Discord Developers

Learn how to hook up the Discord Social SDK, intercept live audio, and route it into Unity’s AudioSource for proximity voice chat in your game! 🔗 Watch the full tutorial: https://lnkd.in/g2XYMebR 🔗 Check out Discord’s official guide to adding proximity voice chat in Unity: https://lnkd.in/gmCpe_FX

Learn how to hook up the Discord Social SDK, intercept live audio, and route it into Unity’s AudioSource for proximity voice chat in your game! 🔗 Watch the full tutorial: https://lnkd.in/g2XYMebR 🔗 Check out Discord’s official guide to adding proximity voice chat in Unity: https://lnkd.in/gmCpe_FX

Are you a game developer looking to build and grow a thriving player community? In this video, Discord Developer Advocate Anthony T. shares a practical roadmap for building and scaling your Discord server alongside your game's development cycle. Learn how to capture your audience early, keep them engaged, and utilize Discord's powerful developer tools to boost your game's success. Check it out! 👇 https://lnkd.in/gzXMvDkv

Join Developer Advocate Jameka March for a walkthrough of the latest Social SDK advancements purpose-built for mobile games. In this session you’ll get a tour of our updated documentation, plus a live demonstration of our refreshed Unity sample, now available for mobile game design out of the box. 📍 Tuesday, July 21, 11am PT on the DDevs server! RSVP here → https://lnkd.in/g-tfUmAp

Arena Breakout × Discord: How Tencent integrated the Discord Social SDK to deepen squad connections, re-engage players, and grow a thriving community around one of mobile gaming's most demanding games. Key Takeaways: 1. The integration of Discord's Unified Friends List and Game Invites streamlined squad formation by replacing fragmented, cross-platform coordination with a seamless, one-tap in-game experience. 2. By working directly with Discord to create an in-app account linking flow, the team successfully reduced friction, leading to significantly higher conversion rates for new player connections. 3. The integration turned the game's official Discord server into an active community hub, bridging the gap between in-game raiding and out-of-game socializing to drive deeper player engagement. Read the full case study →  https://lnkd.in/gjkCpkVj

Ready to dig into the Social SDK experience on mobile games but don’t know where to start? What better way to start a game dev journey than with our Unity sample game? The latest mobile sample showcases many Discord Social SDK features in a complete, interactive Unity scene: 1. Account Linking & Authentication: Discord OAuth2 integration with secure token storage 2. Friends List: Display and interact with Discord friends lists 3. Rich Presence: Dynamic Discord activity cards with lobby and invite integration 4. Game Lobbies: Create, join, and manage multiplayer lobbies 5. Game Invitations: Send invites for friends to join your lobby Grab the sample here → https://lnkd.in/ghhbWDGT

Did you know the Discord Social SDK is a powerful solution to drive social play on small screens? 📱 Get started with your integration for iOS and Android games with our new mobile guide! It covers what’s supported on mobile, the mobile-specific setup you’ll need, and where to go next for each game engine. Get started →  https://lnkd.in/gT7cSzqz

Join Discord Developer Advocates Mark Mandel and Anthony T. for a technical deep dive into the end-to-end lifecycle of provisional accounts using the Discord Social SDK. This session provides a comprehensive look at how developers can implement and manage these provisional accounts, so players can take advantage of the social features the Social SDK provides, even though they haven't linked a full Discord account to their game yet. In this video, you will learn: - Provisional Account Basics: What they are and how they allow users to access social features like DMs, lobbies, and friend lists. - Best Practices for Creation: Why the server-authoritative bot token endpoint is the recommended method for creating and managing accounts securely. - Technical Implementation: A coding walkthrough using C++ for the frontend, and Go for the backend, to demonstrate authenticating with access tokens and retrieving user data. - Account Merging and Unmerging: How to handle the transition (account linking) from a provisional account to a full Discord account and how to revert that process. - Data Migration: Understanding which information, such as friend lists and DM history, transfers between accounts during a merge and unmerge. - Advanced Lifecycle Management: Tips for handling token expiration, using webhooks for deauthorization events, and leveraging application testers to enable development rate limits. 📺👉 https://lnkd.in/g_pUKP9B

🤖 Have you ever wanted to build a Discord app, and not known where to start?   🔧 Come join Colin Loretz and Mark Mandel in the Discord Developers Discord Server next Tuesday as Colin Loretz steps us through what, how and why you can build slash commands within Discord with your very first bot! 👉 https://lnkd.in/gTWAH8GB

Unlock the potential of the world’s most engaged gaming audience by understanding the data behind player behavior and ad receptivity. Experts from GWI and Gamesite reveal how to leverage a data set of 1 million annual interviews to move beyond the myth that gamers hate ads. Key Insights: - Busting Ad Myths: Gamers are sophisticated enough to recognize and value a fair exchange for their time, particularly through rewarded ads. - Efficiency and ROI: Early results from Discord Quests show costs as low as $0.46 per install and double the conversion efficiency of median networks. - Reaching Premium Segments: Gamers are 40% more likely than the general population to be in high-income brackets and are heavy consumers of premium products like travel and beauty. 📺 Watch the video from our GDC booth talk series: https://lnkd.in/gKCxkJEB