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We're kicking off Game Developers Conference 2025 week with an exciting announcement! Today we're launching Discord Social SDK 🚀, enabling developers of all sizes to tap into Discord’s social infrastructure and drive their game’s social and multiplayer experiences for all their players — with or without a Discord account — at no cost. “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. 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." – Stanislav Vishnevskiy, Co-Founder and CTO Early developers leveraging Discord Social SDK include: Theorycraft Games, Facepunch Studios, 1047 Games, Scopely, Mainframe Industries, Elodie Games, Tencent Games, and more. Discord Social SDK is compatible with C++, both Unreal Engine and Unity, and supports Windows 11+ and macOS. Support for console and mobile is in the works and coming soon. 👀Check out these case studies of Theorycraft (https://lnkd.in/dYpRmxQ8) and Farm Merge Valley (https://lnkd.in/d2kzBftn) to see how Discord has become a launchpad where developers can cultivate thriving communities, connect with passionate players and watch their creations grow. And if you want to learn more about Discord Social SDK, read our blog (https://lnkd.in/d6WHtvF4) . Get out there and start playing 🎮! #LifeatDiscord #GDC2025

What happens when you pivot? For Discord, it meant transforming from a video game studio into the social platform we are today. But as Jason Citron shares in this conversation with Andrew Chen at a16z speedrun, that journey wasn’t exactly smooth sailing. Some team members embraced the vision. Others… left (some even via Post-It Note 🫣). Pivoting can be messy, but sometimes, it’s the path to building something truly impactful. Check out Jason’s insights on navigating change, leadership, and making tough calls in this fantastic discussion. Huge thanks to Andrew for sharing this conversation! 📺 Watch the full video here: Andrew Chen’s post: https://lnkd.in/e2cNn-AE #Discord #Pivoting #StartupLessons #Leadership #a16zSpeedrun

🎮Countdown to GDC 2025: Join Us Next Week! Game Developers Conference 2025 officially starts next week, and we couldn't be more excited to connect with our amazing community! 🎯 Connect With Us! Make sure you stop by our booth in South Hall (# S1627) to chat with our team, see demos, and pick up some exclusive swag! While you plan your GDC experience, be sure to check out our programming schedule below so you don't miss any of our sessions. 📋 Don't Miss Our Featured Presentations: Wednesday, March 19th - 11:00-11:30am | Discord Booth (South Hall # S1627) A Game Developer's Guide: Building and Running Your Discord Community - 11:45am-12:15pm | Discord Booth (South Hall # S1627) Discord x Wicked Saints Studios: The Power of Gaming for Well-Being - 12:30-1:30pm | West Hall 2011 Farm Merge Valley: How CoolGames Maximized Game-Platform Fit on Discord - 2:15-2:45pm | Discord Booth (South Hall # S1627) Deep Dive with Theorycraft Games's Supervive - 3:30-4:30pm | Industry Stage Insights for Devs: Engage and Grow Your Audience on Discord Thursday, March 20th - 11:00am-12:00pm | West Hall 2020/2022 Discord for Game Devs: Build Where the World Plays - 12:15-12:45pm | Discord Booth (South Hall # S1627) Learn with Little Umbrella - A Playroom Studio: Building and Scaling an AI Game on Discord - 1:15-1:45pm | Discord Booth (South Hall # S1627) Powering Player Connections - 2:00-3:00pm | West Hall 2020/2022 From Vision to Vive'n: Supervive's Discord-Driven Development Strategy - 3:30-4:00pm | Discord Booth (South Hall # S1627) Fuel Your Player Retention: Leveraging Notifications for Activities Friday, March 21st - 11:00am-11:30am | Discord Booth (South Hall # S1627) Building Your First Discord Activity with Mojiworks - 2:00-2:30pm | Discord Booth (South Hall # S1627) A Game Developer's Guide: Building and Running Your Discord Community Looking forward to seeing you all there! Which sessions are you most excited about? Let us know in the comments below! 👇 #GDC2025 #GameDev #Discord #GamingCommunity

Leveling up your Game Developers Conference 2025 experience is easy, all you have to do is stop by our booth # S1627! Located just steps away from the industry stage at Moscone Center South, we will be open every day during GDC’s regular hours (10 a.m. - 6 p.m. PT on Wednesday & Thursday, and 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. PT on Friday) and would love to chat with you in person. What we're bringing this year: - 12 presentations with some of our key partners - regular merch giveaways, - a suite of demo stations for you to get hands on with Discord, - and more! Drop a comment below and let us know if you’re planning on being there! #LifeatDiscord #GamesandMore

Game Developers Conference 2025 is almost here… and you know we wouldn’t miss it! 👀 🎮 Discord attending again for the third year in a row! Where will we be? What will we be doing? Stay tuned—more to come soon. 😏 Who’s going to #GDC2025? Drop a 🎮 in the comments!

On Safer Internet Day, and every day, Discord is committed to making the internet as a whole a better, safer place. We’re proud to provide additional tools for our users to make informed choices about their online experiences, and to come together with others in the industry to invest in safety features. Today, we’re announcing that Discord is a founding partner of ROOST.tools, a new cross-industry non-profit foundation that addresses a critical gap in child safety and digital safety by providing free, open-source safety tools to organizations of all sizes. This will alleviate the need for organizations to reinvent the wheel in building tools that already exist, empowering them to focus on growing their platforms or services while also protecting their online users. Other founding partners include OpenAI, Google, Roblox, Special Competitive Studies Project - SCSP, Knight Foundation, AI Collaborative, The Patrick J. McGovern Foundation, and Project Liberty. Read more about the foundation here: https://lnkd.in/e5StcA5p. Additionally, our new safety tool, Ignore, is launching globally, giving our users an additional option in their toolbox to manage their social boundaries in a gentler way. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/e37SHXKJ

We're excited to present the BEST DISCORD GAME AWARD category with the awesome folks at Discord To all #gamedevs out there! Boost your game's #social and #multiplayer features to the next level with Discord Activities and join the Championship to Win the main prize of💰$5000👀 Check out the details and submit your game here: https://lnkd.in/dSnUtW-t

Have you ever been gifted a game so good that it altered your brain chemistry for the better? We know we have and that's why we work here! Read on to hear more from our very own Emi, Matt, Cody, and Scott about what games they’ve played in December and the best games they’ve ever been gifted!

This is why we’re so dedicated to making Discord the best place to hang out before, during and after gaming. ♥️ “In the early days of the pandemic, Josh Kramer and his wife set up a Discord server to stay in touch with their friends…Now, more than four years later, it's become ‘essential’ for the extended friend group, says Kramer.” Check out the full story below, including insights from our very own Savannah Badalich! "We don't have that endless doomscrolling," Badalich says. "We don't have that place where you're passively consuming content. Discord is about real-time interaction."

🎮 Interested in building interactive Activities on Discord from games to music experiences and more?
 Our very own Justin Beckwith joined Sean Falconer at Software Engineering Daily to discuss why developers looking for a platform to build their game or interactive experience should consider Discord. Spoiler alert - we help you build, share, distribute, get discovered, and monetize your creations. Justin breaks down our developer tools, the tech behind the platform, and tips for getting started. "One of the funnest projects I’ve ever worked on here at Discord has been the release of Activities—making it so that developers can build HTML5 JavaScript games and put them right into Discord. Web games aren’t entirely new, but the twist we’re able to put on it that’s a lot of fun is bringing the social structure to that game. Instead of starting a game on your own and playing solo, you can do it with friends. You can do it in a video call - have context, have video, voice, chat - all of that already taken care of, and bring your game into that environment." Check it out here: https://lnkd.in/gG2tTMbG