Discord has unveiled its latest innovation, the Social SDK, offering external developers the opportunity to connect with users’ friends, chat, and engage in multiplayer gaming seamlessly.
The primary objective of Discord Social SDK is to target game developers looking to tap into the direct gaming community network, approximately 200 million active Discord users monthly. Players can now bring their Discord friends into the game instantly. Notable game developers leveraging this feature include Theorycraft Games, Facepunch Studios, 1047 Games, Scopely, Mainframe Industries, Elodie Games, Tencent Games, with games like Supervive and Marvel Strike Force already benefiting from this integration.
Key features of Discord Social SDK include accessing friends’ lists, sending game invites to play together, displaying current game status to friends, in-game text and voice chat capabilities.
The SDK currently supports C++ language, Unity and Unreal Engine games, exclusively on Windows 11 and macOS systems, while versions for consoles and mobile are in the pipeline.
TLDR: Discord introduces the Social SDK for seamless multiplayer gaming integration and enhanced communication features for game developers and players.
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