Discord Unveils Social SDK to Enhance Multiplayer Gaming Experience
Discord's Social SDK helps developers integrate friends lists, messaging, and in-game invites for better multiplayer gaming.
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Discord Unveils Social SDK to Enhance Multiplayer Gaming Experience
Discord on Monday announced the launch of its Discord Social SDK, a free toolkit that allows developers to leverage the platform’s social infrastructure to enhance their games’ social and multiplayer experiences. The toolkit allows developers to improve their in-game experiences, whether players have a Discord account or not. Image:Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto / Getty Images Social integrations include a unified friends list that allows players to access their Discord friends in-game and their in-game friends on Discord, making it easier to stay connected both in and out of the game. Plus, the SDK offers deep-linked game invites that enable players to invite their friends to directly join their party or lobby. 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, D…
