where every viewer who chats gets their own tiny horse. The horses wander, graze, gallop, nap and get up to things while you're away or asleep. No Twitch login, no bot account, nothing to install: the page reads your chat anonymously and never posts anything.

Open horses.corard.tv. After the splash screen, press S or move the mouse and click the ⚙ cog.
Type your Twitch channel name and click Connect. The pill in the bottom-left turns green once it has joined chat, and your own horse walks in straight away.
Press F for fullscreen. The UI hides itself after a few seconds; move the mouse to bring it back.

Skip the panel entirely by putting the channel in the address:
https://horses.corard.tv/?channel=your_channel_name

The channel, checkboxes and ignore list are saved in the browser, so next time it reconnects on its own.

OBS setup

Add a Browser Source.
URL: https://horses.corard.tv/?channel=your_channel&nosplash=1
Set width and height to your canvas, e.g. 1920 × 1080.
Optional: tick "Shutdown source when not visible" if you want it to reset between scenes.

Tuned the game in the advanced panel? Use Copy URL there to get a link with every setting baked in, and paste that into OBS instead.

Settings

Quick panel S

Control	What it does
Twitch channel + Connect	Which chat to watch
Fullscreen	Same as pressing F
🧹 Clear	Send every horse home and forget them (asks first)
Show names	Name labels above horses
Show chat bubbles	Speech bubbles for chat messages, Twitch emotes included. Off by default
Ignored horses	Users who never get a horse. Prefilled with the common bots. Adding someone who already has a horse sends it home

Advanced panel Shift+S

Every knob there is. Everything applies live and is saved in this browser; the quick panel shows a subset of the same settings so the two stay in sync. The broadcaster and Corard can also change any of these from chat with !set (see chat commands).

Group	Settings
Connection & chat	Channel · sub alerts · raid celebrations · `!` commands on/off and who can use them (mods or everyone) · single-letter controls · who can use `!race` / `!event` / `!weather` · who can pick exclusive coats · the broadcaster's royal look on/off · the creator login (Corard) · ignored users
Population	Max horses · seconds between new horses · idle leave · how many hours horses are remembered · spawn queue bar
Display	Names · bubbles · bubble duration · text size · pixel size · splash screen · UI hide delay · debug overlay
World & time	Day length · a fixed time of day · weather on/off · which weather types can happen · weather frequency · birds, butterflies and fireflies
Events	Minutes between events · which event types can happen
Horse behaviour	Activity multiplier (walking, running, tricks) · night sleepiness · demo horses

At the bottom: Export JSON and Import JSON to back up or move settings, Copy URL to build a link with every non-default setting, and Reset (keeps the channel).

Defaults worth knowing: 150 horses max · a new horse every 40 s · idle leave after 180 min · horses remembered for 12 h · 8-minute days · an event roughly every 6 min · bubbles, sub alerts and raid celebrations off · ! commands for mods, the broadcaster and Corard only.

Keyboard

Squick settings

Shift+Sadvanced settings

Ffullscreen

Htoggle names

Rstart a race

Cclear the field (asks first)

Escclose panels

any keydismiss the splash

How the field works

JoiningYour horse walks in the moment chat connects. Everyone else joins a queue the first time they chat and enters one at a time. A small bar at the bottom fills while someone is waiting.

Same horse everywhereEach horse's coat, accessories and personality come from the viewer's Twitch login, so the same person always gets the same horse, on any channel.

BehavioursWander, graze, trot, gallop, look around, shake, lie down, doze, roll, rear, jump, dance, follow and nuzzle each other, and drink at the trough.

Day & nightA day lasts 8 minutes by default, starting at your real time. Nights bring stars, a moon, fireflies and shooting stars, and horses sleep far more.

ChattingChatting always wakes a sleeping horse. With bubbles on, messages appear above the horse with Twitch emotes rendered inline.

MemoryEvery horse remembers when its owner last chatted; that's saved in the browser for 12 hours so a refresh puts everyone back. Nothing else is logged.

Making roomOver 80% full, horses whose owners have been quiet longer than the idle limit walk off one at a time, quietest first. Completely full, the quietest leaves when a new one arrives. Your own horse is never sent home.

Raids & subsWith alerts on, a raid triggers confetti and tricks; a sub gets a banner and their horse rears. Both off by default.

Reserved looksCorard, who made the game, always gets an aquamarine horse with a laurel wreath and navy cape. Turn on the royal look and the broadcaster gets royal purple with a red cape. Nobody else can pick either.

Lying downResting horses tuck their legs under like the real thing, and sleepers puff little Zs. Chatting wakes yours up.

Events

Every 6 minutes or so something happens. Some events only show up at the right time of day. The little light on the barn roof is your subtle indicator: yellow normally, blinking a colour while an event runs, back to yellow after.

CarrotsCarrots land in the field and everyone trots over to eat them.

ZoomiesThe whole herd gallops off in one direction.

DiscoA mirror ball drops from the sky, coloured spots roam the field and every horse dances.

Wild unicornA mystery horse in an exclusive coat crosses the field and the herd follows.

Nap timeEveryone lies down. Mostly at night.

RaceA surprise race: line-up, 3-2-1-GO, first across wins a crown and confetti.

UFOA saucer hovers over a random horse, beams it up, drops it back. "What just happened??" Mostly at night.

Meteor showerNight only. Horses look up.

Hot air balloonDay only. Drifts across the sky.

TractorDrives along the top of the field puffing smoke.

Weather

A spell of weather turns up roughly every two or three game days.

RainPuddles form and grow, horses splash through them, and they dry out afterwards. Ends with a rainbow by day.

StormHeavier rain, a darker sky, and lightning every few seconds. Horses jump, look up or shake.

SnowFalling flakes, a white cover that settles and melts later, and horses breathing little puffs.

FogMist rolls over the field. Unicorn, golden, rainbow and shadow horses glow softly through it.

Watch the windmill on the hills: it whips round in a storm, turns briskly in rain, and barely moves in snow or fog.

Letter controls

Quiet controls for everyone that don't look like commands. A message must be one letter repeated, with or without spaces, so ordinary words never trigger them. More repeats do more: w w w w walks four steps up, aaaaaa six steps left (four or more and the horse trots).

Letters	Effect
`w` `a` `s` `d`	Step up, left, down, right. Repeat for further
`g`	Gallop the way the horse is facing. Repeat for further
`j`	Jump
`r`	Rear
`o`	Roll over
`e`	Eat. Repeat for longer
`l`	Look around
`c`	Celebrate (dance). Repeat for longer
`z`	Lie down and sleep
`x`	Wake up

Letter messages never show a bubble. Switch them off in advanced settings if you like.

Chat commands

By default the ! commands work only for mods, the broadcaster and Corard; everyone else steers with the letters above. Open them up to everyone in advanced settings. Not case-sensitive. The broadcaster and Corard also get !set for changing settings, further down.

Moving & idling

Command	Effect
`!gallop` `!run` `!zoom`	Gallop across the field
`!trot` `!walk`	Trot or wander somewhere
`!sleep` `!nap`	Lie down and sleep for a good while
`!wake` `!up`	Get back up
`!graze` `!eat`	Graze
`!look` `!shake`	Look around · shake it off

Tricks

Command	Effect
`!roll` `!rear` `!jump` `!dance`	Roll over · rear up · jump · dance with music notes
`!hug @name` `!nuzzle`	Walk over and nuzzle another horse (random if no name). They may nuzzle back
`!neigh`	A big NEIGH and a rear
`!leave` `!bye`	Walk off the field

Mods & broadcaster

Command	Effect
`!race`	Everyone lines up on the left, 3-2-1-GO, first across wins a crown and confetti
`!event`	Trigger a random event now, or a specific one: `!event ufo` (carrots, zoomies, disco, visitor, naptime, race, ufo, meteors, balloon, tractor)
`!weather`	Start weather now: `!weather storm`, rain, snow, fog, or clear
`!party!`	Confetti and everyone does a trick
`!clear`	Broadcaster only. Send every horse home and forget them

Settings from chat broadcaster & Corard

Any advanced setting can be changed live from chat and confirms with a banner, so it works even with bubbles off. Send just the name to see the current value.

Command	Effect
`!set <setting> <value>`	e.g. `!set bubbles on`, `!set spawn 30`, `!set eventtypes carrots,ufo`, `!set hour 22` (`!set hour auto` to cycle again)
Shorthand	Most settings work as their own command: `!bubbles on`, `!names off`, `!spawn 30`, `!daylength 10`, `!events 5`, `!max 150`, `!idle 120`, `!activity 1.5`, `!letters off`, `!subalerts on`, `!debug on`
`!settings`	Lists every setting name

Setting names are the URL option names from the table below. Booleans take on/off; lists are comma separated or all.

Outfits & coats

Each slot takes a name, random, or none. A name that doesn't exist makes the horse list the options.

Command	Options
`!hat`	cowboy, tophat, party, crown, beanie, flower, halo, propeller, wizard, bow, cap
`!glasses`	sunglasses, glasses, monocle, eyepatch
`!scarf`	scarf, bandana, bell, bowtie, lei, tie
`!saddle`	saddle, blanket, wings
`!style` / `!naked`	Reroll the whole outfit / remove everything

Handy aliases: top → tophat, tiara king queen → crown, hat baseball → cap, angel → halo, birthday → party, witch → wizard, shades → sunglasses, patch → eyepatch, collar → bell, rug → blanket.

Coats

!coat name (also !colour). random for a lucky dip.

Who	Coats
Everyone	bay, chestnut, black, grey, white, palomino, buckskin, dun, cremello, roan, pinto, appaloosa, dapple, liver, pink, blue, mint, lavender, zebra
Subs, VIPs & mods	unicorn, golden, rainbow, shadow (they sparkle, and glow in fog). Anyone can roll one randomly, very rarely

Aliases: brown → bay, red ginger → chestnut, purple → lavender, green → mint, gold → golden, yellow → palomino, cream → cremello, spotted → appaloosa, paint → pinto, silver → dapple, dark → black.

Two reserved looks. Corard, who made the game, gets an aquamarine coat, a navy cape with gold trim, a laurel wreath and an aquamarine name frame on any channel. With the royal look switched on in advanced settings, the broadcaster gets a royal purple coat with a golden mane, a red cape and a gold name frame. Both glow in fog; nobody else can pick either coat.

URL options

Add after ?, joined with &. Booleans take 1 or 0; lists are comma separated. The easiest way to get the exact link you want is Copy URL in the advanced panel. These names double as the !set setting names in chat.

Option	Meaning
`channel=name`	Twitch channel to watch
`nosplash=1`	Skip the splash screen (good for OBS)
`max=150`	Maximum horses on the field
`spawn=40`	Seconds between new horses entering
`idle=180`	Minutes of silence before a horse can be sent home when over 80% full. 0 = never
`remember=12`	Hours horses are remembered after a refresh
`names=0` `bubbles=1`	Name labels · speech bubbles
`textscale=1.2` `bubbletime=1.5`	Text size · bubble duration multipliers
`pix=3`	Screen pixels per game pixel. Bigger is chunkier; 0 = auto
`daylength=8`	Minutes per in-game day. 0 follows your real clock
`hour=22`	Freeze the time of day, 0 to 24
`weather=0` `weathertypes=rain,fog` `weatherrate=2`	Weather on/off · allowed types · frequency multiplier
`events=6` `eventtypes=carrots,ufo`	Minutes between events (0 = off) · allowed types
`activity=1.5` `sleepiness=0.5`	Behaviour multipliers
`subalerts=1` `raidalerts=1`	Sub banner · raid celebration
`commands=0` `commandsfor=everyone` `letters=0`	`!` commands on/off · who can use them · letter controls
`modcmds=broadcaster` `exclusivefor=mods`	Who can use mod commands · who can pick exclusive coats
`royal=1` `special=login`	Royal look on/off · extra login that gets it
`ignore=nightbot,otherbot`	Users who never get a horse
`critters=0` `spawnbar=0` `hudhide=5`	Birds and butterflies · spawn queue bar · UI hide delay
`demo=1` or `demo=80`	Fake horses and fake chat, no Twitch needed
`debug=1`	Overlay with FPS, frame timings, counts, clock, weather and event state

Testing without a live chat

Turn on Demo horses in advanced settings (or add ?demo=1) for fake horses and chat. For specific things, open the browser dev tools (F12, Console tab) and use the mock helper:

Command	What it does
`mock.sub("name")`	A new subscriber (also `"resub"`, `"subgift"` as a second argument)
`mock.raid("name", 42)`	An incoming raid with 42 viewers
`mock.chat("name", "hello!")`	A chat message. Add `{mod: true}` for mod powers (sub, vip, broadcaster too)
`mock.event("ufo")`	Start a field event now. No name for random
`mock.weather("storm")`	Start weather: rain, storm, snow, fog, clear
`mock.horses(20)`	Drop 20 fake horses straight in
`mock.help()`	Lists these

Press C or use Clear afterwards to tidy up.

Troubleshooting

Problem	Fix
Pill stays red	Check the channel name for typos. The game reconnects on its own if Twitch drops the connection
Bots getting horses	Add them to the ignored horses box
Too crowded	Lower max horses, raise the spawn interval, or press `C` to clear the field
Text too small or large	Change text size or pixel size in the advanced panel
Something looks stuck	Add `?debug=1` and send a screenshot of the overlay