Introduction

Speedthon runs speedrun marathons. You build the OBS overlays, open signups, review them, build the schedule, drive the stream live and take donations, all on the same site, with the same accounts and the same data. How it started is on the About page.

How it fits together

A marathon goes through the same steps every time, and each one has its page:

1. An organization holds your people, layouts and images. See Organizations.
2. A marathon belongs to an organization and has dates, a layout and one or more outputs. See Marathons.
3. The layout is designed in the editor, out of modules such as the timer, runner cards and game feeds.
4. Runners and volunteers sign up, staff review the signups and build the schedule.
5. On the day, operators run the show from the live dashboard, and the overlay in OBS follows every change at once.
6. Viewers donate toward incentives and bid wars, and moderators approve what shows on stream.

Who does what

Help buttons

Panels across the app have a small ? button. It opens the section of these docs that explains that panel, in a new tab, so whatever you were editing stays open.