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Fun channels

The Fun channels module creates playful, automated spaces on your Discord server. Kotbo enforces the rules and keeps score in real time for several classic games.

Counting channel

Section titled “Counting channel”

The counting game invites your members to count as high as they can, in ascending order (1, 2, 3, 4, and so on).

Setting up the channel

Section titled “Setting up the channel”
  1. Go to Community → Fun channels.
  2. In the first block, Counting Channel, open the Discord channel dropdown and pick the channel dedicated to the game.
  3. The block shows, in real time:
    • Count: the current score of the counting chain.
    • Last player: the ID of the last user who posted a valid number.
  4. If a member makes a mistake or you want to reset the game, click Reset the count (a confirmation message appears).

One Word Story

Section titled “One Word Story”

This collaborative game invites the community to write a shared story, one word at a time.

Setting up the channel

Section titled “Setting up the channel”
  1. In the middle block, One Word Story, select the text channel dedicated to the story from the Discord channel dropdown.
  2. The status area shows the ID of the last author who added a word.
  3. This channel is entirely policed by the bot: invalid messages are deleted and double posts are blocked without any moderator involvement.

Mystery Number

Section titled “Mystery Number”

Challenge your members to guess a secret number generated at random by the bot.

Setting up the channel

Section titled “Setting up the channel”
  1. In the third block, Mystery Number, select the game’s text channel from the Discord channel dropdown.
  2. The block shows the Mystery target (visible only to staff, on the dashboard).
  3. To change the target value or start a new round manually, click Generate new target. A Generate a new mystery number? confirmation appears before it applies.

Word Chain

Section titled “Word Chain”

Each word must start with the previous word’s last letter.

Setting up the channel

Section titled “Setting up the channel”
  1. In the Word Chain block, pick the dedicated channel from the Discord Channel dropdown.
  2. The block shows the Last word played and the Last player.
  3. The Reset the chain button starts over, after confirmation.
  4. Words with ligatures (cœur, œuvre) are accepted, and a word cannot end with a hyphen.

Emoji Riddle

Section titled “Emoji Riddle”

Members guess the phrase hidden behind a string of emojis.

Setting up the channel

Section titled “Setting up the channel”
  1. In the Emoji Riddle block, pick the dedicated channel.
  2. The block shows the Current clue: it is the same string of emojis the bot posts in the channel, not a secret.
  3. The New riddle button generates another one, after confirmation. Kotbo announces it in the channel right away, as it does after every correct answer.

Writing your own riddles

Section titled “Writing your own riddles”

Below the channel, the Server riddles section holds your own list: they are drawn at random in the channel, just like the ones Kotbo ships. The counter shows your total out of a maximum of 200.

Compose the emojis

Type them or pick them from the emoji picker.

List the accepted answers

One answer per line, for example the lion king then lion king. Accents, case and punctuation are ignored when comparing.

Add the riddle

It can come up from the very next draw. Each riddle can then be edited and deleted from its card.

The Include built-in riddles switch mixes yours with Kotbo’s. Turned off, only yours are drawn - unless you have none. The Show built-in riddles link unfolds the default list.

Never Say Yes/No

Section titled “Never Say Yes/No”

No answering yes or no.

Setting up the channel

Section titled “Setting up the channel”
  1. In the Never Say Yes/No block, pick the dedicated channel.
  2. The channel is moderated automatically: any message containing the French words “oui” or “non” is deleted.

Emoji Only

Section titled “Emoji Only”

Only emojis are allowed in the channel.

Setting up the channel

Section titled “Setting up the channel”
  1. In the Emoji Only block, pick the dedicated channel.
  2. The channel is moderated automatically: any message containing anything but emojis is deleted. Server emojis, skin tones, flags and keycap digits all get through.

Image of the day

Section titled “Image of the day”

One image per member per day: everyone posts the image they like best today, from 00:00 to 23:59 server time.

Setting up the channel

Section titled “Setting up the channel”
  1. In the Image of the day block, select the dedicated channel.
  2. This channel is moderated automatically: a message without an image, or a second image the same day, is deleted, with a message explaining why. Staff are not filtered.

Punitive mode

Section titled “Punitive mode”

A single switch, shared by every game, decides what happens on a mistake.

  • On: a counting or word-chain mistake resets the game to zero.
  • Off: the offending message is deleted and its author warned, without breaking the progress.

Saving your changes

Section titled “Saving your changes”