Discord launches SDK to help developers enhance social experiences in their games

Communication features include cross-platform messaging to allow players to keep conversing across desktop, console, and mobile. Other features include the ability to link in-game chats to specific Discord channels in their servers, and voice chat.

“For game creators from indie to AAA, Discord is where you can connect with the world’s largest and most engaged community of players to fuel the growth of your game before, during, and after launch,” Discord co-founder and CTO Stan Vishnevskiy, said in a press release. “Game discovery and retention have never been so critical, and we’re excited to help developers grow their games by reaching gamers where they are.”

Discord says the toolkit is already being used by many developers, including Theorycraft Games, Facepunch Studios, 1047 Games, Scopely, Mainframe Industries, Elodie Games, Tencent Games, and others. 

Discord Social SDK is compatible with C++, Unreal Engine, and Unity, and supports Windows 11+ and macOS. Support for console and mobile is coming soon, the company says.

The platform boasts more than 200 million monthly active users who spend a combined 1.5+ billion hours playing games each month on PC alone.