Principles
Fundamental best practices for integrating Discord’s social layer into your game. These principles ensure a seamless and engaging user experience.
Signing In
Strategies for implementing user authentication and account linking, allowing players to connect their Discord accounts with your game.
Connection Points
Key integration points where your game can interact with Discord’s services, enhancing the overall player experience through seamless connectivity.
Branding Guidelines
Guidelines for using Discord’s brand assets within your game, ensuring consistent and respectful representation of the Discord brand.
Unified Friends List
Techniques for designing a unified friends list - allowing players to see and interact with their Discord friends directly within your game.
Direct Messages
Best practices for enabling direct messaging between players, facilitating private communication, and enhancing social interactions.
Chat History
Best practices for implementing chat history in Discord Social SDK integrations
Social Settings
Best practices for implementing and managing access to the Discord social settings in games using the Discord Social SDK
Provisional Accounts
Designing around provisional accounts for users who prefer not to link their Discord accounts, allowing them to enjoy social features still.
Status & Rich Presence
Leveraging Discord’s presence and rich presence features to display detailed player status and game activity for in-game social interactions.
Consoles
Integrating Discord’s social features on console platforms, ensuring a consistent experience across different devices.
Game Friends
Techniques for managing and displaying in-game friends, allowing players to connect and play with their Discord friends easily.
Linked Channels
Guidelines for linking Discord channels to your game, enabling players to connect and communicate across different platforms.
Change Log
| Date | Changes |
|---|---|
| March 17, 2025 | initial release |