NuzPoke guide

Getting started with NuzPoke

In a few minutes you will go from an empty run to an overlay that updates itself. This guide follows the shortest path; the specialist guides cover every detail afterwards.

Before you start

Two links with two different jobs

NuzPoke does not use accounts. Every run has two access links that must be treated differently:

AdminOpens configuration and can change the team. This is your private key.
StreamOnly displays the overlay. This is the link added to OBS.
Security rule

Never show the admin URL on stream, in chat, public screenshots or descriptions. Keep an .nzpk file as a backup too.

Step 1

Create the run and choose a visual identity

Open NuzPoke, select New run and complete three details:

  1. Run name: something recognizable for later.
  2. Trainer: the name that identifies your character or channel.
  3. Sprite style: the game or visual family you want on screen.

There are styles from generations 1 through 7, Pokémon Shuffle, and animated or static Pokémon HOME. Each game only covers the Pokémon and forms in its roster; HOME has the broadest coverage.

Retro, modern or flexible?

Choose a specific game to match your run. If species and variant coverage matters most, start with Pokémon HOME.

New run form with run name, trainer and sprite style
Complete the three initial fields before creating admin access.
Step 2

Add the team in its exact forms

Search by name or open Filters to narrow by type, region, gender difference and battle form. Selecting a species opens its variant picker.

  • Choose normal or shiny when the style supports it.
  • Select region, gender, permanent form or battle form.
  • Enter a nickname if you want it shown in the overlay.
  • Select Add to team and repeat for up to six slots.

The order in configuration is also the overlay order. Drag members to rearrange them.

What success looks like

The top area shows the run name, trainer, active sprite style and configured members.

NuzPoke configuration with a full team and catalog
The main view keeps the summary, six slots and catalog together.
Step 3

Prepare the overlay without deciding everything

Select Stream. Four choices are enough for the first test:

  1. Choose 1×6, 2×3, 3×2 or 6×1.
  2. Decide whether to show names and types.
  3. Position the block with horizontal and vertical alignment.
  4. Select Copy URL inside the arrangement card you want to lock.

Each arrangement card copies a specific URL that locks that layout. Even if you later choose another arrangement in the panel, that link keeps displaying its locked arrangement.

Backgrounds, patterns, opacity and animation can wait. They are saved with the run and do not change the link.

Good starting point

Use 6×1 for a bottom strip, 1×6 for a side and 3×2 for a wide corner. Start transparent and add a background only when the game reduces contrast.

Step 4

Run a complete test before going live

Paste the stream URL into a browser tab or a Browser Source in a test scene. With the overlay visible:

  • Add a Pokémon to an empty slot.
  • Drag two members into a new order.
  • Edit a variant or nickname.
  • Try an available evolution.
  • Remove a team member.

Every change should appear without a reload. Save the admin URL and download an .nzpk file from Share run.

Ready

The stream URL you just tested will stay the same for the whole run. The next step is setting it up correctly in OBS.

Real six-Pokémon overlay in a three-by-two arrangement
The view URL presents only the team, with no admin controls.
Quality control

Check every link, state and recovery path

Before setup is complete, test the run as three different people: the administrator, the person building the OBS scene and the viewer.

AdminCan search, add, edit, evolve, reorder and remove. Keep it private.
ViewOnly presents the team and reacts to changes. This is the URL OBS must open.
.nzpk filePreserves access for another browser; it is not an image or an independent copy of the run.

Open the view URL in a private window, make a change from admin and confirm it arrives without signing in or reloading. Then close and reopen NuzPoke and check the run appears under My runs.

Do not publish secrets in a test

Crop the address bar from screenshots and recordings. Treat a visible admin link as an exposed credential.

Dialog to copy access and save a run file
Share contains access copying and backup download.
Next guideHow to use NuzPoke

Learn by doing

Apply the guide to your own team.

Create a run, test every change and save the link you will use live.

Create a run