DSSpectate is an application which launches the Dark Souls – Prepare to Die Edition game by From Software. It can then open a picture feed server for your game, so that your co-op friends can see the contents of your Dark Souls screen as you play. This is accomplished by capturing the desktop where your Dark Souls game is running and then feeding the captured screenshots to those who are connected to your spectator server.

Co-op in Dark Souls can be a difficult to get started with. It often ends up with you trying to instruct your friends where you've left your summon sign. This is of course by design, FROM Software clearly did not want an end-to-end co-op experience. However if you really want to play Dark Souls with your friends, DSSpectate will allow you to bridge this gap a little. DSSpectate allows you to find friends more easily and keep your characters in sync. Also it's just kind of cool to be able to see what your friends are up to in game, especially when they are up to points in the game where you cannot summon.

For the latest releases and news and info about DS Spectate visit the main site:

DS Spectate Site

There's two versions of this application on the main site. The other (DSFix version) contains a the Durante Fix 0.6 UI but I decided to stop packaging it with the fix. If you still want the old 0.6 fix as well, you can use this version.

Contact me over at the DS Spectate forums if you need help:

DS Spectate Forums

You'll need .NET 4 Framework (Full Profile) for this, don't worry though, the installer will install it for you if you've not got it installed.