game-dev-chat

[hybrid osprey]

Mostly general

But I would like to learn some simple games

[dreamy inlet]

If that’s the case JavaScript is a great option because JS can also make web games (and Discord Activities)

[hybrid osprey]

Ty

[turbid latch]

what was it that one called three.js?

[oblique edge]

Three.js, babylon.js, PlayCanvas, pixi.js, Phaser and more

That's quite a few games engines and frameworks to make JS games these days

[turbid latch]

i worked in pixijs was fun

though my game was literally blocks trying to eat other blocks 😅

[sick tendon]

Would it be possible to create a bot that notifies users when new missions are added?

[fiery tide]

How would you plan on notifying them? In general, the answer is yes, but there are some implementation considerations depending on how you go about it. (for instance, DMing people is a bad choice)

[sick tendon]

It would involve creating a channel for the bot, and the bot would send a message to the channel announcing the mission, including the mission name, the reward (whether orbs, an avatar, or an in-game item), and a game banner or image.

so you can create a role on the server and the people want the notification get the role

[fiery tide]

Yeah, that's pretty straightforward, very much doable.

Implementation considerations here would be how you store the config info for multiple servers (assuming it's not just on one server), whether you're using webhooks or not, etc.

[inland ruin]

Fetching Quests is not directly available in the API... so highly depends on how you plan on fetching available Quests... Discord Previews uses datamining to achieve this

[violet solar]

who know lua in mta?

[smoky coral]

here

!

[prisma bloom]

Hey guys, I just launched my card game in the discord activities. I need some people to test out the game for bugs/feedback. If you'd like to try it out it's called besugen, lmk if the rules are not clear!

[rocky horizon]

Jak kogoś zgłośić

[tender sleet]

Nice! Do you have any screenshots or videos of it being played?

[rocky horizon]

Hello, I have a question, how can I report someone on the forum, I am Polish

[lavish flame]

https://dis.gd/howtoreport

[prisma bloom]

Any feedback is appriciated! Works on mobile aswell as desktop. It's a classic trick taking game like oh hell

But i'd like to add my own twist to it

[inland ruin]

might want to add a background to the user card in game for some improved clarity on the sub text

and on the mobile view... could use some left padding as the bid text is extremely close to the edge of the screen and doesnt align with the left padding of the buttons right above it

[rocky horizon]

I report it, you don't do anything about it

@lavish flame

[inland ruin]

what do you mean "you"?

none of us here are trust and safety

[prisma bloom]

oh yep that makes sense, thank you

[inland ruin]

and this is not a problem but just a suggestion... what would it look like with the lives above the profile picture rather than underneath? could save some space especially on mobile where every little bit matters

kinda like this

[oblique edge]

Tried to play it but there's no single player mode

Do you just want feedback on the game or how well it fits in discord activities?

[prisma bloom]

Oh this is very nice actually

[prisma bloom]

Yeah I just realized it's hard for people to try out, it doesn't make sense single player. I will work on implementing online mode so people can play with strangers

[oblique edge]

It really needs a single player mode of some sort to work. There's no safe area to learn the rules

Either against a bot or as part of a tutorial

[prisma bloom]

No way you worked on the Harry Potter game ?? That was one of my childhood favorite man

[oblique edge]

Yep, worked on two of the movie titles 😄

[prisma bloom]

Order of the Phoenix was absolutely magical

[oblique edge]

I apologise for all the chores

😅

[prisma bloom]

That was my concern as well, it's very easy to pickup but you just have to play it because it's hard to explain. I will implement this asap, thank you very much

[prisma bloom]

❤️

[oblique edge]

You may want to introduce concepts one at a time

It's a lot of information to take in all at once. A guided tutorial game would help a lot

Even a very easy bot could go a long way

Overall, the game is missing an identity. Something that makes the game have a unique feeling. Eg hearthstone has the tavern and world of warcraft characters. Balatro has that joker character and theme that carries through the whole game

[prisma bloom]

I get it, that's very hard to do but I'll think of something

[lavish surge]

Further testing for simple plugins (sonnet 4.5).
For complex ones (opus 4.6), it's performing exceptionally good as well!
Great results so far... We are close to launching 🚀

[drifting gull]

AI is capable of recreating well defined features like this but it will struggle with things non trivial and/or original

[oblique edge]

What tool are you using? Is this https://craftea.app/ ?

[surreal bramble]

really glad!

[lavish surge]

Hey! I'm using modal for the AI compute infrastructure and react + typescript for the frontend. It uses Haiku 4.5 for analysis and validation, Sonnet 4.5 for simple plugins generation and opus 4.6 for more complex ones.
Yeah, it's https://craftea.app/

[oblique edge]

Ah I see!

I thought Craftea was your AI tool for building

[wanton plover]

Opus 4.6 released a couple of hours ago, how are you already using it 😭

Oh I didn't see your first message

But still wild lol

True

[copper moss]

I miss when opus was an audio codec

[fast whale]

but its still an audio codec what else opus could refer to?

[oblique edge]

LLM model from Anthropic

[surreal bramble]

holy nerd yap

what ai slop are yall on about

[oblique edge]

Mostly about the recently released models with larger contexts. I'm currently givng Devin a good go with 3 agents in parallel to burn through a bunch of small tasks to see if the context switching makes sense as a batch

[tender sleet]

When you've got multiple agents running in parallel do they ever collide in files or do you generally keep their work separate enough that they won't be editing the same things?

[oblique edge]

I'm running them on Devin's cloud VMs so I don't while about clashing. I believe the ones you use locally, you can setup git worktrees that allow you to work in parallel although it's not a workflow I've used yet

eg https://medium.com/@dtunai/mastering-git-worktrees-with-claude-code-for-parallel-development-workflow-41dc91e645fe

[spare condor]

Hey guys! I’ve been working on a project called Escapecord. It brings interactive escape rooms directly into Discord private threads—it’s got that classic bot-game soul but with a major technical upgrade.

To make it run fast, I developed a custom engine called Exorys. Think of Exorys as the 'motor' under the hood that handles the heavy lifting, while Escapecord is the actual adventure you experience. The coolest part: you can build your own rooms on our website and deploy them straight to Discord to play with your friends.

I'm looking for bug testers for an upcoming test run!
I need help to find some bugs in the system before the official launch on march 15th.
Hit me up if you want to help me:)

[oblique edge]

Out of interest, is this an async game or something with real time rendering?

[spare condor]

It’s actually real time synchronized (sub 10ms latency).
I built it so, every interaction on the website updates the Discord thread immediately

[oblique edge]

Is it purely text based or is there a visual element to it?

[spare condor]

Both, depends on the creators vision.
You can build a purely text based escaperoom or integrate graphics.
We also use interactive hotspots that link directly to a web view (unfortunately Discord hasn’t a function for images where you click something on it).
This allows players to search through images for clues and then bring their findings back to the Discord chat

[oblique edge]

Gotcha, just wondering if there was a visual element, would it make sense for it to be an activity instead?

[spare condor]

I mean yeah would be, was also an idea from me to go directly to an activity instead of doing it via a discord bot.
But currently I am developing just an MVP, just to check what is the feedback about the game and what is the community saying.
I am probably planning to start the activity developing phase on Q3 or Q4, to get enough feedback about my game

[steep moss]

who knows how to work in Intellij,i need help

[inland ruin]

I use JetBrains products in general... what's the question? Not certain I can help but I can try

[pure falcon]

Anyone can help me with the class new V2ThumbnailBuilder() please ?

In this npm package require('v2componentsbuilder');

[wispy talon]

why not just use DiscordJS instead of a 3rd party library that's an extension to djs?

[pure falcon]

Yes i would like to use discord.js but i don't understand what it work

I would like to create something like this

[wispy talon]

https://discord.js.org/docs/packages/builders/1.13.1 it has documentation

[round tree]

every one of those is a section component with a thumbnail accessory and text display

each broken by separators

(the bottom one is a section component with text display and button accessory)

[pure falcon]

Yes Thanks I made this

[vale moth]

sos

[inland ruin]

do you need help?

[manic agate]

yoyo ayone can help me with an roblox game? (pls write me in DM)

[dreamy inlet]

If you have a question ask it. No one is going to DM you. That’s a common scammer tactic

[manic agate]

okok i wnat to write me in dm because im not very active in much servers

[manic agate]

but thanks

[dreamy inlet]

Going into random servers and asking people to DM you isn’t going to help you be more active lol

If you have a specific actionable question you can make a post in #1130600438811590709 and those who can help will, when they have time

[manic agate]

yoo so much thankss

[dense heath]

Guys I made a good game 🙃 its actually bad than a beginner guy game btw I make it in mobile

[floral mauve]

🤣 what is that character

[trail umbra]

hii lina 💔

[craggy rune]

well try figuring out this would be a lot of help towards my self

[round tree]

godot exists on mobile?

interesting

[tight hollow]

s

[blissful bridge]

i made a game

[floral mauve]

About

[blissful bridge]

horror

[vestal fox]

You are very good, of course, but my guess is that the sound needs to be changed a little because it hits the ear, but otherwise it’s good.

[dense seal]

yea I'm gonna pretend i didn't see that

[blissful bridge]

can you give tips

[blazing perch]

I've finished half of it, but I can't get it to work running or jumping. Do you have any ideas?

[rose bough]

wdym

"get it to work"

[blazing perch]

Real movements...

[rose bough]

did u use ai?

[blazing perch]

No

It was all done by hand.

[oblique edge]

What does the whole sprite sheet look like?

[blazing perch]

Explain to me... which one are you referring to?

[oblique edge]

This character should have a whole image with all the animation frames like walking running etc. What does the whole image look like?

[lost falcon]

Whtsup

[blazing perch]

The one I sent is from 64X64

[blazing perch]

With more than... 6 Frames

[oblique edge]

As in it has 6 frames total or it has more than 6 frames?

Are you asking for tips on making the walking and running frames in the art?

[blazing perch]

That's it! I don't know how I would make her run without commenting on an animation error.

[oblique edge]

Try looking at other sprite sheets for reference (like mega man on the SNES)

And maybe focus on one frame to start with

[lilac coral]

Please, I am a first timer and I wanna explore so could anyone help me??

[fervent orchid]

Does anybody here have VR game creation experience

[copper moss]

I have a tiny bit, but it is better to ask your question instead of asking to ask. That way someone with more experience and time can answer straight away

[tranquil rose]

what app do i use to make games

[fluid hamlet]

ph

[winged creek]

well unity & vscode

but you can also use other engines like unreal engine

i prefer unity tbh

[floral mauve]

For advanced game use unread as it requires more advanced stuff to make

[round tree]

"advanced game" ??

[buoyant raven]

whatchu doin??

[blazing perch]

An Endie 2D Independent Game

[drifting gull]

Lumines arise was made in unity and it looks beautiful

Its got a reputation for scrappy beginner projects but is totally capable of making big good ones too

[round tree]

I think its reputation is more suited to "low-budget cash grab mobile games", and combining that with the still ever-present negative discourse about the pricing changes, which were revoked almost immediately, some definitely still see unity as underperforming

But theres very little you need to avoid unity for in terms of engine ability imo

[drifting gull]

The same dev team made tetris effect connected which is same sorta style but in unreal iirc. It'd more be that lumines arise is much newer but while both look great, lumines definitely clears visually

[supple cradle]

rip

it's just a test dw

[rocky iron]

Can someone teach me how to code

[inland ruin]

There's many websites out there specifically designed to teach people how to code

[sick niche]

In my opinion, FreeCodeCamp is one of the best resources available. However, it depends on what you want to learn and achieve.

[toxic grail]

https://youtu.be/NtfbWkxJTHw?si=u-1TluNWhL-8a1Zb

[celest oxide]

Uhhh i did a game in gdevelop and it looking grah and im sad i spend 30 days on thid game

[novel gull]

Ciao

[granite perch]

can someone help me build a big project on games i know basic c++ and python

what are the things that i need to learn

[fair dove]

i am making a game in unreal engine sir

[granite perch]

im secound year student i need a project its unrelated to my domain but i wanna create a game like i need a starters guid

[fair dove]

oo you know hindi

[granite perch]

i do

[fair dove]

ok wait

i will give

[granite perch]

thanks brother

[fair dove]

https://www.youtube.com/@indiangamedev ,https://www.youtube.com/@GamesOfVaibhav

they don't teach but you can learn

by there videos

and in which lanucher you want to start

unity,unreal and more

the best option is unreal

they don't charge money expt if you game reachs i think 1 m people

like if 1 m will play you have to pay them

but for unity you have pay -_-

@granite perch

[granite perch]

bro accept my friend req

[hybrid lion]

there's also godot

[hybrid lion]

(also the term is engine, not launcher)

[fair dove]

srry bymistake

[granite perch]

oh i get it

[fair dove]

but it is for 2d games na sir

[kindred cosmos]

Godot can be used for 3D just check out Road to Vostok

[fair dove]

yes it is for 2d games

[kindred cosmos]

It’s not just for 2D games

Also regarding Unity, I wouldn’t worry about the 1 million mark

[fair dove]

but unreal is nice na sir as it have blueprint option for those who don't know coding

[kindred cosmos]

If you reach it you have the funds to pay

[fair dove]

c++

[kindred cosmos]

Unreal has the same payment system as Unity no?

If you’re worried about paying after 1 million

[fair dove]

nah i am making a game in unreal

[fair dove]

1 m people should join then we have to pay sir

i am not paying now because no player is playing 😭

but i am still making it sir 🙂

[kindred cosmos]

What type of game are you even making?

Also you don’t have to pay Unity unless you make money from it

[fair dove]

it is a first person game

[fair dove]

i don't think so sir np for i am using unreal

[kindred cosmos]

It’s fine to stick with Unreal, it’s a good engine but Unity is free if you’re not making any money from it

[fair dove]

oo before when i started it was asking money

[haughty sun]

That was made in Godot? NICE!

[tulip knoll]

yall prefer code first or editor first engines

i prefer code first engines because its way easier to use git with it

[oblique edge]

Generally, editor first engines

Getting assets in and building a world/level is much more straightforward

[tender sleet]

Yeah I really like to see things first, code second

Which... also means I polish first, code second

I have never made a programmer-art prototype and it's something I need to get better at...

[runic socket]

there was no way it was made in godot WHATTTTTTT

[haughty sun]

apparently they started in unity and switched to Godot

[mild mural]

Write my own engine 👀

[haughty musk]

Code first

[jolly flare]

Well, I prefer editor first engine, it helps to make a game better than code first engine

[haughty musk]

That's a really cool reason for that

[fiery jasper]

I was wanting to learn how to develop and I was wondering if anyone would help me develop a Roblox game and so I can learn, not sure if this is the right chat to put this in.

[floral mauve]

which engine is better if you are new to creating game(unity or unreal)

[oblique edge]

I would say Unity out of the two due to a shallower learning curve but neither would be my real answer. Consider gdevelop when starting out

[floral mauve]

thx

[tender sleet]

Yeah Unity I think has an easier learning curve and a ton of great support and videos. If you're new to programming though I would look at some other options like Game Maker, GDevelop, RPG Maker, and even Bitsy for tiny projects

[dawn niche]

hello can i have Early Supporter badge ?

[tender sleet]

no, sorry

[dawn niche]

🙁

[tender sleet]

They won't, you can read more about it in this support article

This channel (and server) are for development with Discord's APIs though and this is off topic in here

[dawn niche]

The server is not dedicated to inappropriate conversations...

[heady dove]

That's a scambot...

<@&1050493473033289778> suspected spambot

Thank you

[wispy talon]

I've missed a few because life be busy but new week new free assets on https://fab.com/limited-time-free.

The stylized characters are interesting, reminds me a bit of Realm Royale if you know that game. Especially if you mix that with the spell VFX pack.

[tender sleet]

ooo vfx in this one

The treatment station pieces would be really solid for a dystopian game

[wispy talon]

I didn't look too much at that one, was caught up in the design of the characters

its actually so clean and detailed

like comes with emotions and animations

i mean like look at this detail.

[tender sleet]

Yeah insane. I'm digging into blender more recently to try to get my 3d chops up. Seeing stuff like this is so crazy to me

[obsidian wigeon]

thats amazing

[inner elbow]

Bro

Blender is incredibly difficult, but Udemy has some really good courses; I recommend them.

[runic socket]

it actually is recommended probally

[hazy axle]

some time ago I made the best floppy Winnie in scrips in unity since i would rather learn naturally rather then pay for assets, dynamic/phys bones was duplicated lol i could have made a master, soon ill get back in blender to Finnish working on my model for vrc long time ago i made model for mobile but when i got into vr it was a whole game changer

I figured out how to define gravity

[opal narwhal]

Absolute beginner with game dev, im currently making a main menu but any thoughts on how i can improve it or which is better? On the right would be a render of a spaceship or something like that

[tender sleet]

I was about to say the one on the right would look FANTASTIC with a ship or blueprint rotating in space

[opal narwhal]

Yeah, thats what im trying to do (with my horrendous blender skills lmao)

[tender sleet]

I think the menu overall is well laid out and clear. You could make the options themselves pop a little more since it's dark blue on a black bg but that's just a nitpick

Might be cool to have some particles gently floating by in the bg too to give the menu a little life

[opal narwhal]

Yeah, i want to try add some more details to the UI however im not great at figma

[tender sleet]

I think even just making the light blue border around each option a little thicker will help them pop. But again that's minor. I think overall this reads very cleanly and works great

[opal narwhal]

Yeah, thanks for that

[floral yew]

looks very good imo

[round tree]

dots or some kinda of nebula-like gradient/bg on the buttons could be kinda cool (just make sure it doesnt make the text hard-to-read ofc), since the buttons kinda live in the background a bit

[dusk birch]

Anyone understand how the Wordle app is made? is it possible to develop something similar with GUI in discord?

[fast whale]

Its an activity

[dusk birch]

oh thanks

[dusk birch]

is wordle open sourced?

[oblique edge]

No, it isn't

[dusk birch]

Okay thanks

[vernal crescent]

Hi! We've got a game launched since last October, and it seems Discord is showing people as playing the demo when they're playing the full game. Is there a specific place to request it to be fixed?

Mostly want to see it fixed so we stop getting a lot of bug reports for it heh.

[dusk birch]

Is there a way to play activity without having to join a voice channel first?

[inland ruin]

From the apps button and I blehne you can also trigger an activity from a button using a bot

[oblique edge]

You can trigger one in a DM channel as well so you don't spam public server channels

[dusk birch]

thanks guys

[wispy talon]

Yes, barely got it in time for my dataset

[rapid lake]

i find it quite difficult to make a bot on vr

[full gazelle]

What happened boi

[ivory nebula]

guy anyone know how to use Invite Management

[mossy magnet]

How to have dev badge

[dreamy inlet]

You don't, it's gone

[mossy magnet]

Okay thx

[tranquil reef]

I had it but now it's gone.
Did they remove that from all accounts regardless if they had it or not

[dreamy inlet]

"It's gone" means, well, it's gone. It doesn't exit anymore

See #faq

[tranquil reef]

Looked cool ngl

[dreamy inlet]

<@&1050493473033289778> constantly going off-topic and asking for Roblox stuff

[upper zodiac]

Will discord activities ever support webtransport? I am using this for my game it is rust wasm

[queen patrol]

they have not announced any plans, but they almost never do until its ready to ship

[upper zodiac]

🥀

[desert roost]

👋🏼

Peace be upon you. I am Mustafa from the Arab Republic of Egypt. I am pleased to meet you.

[mossy magnet]

Wdp

[desert roost]

What is the benefit?

[twilit meteor]

Nice to meet you also

[desert roost]

I am also honored

[tidal stirrup]

I am jukini and casino game developer

[oblique edge]

Nice, physical slots or online games?

[dull umbra]

Hey im trying to find someone to help me code a plugin for a minecraft server i want to learn while people do it if anyones intrested dm 🙏

[inland ruin]

https://fiverr.com

This is not a recruitment server

[dull umbra]

Im trying to learn how they do it

thats the only reason

[inland ruin]

if you want to learn how to make minecraft plugins... you probably would be better off in a minecraft development server

not saying you wont find help here... but it's unlikely

[dull umbra]

alr im sorry man

[inland ruin]

no need to apologize for that one... i misunderstood your original message

a legitimate question to ask here (other than calling someone to your dms... we dont like people doing that here... common scamming tactic) this server just focuses on the Discord API/SDKs so finding developers for specific things like what you want... this is just not the best place

[neat phoenix]

hi i have a question, this id is the custom_id?

[past salmon]

any league of legends players wanna help me test a bot?

[molten pebble]

What’s the bot

[past salmon]

a rank tracker

i need ppl that play ranked so i can test the bot on them

specifically solo/duo queue (for now)

[heady dove]

Activity instance ID

The composite ID of an activity instance is a globally unique identifier for an activity instance in a channel. It is in the format i-<instance_id>-<location_kind>-<location_guild_id>-<location_channel_id>, where <location_guild_id> is omitted for private channels.

[dusk birch]

any recommended stack to deploy activity with minimum cost?

i tried vercel for both client and server but didnt work

[past salmon]

self host

[dusk birch]

Fair enough

[karmic sparrow]

google cloud run or firebase

[junior saffron]

[potent snow]

most first party activities are either hosted on cloudflare durable objects or firebase

[dusk birch]

Thanks

[sturdy plover]

had a lot of "he said she said" situations in my mc server, so i got fed up and finally made a plugin, that helps me record, and replay player movement. And for blocks? It doesnt record blocks. It uses another plugin, antigrief's database for that, because the block history data is there anyways lol.

[oblique edge]

Nice, has it helped with dealing with complaints/reports?

[sturdy plover]

No. Its work in progres

And im actually making it production ready

with ux

so

i wasnt sure what i was gonna do

[still zephyr]

Thats sweet, except I was a little stupid trying to figure out what plugin would make him oxygen depraved on land.... I was like how was it applying that effect on damage. Felt really dumb when I realized it your name lol.

[surreal prism]

How go i start coding?

With discord?

[dreamy inlet]

What do you want to code? A game (since this off game dev chat)?

Discord games are just HTML canvas games in an iframe, so you can use any game engine that exports to Wasm.

Or if you’re crazy enough then code it in JS. JS is good enough to do like SNES-era or earlier games. But anything 3D and you’ll probably want Wasm—though maybe N64 era could be done with JS, not sure. Haven’t tried 3D before

[surreal prism]

A 3D Game

[dreamy inlet]

Do you know any programming languages?

[oblique edge]

JS is fine for 3D games with WebGL 🙂 No need to go full WASM

https://x.com/i/status/2008149582774231229

Leonidas Maliokas (@PlayingInCanvas)

We just shipped a new AAA-quality web demo: Elysium. Fully playable, multiplayer-enabled Kitbash3D world under 20MB that loads in seconds and runs in the browser. This felt impossible not long ago, demo link in first reply🔗🧵

▶ Play video

X · Jan 5, 2026, 12:12 PM

[dreamy inlet]

Oh, cool! So Super Mario 64 in JS, but not Battlefield 1. Got it :p

[oblique edge]

Higher than N64 🙂 this was from 9 years ago https://youtu.be/TT7ugKuUMv0?si=MXF7zgmupGdHsyDz

[dreamy inlet]

All in JS? Damn

[oblique edge]

Yep

Still dependent on the device its played on though 😄

[dreamy inlet]

Isn’t that always the case?

[oblique edge]

Hence a lot are usually more simplified on places like Poki and Discord

[surreal prism]

yes

[dreamy inlet]

Which ones?

Find a good game engine for the language you know, for example:

• JS: Phaser
• Lua: Defold
• C#: Unity
• C++: Unreal
  etc.

For the non-JS engines make sure it can export/compile to Wasm so it can be run in the browser

I know that Defold and Unity have Wasm options, not sure about Unreal, though

[oblique edge]

Unreal has a community exporter for it but realistically, not a great option for html5 target 😅

[dreamy inlet]

Yeah, if you’re doing C++ to JS grab yourself Raylib and Emscripten :p

[surreal prism]

unity and unreal

[dreamy inlet]

I’d have a look at Unity, then. Make a game, export to Wasm for the web

[surreal prism]

ok

[rigid seal]

i swear i've seen that so many times

[sturdy plover]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1295377319405420617/1483080227432173599/hnUXNk8.mp4?ex=69b94998&is=69b7f818&hm=dc3fc7a66c10c226743b8c4617b696a49e6e52015078e16734a9c97ba73fb609&

Direct messaging

[unreal otter]

anyone here that knows Pyxel Engine?

[tender sleet]

The python one? Looks kinda cool. Almost like Pico 8

[unreal otter]

yeah that one

i wanna try to make something with it

[lapis zodiac]

h'

[pearl hare]

Bro you can use the /wisper command in minecraft solving this problem

[sturdy plover]

Yeahh no

This has groupchats

And if u do the command in old syntax, the chat opens and the message u typed gets sent

[pearl hare]

ok ftb mods alr had that groupchat

[sturdy plover]

If u type /msg username, it opens the dms between that user

[sturdy plover]

But this is a plugin

And can be used for multigamemode cross server dms

[pearl hare]

What about Essential?

Ok nvm

Is that mod connect to your microsoft acc? to save all chats between versions?

[rich galleon]

h'

[jagged gate]

Can someone help me?

I wanted to know about that Discord v2 component to put in my bot.

I can't find the announcement in the API.

[wispy talon]

https://docs.discord.com/developers/components/overview

[jagged gate]

Thanks

[tidal pawn]

The java language is so hard

[inland ruin]

programming can be challenging when you're learning... it can take weeks to months to become comfortable

[ancient kite]

Hi @pallid briar, I wanted to know if you have continued developping your pomodoro app?

[spring sphinx]

Useful stuff💕💕

[red moss]

P

[pallid briar]

Hey ! Yes I'm currently working on it. I've restarted from scratch because I want to do something more "ambitious" than what I've done for the buildathon. I'm slowly but surely making some progress !

[ancient kite]

so cool! I'm interested in trying it out when it will be ready! 🙂

[pallid briar]

I'll reach out to you when I'll have some alpha ready !

[ancient kite]

Sure! Thanks! 🙂 I appreciate it!

[queen flax]

What IDE and language are you using?

[pallid briar]

Currently trying out Zed and developing in Rust

[torpid parrot]

Hello everyone, does anyone here know how to program CS 2 servers?

[lavish flame]

You dont need to crosspost in every channel

[round tree]

bevy?

Or fully custom

[pallid briar]

I dream of doing that but I need to improve my skills so bevy for this project 🤓

[round tree]

Unfortunate

[meager aspen]

Where can I check the developed games for Discord, or is there a specific chat for it?

[ripe elbow]

can you elaborate?

[past matrix]

hey guys

i just discovered an open-source project called GFS The idea is to treat your database like code every run happens on its own branch, and if something goes wrong you just delete the branch while production stays safe. curious if anyone here has tried something like this

https://github.com/Guepard-Corp/gfs

[copper moss]

Dont have much input, but just beware that seems to be a very new project

[past matrix]

I literally told the agent to delete the entire database and it did but since the run was fully isolated everything came back

[mellow tendon]

explain more

most people use reliable cloud sources, please dont promote here.

[grave widget]

Oh dang

[warped pewter]

Rait this pls

10/

[inland ruin]

This is not an advertising server... If you want specific advice, you can send screenshots and ask

[warped pewter]

Sory

[inland ruin]

But the page looks plain, generic, overmonetized, and also features a violation of the Discord Community Guidelines / Platform Manipulation Policy

Invite rewards are not allowed as they are artificial growth

[hybrid lion]

yeah that doesn't look like a particularly trustworthy project, and honestly the idea seems a bit questionable in general

[oblique edge]

I kinda like the idea though because one of the biggest problems we have is when switching between branches/worktrees that have different states of the database. It can make it quite difficult to quickly switch between either work trees or branches without having to reset the DB or reseed it or whatnot. For development this actually looks quite nice.

[crystal pewter]

@crystal pewter

[signal idol]

has anyone using unreal engine tried the social sdk and activities?

[tender sleet]

We did some testing with Unreal and the Social SDK when writing our guides. A lot of developers are using it with the Social SDK successfully too! For activities I think Unreal is a little tougher but probably doable. I think as an engine it's not great for web based games

Let us know in #1350223314307776592 if you have specific questions as you're using the SDK but also happy to answer any general questions about it here

[signal idol]

I do agree it is unsuitable for activities, I just wanted to know how bad it would be :p

[signal idol]

I thought that was strictly for social SDK tshooting

[tender sleet]

I'm actually not sure! I've made mobile games with Unity in the past and it was pretty easy but I haven't tried Unreal. I do know there are some large mobile games made in it so it isn't impossible

[signal idol]

my concerns were with the performance like fps and stuff

[tender sleet]

Both should be able to make performant games. I think the best option is always the one you've got the most experience in

[signal idol]

yep, i am exploring with unreal

i don't want to go with unity tbh

[tender sleet]

Looks like there are some tutorials out there for mobile unreal, have you worked in it before?

[tender sleet]

We launched new guides for game developers!

[heady dove]

[vestal reef]

[worthy zinc]

[finite warren]

[wanton plover]

[prime kelp]

[stable tinsel]

[kind pebble]

[merry mortar]

[manic sequoia]

Lowkey I'm Missing that guy who used to send free models

[lavish flame]

@wispy talon You are wanted.

[wispy talon]

Lmao

Sorryyyyy

I've been busy

[visual bane]

Any staff member to help me claim my game? Discord does detect it, but It's not in the menu - Steam appid 670510

[inland ruin]

Probably need to contact https://support-dev.discord.com/

[visual bane]

Probably, i got the same annoying response
"If your game is on Steam and publicly playable, it likely has not been automatically detected by our system. We'll need to wait until your game is recognized before it can be claimed."
HOW do i make Discord system detect it? The game almost immediately initializes rich presence.

[queen patrol]

Afaik rich presence is completely irrelevant. Its about the game being out for x time and having enough players

[visual bane]

x = 2 years+ in my case, any idea how many players is needed, for a single player game?

[queen patrol]

No clue, discord doest give any info on that. Its just based on the community trying to figure it out over the years

[visual bane]

I hope the support team actually reply with something meaningful, not the usual copypasta this time :/
Also, it's really annoying that we can no longer use colon in the application name on Discord, many games do have colon in their name

[latent zinc]

id like to make a few questions if possible.

[inland ruin]

if you ask it... we might be able to answer depending on the question

[latent zinc]

ah sry my bad i thought everyone was asleep

[jolly pewter]

Then who were u asking

[latent zinc]

I was going to wait till morning...

Basically I play a game called Rucoy Online for 10 years and today I found out that some players from it, have been using a Discord bot to make things that are impossible to do for a normal person, and I would like to know if there is anyway for me to get help to learn how to make it for me to use aswell.

[inland ruin]

what do you mean "impossible to do for a normal person"? can you be more specific on what type of actions you are trying to perform?

[latent zinc]

The thing Im looking for is a bot that tracks the player character location and some other features, such as their levels, boss spawn time and location, also to track the guilds and their members if their online or not. All this updating like every 30 seconds/1 minute. Idk if it is possible to make.

I already saw a picture with someone using it by the way...

[inland ruin]

being possible and knowing how it is possible is 2 very different things

if they do not expose a public api, then youre on your own to reverse engineer their api or the game itself to fetch information that is not normally available

[latent zinc]

For me, someone who doesnt know anything about Discord bots and much about coding it is impossible, but for someone who do know how to work with it, it is very easy and possible.

[inland ruin]

what you're trying to do is actually irrelevant to being a discord bot... the discord api is just a way to interface between an application and discord... it doesnt actually have anything to do with 3rd party services

[normal willow]

yo, what are you guys beefing about?

[latent zinc]

By the way I can send the 2 pictures Ive got to show you a little bit of it...

[inland ruin]

no one is beefing

[normal willow]

u were the guy that helped me here before btw, I just left and rejoined

[latent zinc]

Im trying to cook Samtino 😄

[inland ruin]

what you're trying to do either requires a community maintained database or some form of web scraping... this is not something that can be done easily or at least easily by a beginner

[latent zinc]

Oof, I see, then it means im cooked, right?

[inland ruin]

with no experience in reverse-engineering? yes

[latent zinc]

Then is it illegal to hire someone to make it for me?

[inland ruin]

https://fiverr.com/

good luck... it's going to be very expensive

[latent zinc]

Ive spent already more then 100k€ in this game and ive been suffering with this bot for the past few years and I only discovered about it recently so...

I think Im going all in to achieve it...

[latent zinc]

Is it trustable?

I dont normally click in links...

[inland ruin]

Fiverr is reputable. It's a website to hire contractors. I don't even know if any of them would accept a job that big however

[lavish flame]

If you dont click links, you won't want someone giving you code that you don't know how it works and running it.

[inland ruin]

^

[latent zinc]

💀

Im just extremely carefull you know?

[slender frigate]

can i get some help with someone breaking Discord Rule 12?

[inland ruin]

!report

[lucid pulsar]

This server is for help with Discord APIs, SDK and other various integrations. To make a report to the Trust and Safety team, please use the in app reporting tool. For more information see this help article.

[slender frigate]

!report

[lucid pulsar]

This server is for help with Discord APIs, SDK and other various integrations. To make a report to the Trust and Safety team, please use the in app reporting tool. For more information see this help article.

[slender frigate]

they are in privite dms and in a server rn tho..

[inland ruin]

Read the message. Don't send the command again

Report their messages. No one here can help you with that

[slender frigate]

it doesnt make sense im tryin to get these people either warned by discord staff or something

[inland ruin]

so report them... discord doesnt have any kind of in app moderator like reddit has reddit admins

you right click the message... click report... select the reason... boom

[rocky hill]

Does any good at developing software?

[inland ruin]

This is a server for developers... at least one person is good at that... but what is your question?

https://dontasktoask.com

[rocky hill]

I’m actually looking for one

I’m not a developer

I have a big project I need to find people

[gleaming basalt]

This isn't a place to recruit though

[rocky hill]

I have no other place to find sorry

I can leave this website

[gleaming basalt]

You can try on fiverr if you want like freelancer or devs on contract, or there's always like LinkedIn and other job board websites

[rocky hill]

Okay thank you

Is there another place I can look for freelancer that are really good

Because this is really big project

[inland ruin]

https://linkedin.com

[tough pivot]

!report

[lucid pulsar]

This server is for help with Discord APIs, SDK and other various integrations. To make a report to the Trust and Safety team, please use the in app reporting tool. For more information see this help article.

[feral folio]

guys anyone wanna make there bot i can

[jolly pewter]

bruv every body in here makes their own

[twin flax]

H

[little valve]

Hi! Quick question about Game Identity:

My game (Outcity) is already on Steam with a public page and a playable demo, and it's also listed on IGDB, but it doesn't show up in the "Search for your game" field.

Does Game Identity only recognize fully released games, or should demos also be detected? And is there any way to manually trigger indexing?

Thanks!

[inland ruin]

There's an option to create a dev support ticket specifically for this issue. Under Game Development and Game Identity

https://support-dev.discord.com/

[little valve]

u send a wrong link

[inland ruin]

Fixed. Lol I mixed discord and support in the link

[little valve]

I'm using GameMaker (GML) for my game and noticed the Rich Presence guides only cover C++, Unity, and Unreal,
Is it possible to implement Rich Presence using GameMaker via a custom wrapper (DLL), or is there any recommended approach for unsupported engines?

[hollow pier]

Yea just use the Offical Discord Game SDK (C/C++)

[little valve]

hould I use the Discord Social SDK (newest) or the Discord Game SDK (legacy) for Rich Presence? The docs mention both.

[hollow pier]

Go with the newest

[heady dove]

Social layer SDK is more about integrating Discord social capabilities (text & voice, lobbies, unified friend list, linking and provisional accounts)
If you just want to have Rich Presence, you can just use Game SDK or other implementation (even own lightweight custom one) that implements Discord IPC communication

[little valve]

Does adding the SDK make Discord recognize my game in the activity widget?

[kind linden]

Yes! But it depends on which SDK and how you implement it.

[thorn wing]

Can someone help me make a game

[dreamy inlet]

If you have specific coding or design questions sure. But no one here will do it for you

[astral agate]

Does everyone just use vs code or is there more fun softwares I'm getting a bit sick of it and want to explore my options

[inland ruin]

There's many other options. There's IDEs that are typically specialized for whatever you're making or some that are more language general like JetBrains and Visual Studio. And then there's other lightweight text editors that are similar to VSC but with their own twist like Zed and Cursor. Then there's bare bones editors like Notepad++ and Sublime Text. Finally there's terminal based editors like nvim and nano

[round tree]

i mean you've got significantly more options, personally i prefer stuff like the jetbrains suite, which are free for students and non commercial use, i use rider for c# especially with unity

[steel ginkgo]

best one i found is trae for coding very good to use and if u get stuck ai can jump in to help

[lunar tartan]

I am going to start as a game dev which would be best for start should I use gdevelop or godot

[unique flicker]

Godot

[oblique edge]

Have you got any previous experience with programming? If not, I would suggest GDevelop. Easy learning curve with lots of great official tutorials

If you do have programming experience, Godot is solid

[lunar tartan]

@oblique edge no man

[hushed steeple]

what is best service for discord bot database and i also have question (database is for to save people data)?

[dreamy inlet]

Best is SQLite. It’s not a service but a local program. Best SQL DB for beginning bots

[hushed steeple]

what about mango db?

i heard this

[dreamy inlet]

I’m not a fan. It’s a document database and not a relational one. Most all data you’ll store is relational. So use the better tool

[wanton plover]

🥭DB is new one

[spice notch]

sounds tasty to use

[wanton plover]

Indeed

[fickle plank]

Like 13eck said, something like SQLite would be good. Don't ever store data in json files; it could go corrupt and delete the data

[hybrid lion]

I don't think it's new

[wanton plover]

[sleek orbit]

Can anyone make new great MMO Game ? 😄

[dreamy inlet]

With enough time and skill yes someone could. But most MMOs are too large a project for just one dev, that’s why they’re made by large studios

[lime shuttle]

most MMOs are too large for even 100 devs

it's not comparable to other games, none of the commercial game engines will work well for an MMO so you're looking at developing your own engine and all the gameplay systems on top of it, which in themselves are a lot more demanding than normal due to the player count

[potent slate]

wassup everyone

im new here and im making a open world fan base game thats real life

Animal game btw not human

this 61 weeks into Development by the way

[burnt frigate]

Nice

Try your best

[gritty seal]

Nice

I need Rex La

[potent slate]

this is us compared to her by the way orginal size

she's considered a impossible animal to re make and animate

im the only developer that got her right

[tender sleet]

This perspective is very cool. The animations are all great! What's the game like?

[potent slate]

well the ideal plan is similar like The isles in a way

but im making the combat feel like GoW and dark souls 3 feel

doing 2 games at once for combat mechanics

and maybe a little wukong feel

@tender sleet

im trya re animate the whole animal from the anime

but improved

her main abilities are claws and parlyse tongue

she can track people across continents

this her first person view going to look

like i said this could be the most impossible thing to do for a game especially

[tulip dew]

Hello Discord Developers,

Out of curiosity, I'd like to understand exactly how game detection for “Claim Game” works.
In your announcement, you state that even small independent studios can claim their game, but in practice, some published Steam games never appear in the list, even after several years.

For example:

A friend has a parkour game published on Steam for two years, with approximately 3,000 reviews, and yet his game is still not detected in the Claim Game system.

Therefore, I have several questions:

• Are there specific criteria for being indexed?

(popularity, number of downloads, Steam metadata, manual validation, etc.)

• Are there any minimum requirements not publicly stated?

For example: player threshold, downloads, Discord activity, etc.

• How can a developer request or force their game to be indexed?
  The phrase “Discord must detect your game” remains rather vague, and without a clear explanation, it gives the impression that there are hidden conditions.

-# Thank you in advance for your clarification.

[queen patrol]

There is no way to force it, discord also doesn't give info on criteria. From community testing there seems to be some filtering on games with low player count (potentially also needing discord open at the same time?) But its all purely speculation, nothing official

They could try contacting dev support but thats about it

[tulip dew]

Yes, I see. On one hand, it's a good thing to prevent abuse, but on the other, it's a bit of a lie.

I was curious and looked in the documentation; it said that anyone, regardless of their stats, could claim their game in "Claim My Games."

[queen patrol]

Again: we have no more info then ypu do

[tulip dew]

Okay, I'll take a look on my end, thanks 🙂

[abstract star]

What are we talking about here?

[tulip dew]

#game-dev-chat message

[high dagger]

how i can create a ticket

[lucid pulsar]

This server is for help with Discord APIs, SDK and other various integrations. For general support, please contact Discord at https://dis.gd/contact, or send us a message on Twitter at @discord_support

[dark kite]

What a building brother

Nice one

[earnest mauve]

Oh guys

I'm working on this game right here

[indigo ice]

Hi! I'm looking into the "Claim game" option but when going to the page, it's blank and there's only an option to make a new app. Then when I go to make a new app it says ":" can't be in it, but it's already made the app with that in presumably?
Am I looking in the wrong place?

This is our server for reference

[copper moss]

I think there was a change at some point that disallows : in bot names. Im not sure about the claim game process, but if you cannot change the app name yourself to not include : you should reach out to dev support

[formal heart]

@wraith seal

[balmy tendon]

How does one reach out to dev support?

Also bots can change their name via code so

[inland ruin]

https://support-dev.discord.com

[inland ruin]

they can change their per server name but not their global name

[copper moss]

My guess, is both the dev portal and API have the same naming requirements

[indigo ice]

Thanks!

[shrewd swan]

Are you going through https://docs.discord.com/developers/platform/claim-your-game ?

I'm noticing that this doesn't cover the use case of "hey, I don't have an App or know what one is!" 😄 which is a definite gap.

[balmy tendon]

ive changed global username in a dpy bot with it

its definitely possible at least

[wanton plover]

username != global name

[balmy tendon]

wdym?

what is global name then

[finite thunder]

username is the unique primary name on your account
that's global_name:

[balmy tendon]

hm?

global_name is just the display name no?

[finite thunder]

yes

[balmy tendon]

i dont think bots can have them different from username

might be wrong tho

iirc global_name is pulled from username if they have no display name

[finite thunder]

it definitely shouldn't. if it does that's a library implementation detail

most libraries call the variable one "display name" and go down the chain with it, depending on context and availability nickname > global_name > username

and as per https://docs.discord.com/developers/resources/user#modify-current-user, global_name is not something you can patch on apps

[potent slate]

this going to be a breakthrough for all animal gaming

[winter terrace]

do gambling bots count in game dev?

[primal valley]

brh

[earnest mesa]

Same question

[oblique edge]

What's the context for asking?

[dreamy inlet]

On the one hand, gambling is playing games of chance, so there's the "game" aspect of it. On the other hand,

Do not use the APIs for…Illegal online gambling.
—https://support-dev.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/8563934450327-Discord-Developer-Policy#h_01HZPPR8CNY3W7194XNDKG2DR0

So make sure it's not gambling with real monies, yeah?

[winter terrace]

I mean the fake currency gambling bot... Like unbelievaboat

[dreamy inlet]

I don't know what that bot is or what it does, but as long as it's not real-life currency it should be fine
-# Am not a lawyer, not legal advice. just my understanding of the dev policy

[outer stag]

https://discord.com/safety/gambling-policy-explainer

[dreamy inlet]

Nice

[sand shell]

but ppl sometimes actually buy it

[exotic veldt]

hey guyss I randomly came across this tech fest in Bangalore called ASCENT (May 15-17), and ngl I thought it’d be mid at first, but it actually looks kinda solid. It’s got a bit of everything: 24h hackathon, chance to build an MVP and maybe get some funding, a startup pitch event with a prize pool, plus robotics stuff like Robo Soccer and Robo Race. There’s also Prompt Wars thing hosted by Google and some ML, CP, and cybersecurity events. They’re listing sponsors like Google, TogetherFund, Eyecandy Robotics, and VorFlux AI (found this on their website btw), which lowkey makes it feel more legit… but idk, could still go either way. It’s open to both students and working professionals, and yeah.. just stumbled on it and did a quick check.

Anyone here been to stuff like this before? Is it actually worth pulling up, or does it end up being all hype no delivery?It says free registration too...

if someone could help me with it??

[oblique edge]

This event? https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/activity:7453098291619082244

Have they done past events before? Maybe worth looking for those

[winter terrace]

Banglore is a techy place so it's worth for sure!!

[stiff pasture]

Anyone here is a unity dev?

[finite thunder]

there are quite a bunch of them - i'd recommend asking your question and if people know they tend to answer and try to help

[fickle seal]

ya fr

[rustic hawk]

Hello everyone. I have learnt Java, Web development & python Development. I wanted a road map to game development. Anyone can help?

[oblique edge]

I don't find roadmaps that useful because the breadth is quite large. What is the goal for game development for you?

[rustic hawk]

Well currently i am working to build a strong portfolio. Which may help me after graduation.

[oblique edge]

To make games as a career?

Or as part of a software engineering portfolio?

[rustic hawk]

As a game developer

[oblique edge]

Is that a question or a statement?

Ok, statement

In your country, what technology do games companies use? Eg Unreal or Unity

[rustic hawk]

If to be honest their aren't any game development companies at all. I haven't seen any yet in my home country

[oblique edge]

In which case, it will be super difficult to get a games developer job. Companies don't tend to hire developers abroad for permanent roles

Are you sure about continuing down that path?

[rustic hawk]

Means before starting my career it collapsed. By the way which country is best at game development.

[oblique edge]

UK, Japan, US and probably China now

[rustic hawk]

If I didn't get a clear way I would be just continue as a software developer

[oblique edge]

EU has a good size as a collective

Which country are you in?

[rustic hawk]

I am from Pakistan. Trying to build a strong career in games development.

[oblique edge]

FWIW, I would have suggested picking an engine like Unity or Unreal and doing https://20_games_challenge.gitlab.io/

[rustic hawk]

Okay I will check that and thanks really appreciate your guidance.

[stone mauve]

Does anyone code Minecraft plugins

I learnt java and lua but I'll need help

[inland ruin]

Probably not many people here but I know some people have talked about doing stuff like that

If you have a more specific question, someone who knows will be able to answer. Or you can try and ask in a more Minecraft specific dev server

[novel helm]

I edit existing mods to port them into other versions.. never made one from nothing.

[stone mauve]

That's what I mean

I was thinking a 10 lives plugin

[novel helm]

What version are you coding it for?
that is also VERY important as each version has different API's and uses a different system to handle data.

[novel helm]

^

[stone mauve]

1.20.1

[novel helm]

paper?

[stone mauve]

I can't do it yet cause I don't a pc

[stone mauve]

Vallina

[novel helm]

mods dont work on vanila MC.

for mods to load or even work you need to run them differently
thats what a mod loader does such as Forge, Neoforge, Paper, etc

you can run 1.20.1 but for mods to work you need to switch the type

I use a tool like Prism launcher, this let's you make a minecaft session in those types.
the one from the image is 1.20.1 forge for example

[stone mauve]

Oh

[novel helm]

if you plan to make a mod.. learn about how to use them
each loader handles them differently.. so if you make a mod for 1.20.1 forge it will only run on there

you can backport a mod to work on different versions like 1.20.1 fabric but thats also alot of work

[stone mauve]

Ok

[novel helm]

Firstly go an learn how it all works and how they talk with eachother, the mod and launcher talk with eachother.. and thats how a mod works

each one does it differently so thats why mods only work on the version they are made for

if we take 1.21.x and 1.20.x for example.. it's mainly the way they process the map/mod and player data
if we then look at the type such as forge of farbic (most used loaders) they both use a diffent type of communication

[stable isle]

how is it looking

[fickle dock]

Nice

[obsidian crag]

Good

[arctic osprey]

Hello everyone. I have learnt Java, Web development & python Development. I wanted a road map to game development. Anyone can help?

[dreamy inlet]

Usually the first step is to find a game engine that you like to use. Not familiar with anything for Java, but there are a bunch of libraries for JS/TS. Babylon and phaser come to mind. Python has pygame, I think.

[fair verge]

The most basic game development is C#. If you're looking for stuff not directly related to Discord, you can look into Godot to get started, it's pretty easy to learn

[muted cedar]

https://roadmap.sh/game-developer

[arctic osprey]

Thank You

[arctic osprey]

Thank You ❤️

[dreamy inlet]

What do you consider “basic” game dev and why is it C#? There are a lot of other “basic” languages that I’ve can make a game with

[twilit gorge]

@dreamy inlet

[solar mango]

Could anyone tell me how do I connect a discord bot to a roblox account and make it handle the group ranks?

[floral mauve]

Using api iirc

[fresh hull]

yeah gdscript, gml, python etc. might be easier to get started with

[molten junco]

hows everyone doin today

i made this for a maintenance battle tank

[tacit hemlock]

thats peak

I love it

[warm ivy]

We’ve submitted an application to claim the game, but we haven’t received a reply for 2 days. How long does it take?

[fair verge]

I worded it bad, what I meant to say was the most basic way to learn basic game development is by using C# within Godot, it's super user friendly and a lot of resources

You can create games in Python or even some other simple scripting languages, but it probably isn't the best and most capable unlike C# and Godot

[dreamy inlet]

Godot uses a “simple scripting language”, too. The default is GDScript.

And there are many Lua-powered game engines. Another scripting language. Not to mention the plethora of JS engine, like GameMaker.

[granite perch]

My first beginners project 😅

2d game using pygame

[bright tulip]

[wary marten]

🔥

[lyric night]

👌

[keen geode]

If you want I can help compile your game into an exe tell me if you're interested

[lavish flame]

Or they can just use pyinstaller to get it into a single file instead of trusting a random stranger which sounds sketchy...

[keen geode]

Lol

[inland ruin]

What's funny? It's completely normal to be suspicious of a brand new account who's likely first ever message on this platform is offering services

[keen geode]

True

[granite perch]

Thanks for the help i have already done that

🫡

Now I'm planning to make a real cool game

Which includes player animation for different moves like walking animation firing different animation

Sound effects etc ..

[dark nexus]

Cool bruhh

[granite perch]

Thanks

[dark nexus]

Wlcm bro

[worldly juniper]

bro

[opaque crypt]

🤔

[valid sluice]

Hello, is there anyone who can help me for my game idea

[small glacier]

yah i can

[valid sluice]

Okay how can I talk to u personally and not in gruop

[small glacier]

dm me

[valid sluice]

bro I am new, and don't know to use discord

[drowsy sonnet]

You shouldn't be here lol

You directly started on last page of book

[hushed cliff]

thanks for the clarification earlier — I completely understand the concerns. Out of curiosity, what would be the appropriate way (within the rules) to find a few testers for something like this? I don’t want to break any guidelines, just trying to figure out how to approach it properly.

I’m a beginner developer working on a small project and just looking for some real player feedback. Just want to do this properly.

[inland ruin]

This server isn't a place to find testers. If you want general feedback on specific aspects, you can ask questions and we can answer... but this is not a place to find users / testers

Like polarbear said above, if you want people to use your application... ask your friends or people you know

[hushed cliff]

Got it, that makes sense
I’ve already shared it with a few friends, just wanted to try reaching a broader group as well

Thanks for the advice guys 👍

[oblique edge]

Playtestcloud, user testing.com and similar services

[civic flicker]

i released a game on steam recently and it hasn't shown up on the game claiming menu, was wondering what i should do

[fervent phoenix]

having the same issue; i think your game has to be relatively old, but im not even sure. make sure your game is on igdb, discord sources games from that

there needs to be some documentation on how discord actually picks up your game, because it choosing your game through the exe name then looking it up in igdb is not a good choice imo

my game getting mistaken for a 22 year old game is not something that should happen

[ember sail]

I am Vietnamese and I am developing a werewolf-style game, but with a role-playing meme mix. Who is the Tay person? If I want to expand the bot, how can I make it usable on multiple servers?

[copper moss]

Is your game an activity or bot?

[civic flicker]

its on igdb now as an approved page but so far nothing has updated in the developer portal on the app

[north hamlet]

can anyone help me to connect discord activity app to connect with web app

[gaunt lichen]

Yes, I can help with that.

[gaunt lichen]

I can connect the Discord Activity app with your web app, including authentication, API integration, and real-time communication depending on your

Requirements

Share the current setup and what functionality you want connected..

[worldly osprey]

yes sure i can guide you through the process

[empty snow]

Can someone help I'm making a custum command bot

[dreamy inlet]

You have to ask a question first. And use either #dev-chat or #1478857869960019968 as this channel is for game dev

[civic flicker]

still waiting on the game claim thing anyone got any idea why its not working

[inland ruin]

What part of it is not working?

[civic flicker]

my game hasnt shown up

its released on steam and everything

[inland ruin]

https://docs.discord.com/developers/platform/claim-your-game#step-2-find-and-select-your-game

If your game does not appear there, Discord does not yet have an official record of it. As such, you will not be able to claim your game at this time. As your game’s playerbase and playtime grow, it will become eligible for automatic recognition.

[jaunty blade]

I almost done with my game let goo

[elfin cipher]

whats the game?

[iron basalt]

What about this claim game

Claim own game? Or any game?

[queen patrol]

You as a publisher claiming your own games

[iron basalt]

Aaaa

Okeyy

[fervent phoenix]

i just really wanna know what counts as "enough" playtime/players

just wish discord were just a lil more transparent with this kinda stuff icl

[ashen hollow]

Wait I can make bots that is for games???

[finite thunder]

some games have an API for applications (like a bot) to interact with them/draw information from them, sure
this chat is more for people developing games - less integrating with other people's games

[ashen hollow]

Oh thanks

[floral mauve]

Take genshin wizard for example

[ashen hollow]

Ahhh I see

[civic flicker]

they told me in a support response it needs to meet certain activity requirements that they cant disclose

[fervent phoenix]

yea they just now responded to my ticket with the same

[signal idol]

#server-news message

Is there a recording I can refer to?

That was close to midnight for me

[inland ruin]

not yet but they've published a recording of other events... just sometimes takes a while

[north hamlet]

can anyone help me to connect discord activity app to connect with web app

[glass pecan]

#activities-dev-chat

[signal idol]

cool, is there any channel i should be looking at?

[inland ruin]

https://www.youtube.com/@DiscordDevelopers

[signal idol]

thanks

[queen flax]

Is there a game jam? If anyone knows about it, send some this persons way

Thanks

[oblique edge]

There's always a game Jam

https://itch.io/jams

[lusty rune]

Who know how to make games

[icy veldt]

Just ask what you need help with
-# This is no recruitment server

[lusty rune]

No i want to lern

[lusty rune]

And.... all video are scam

[wanton plover]

How are videos scams lol

Unless you bought some course and got scammed when YouTube is free for all

[left shadow]

You are right

[oblique edge]

Here's a great video series intro about making games https://www.riotgames.com/en/game-dev-resources

Then I recommend using GDevelop to start out with using their tutorials https://gdevelop.io/academy

[fleet prairie]

Guys I am building a game so can anyone help me in solving the errors of the game or maybe even help in building somep arts of the game which are really difficult to me and I cannot make?

[oblique edge]

What errors are you getting?

[fleet prairie]

Ya like mechanics getting broke sometimes when I am adding a new feature when I am adding a new feature so it is buggign and bugging and not getting fixed so ya these are the bugs but these are normal and any coder can do it not including me bcz I am new to coding fr and also the main thing is that I have to make it multiplayer but I cannot make it multiplayer idk why so I need someone to make it multiplayer plus publish the game

[oblique edge]

I would slow down in that case. If you are new to programming, doing multiplayer is a another level of complexity. Focus on small games and getting one bit of feature working at a time

[fleet prairie]

I have already made the game almost completed just need to add some more things and then make it multiplayer

[sweet lark]

very good

[drifting gull]

anyone got a tldr of that engagement talk in #server-news? not relevant to anything im working on but i would be curious what they had to say

[queen patrol]

The recording will be on youtube in a few days typically

[drifting gull]

vods arent a tldr, just asked in case someone was present could quick run down

[queen patrol]

Not really a topic you can really distil properly in a few sentences without losing all usefulness

[vapid hound]

can always give the transcript to an llm and ask for a summary ¯_(ツ)_/¯

nice that youtube usually will auto-generate one with videos

also did not expect to see lmaonaise's name in our mutuals lol, miss that guy

[drifting gull]

the chances of running into another oce rl player here are low, but not zero

[vapid hound]

you're never safe from that horrid game 😄

it always somehow finds a way back into your life

[silk sun]

any chance for the deck or the info sharing after the event? was kinda too late to join ^_^

[queen patrol]

It was recorded, should be on youtube in a few days

[silk sun]

oh, nice then, do you know which channel it usually goes to?

[queen patrol]

https://www.youtube.com/@DiscordDevelopers

[silk sun]

gotcha, thanks for sharing ^^

[wet stream]

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to understand the logic behind the automatic indexing of Steam games in the Discord library. Are there age criteria or blocking technologies?

I've already contacted official support, but they're not very forthcoming and keep repeating generic answers (like "it's done automatically via the databases"). So I'd like to get some real feedback from other developers or more technical information on this.

I have two specific cases in front of me that make no sense:

• Case 1: A game released 30 days ago.

  • Almost no activity (3 players max, 10 Steam reviews), no integrated Rich Presence.
  • Yet, it appeared on its own in the Discord database and is perfectly detected by players.

• Case 2: A game released 15 days ago.

  • Large community behind it (1000 continuous Twitch viewers, around twenty regular players).
  • Use integrated Rich Presence.
  • Yet, still not detected or indexed by Discord.

Both are publish Steam games.

Two/tree big questions:

• Does Discord apply a strict timer/waiting period for new releases before adding them?
• Could the process of an Electron executable cause problems for Discord's automatic detection bots (which might mistake it for a simple browser/background application)?
  - Update the IGDB page every day block the discord indexation ?

If you've encountered this issue or have any ideas, I'd appreciate it.
Thanks ❤️

[queen patrol]

Pls don't crosspost. Its apammy and just splits up the conversation for no good reason

[wet stream]

Sorry sir!

[queen flax]

hey, I was wondering if someone could tell me how does Unity know this is (AD) or (Right/Left arrow key) and samething for the other one(Vertical):

float z = Input.GetAxis("Vertical");```

[oblique edge]

IIRC, there are Input manager settings that map keys to axis https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/class-InputManager.html

Ah, here we go https://docs.unity3d.com/560/Documentation/Manual/class-InputManager.html

[queen flax]

Ah I see, thank you!

[queen flax]

Hey sorry for the follow-up, this is an offtopic question, but I was wondering if you have competed in any game jams, or if you know one that is coming up in late july, that would be great, I really want to compete in one but don't know how and their requirements. Thanks again!

[oblique edge]

Calendar of game jams https://itch.io/jams

I personally don't like doing game jams

[vernal mural]

seems like discovery isn’t strictly activity-based, more like some backend ingestion and delayed signals from steam , igdb

[queen patrol]

it seems to be a bit of both

[proper dust]

Im 13 I don't know how to code but I have a very good game idea that I've been working on for a. Week could someone possibly teach me how to code or help me make the game?

[inland ruin]

Are you trying to learn to code to make your game? If so, what tools are you trying to learn? What are you trying to make your game with?

If you don't know what tools to use yet, then can you answer general concepts of what your game is? Is it a 2d platformer... A 3d exploration game? Are you using pixel art, voxel graphics, or do you want UE5 level art?

[proper dust]

Can I tell you it in pm

[inland ruin]

I don't answer DMs here

[proper dust]

Ok

[inland ruin]

I don't need to know the specifics about your game idea. Just the general concept. So we know what tools/resources will be helpful

Like, is it a Roblox game, or should you learn Godot, or Unity, etc

[proper dust]

a hardcore, psychological World War II survival simulation played through a true, realistic eye-line first-person perspective.

There's multiple campaigns with different nations and there's a co-op like enlisted but way more realistic but I don't have a PC and I think Unreal Engine will be the best for it

[inland ruin]

Oh. Well if you don't have a PC, then developing an Unreal Engine game is going to be very difficult

[proper dust]

Yeah Im going to save up for one

[inland ruin]

In the meantime, you should spend that time learning about game development and the tool/languages that are required

Making a UE5 game solo can take many months/years, so take your time and try to learn as much as possible

Here's a simple UE5 beginners guide but you'll need to learn a lot more to make a full game: https://youtu.be/k-zMkzmduqI

[proper dust]

Thanks

[queen flax]

You can try making it on Roblox studio which is the easiet one. When you learn more the. You can make it on unity

[inland ruin]

Honestly, yes. I would recommend against Unreal Engine for no coding experience before

Not saying you can't, but... Unreal Engine is hard. Game development in general is hard but UE5 does not hold your hand. It can break in so many different ways

[wanton plover]

Curious about that too

[wispy talon]

what in the AI looking response

Please for the love of god use line breaks.

[icy veldt]

Holy wall

[wispy talon]

That wall of text is so hard to read and runs on for so long it's barely able to be parsed mentally

[icy veldt]

Also don't pull people to DMs

[wanton plover]

I mean line breaks as a thing on any platform?

[wispy talon]

Also I disagree with like half of it too.

You don't need to know algorithms to learn how to code. Programming is just logic, you can learn it without learning complex algorithms. I also disagree with the take of starting with 2D games. Half of learning development is creating what you want to create. 2D and 3D both have their own challenges and yes while 3D can be harder in some aspects if you're willing to put the effort forward you will likely have a better experience in the learning process with an end goal of what you wanna create in mind.

Also the random object oriented thing is weird to me...you can technically build games without writing code at all.

And the last entire half just seems more like a rant than anything...not related to the original question based on what I've read

Not sure how UE5 freezing your laptop, or your own personal experience relates to them asking for resources on how to write code.

[wispy talon]

Past what Sam said, Brackeys has A LOT of tutorials around game dev: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYbK_tjZ2OrIZFBvU6CCMiA

and they do things in basically every major engine too...from 2D to 3D...single player to multiplayer. Teaching you UI and 3D modeling.

Algorithms come naturally...they're not a requirement to learning to code

[dreamy inlet]

That’s very much not true

[wispy talon]

And?

[dreamy inlet]

So what?

[wispy talon]

that doesn't mean anything.

[dreamy inlet]

OOP isn’t required for games programming

[wispy talon]

RCT3 was made in ASM...

DOOM was written in C

[dreamy inlet]

And Doom is the GOAT

You seem to be conflating your opinions with facts

[wispy talon]

The literal game changing game in history was written in a non-OOP language

[dreamy inlet]

Also not true. Programming is logic and problem solving

[wispy talon]

Literally everyone

It's actually a running benchmark like a turing test

[icy veldt]

Still was written in a non-OOP lang though

[dreamy inlet]

So now that one of your opinions have been proven wrong you’re moving the goalposts?

[wispy talon]

theres a reason "can it run doom" is a mainstream test in our world

Most of of have triple that...

[dreamy inlet]

Are you sure? You don’t really sound like it

[wispy talon]

There are people here who have been doing it likely longer than you've been alive

-# literally a professional in the industry who runs his own consultant firm....telling you that you're misguided

[dreamy inlet]

Only Sith deal in absolutes

[icy veldt]

Is there even any correlation at all with algorithms and OOP? :confused:

[wanton plover]

[dreamy inlet]

I mean…some algos use OOP-style objects, so maybe?

[wispy talon]

i mean...algorithms are a pretty large part of all software development and OOP and product the structure around it...it's more about execution

Let me consult the like 8 books I have on the shelf that will all say you're wrong too

and some of those books are likely older than you too lmao

[dreamy inlet]

The Internet says that OOP is bad and games should be made with ECS

[icy veldt]

But could you do most of "algorithms" with non-OOP langs? :thinking:

[wispy talon]

Sorry chat, I lied...I have 9 books.

[wispy talon]

literallyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

[icy veldt]

Why stop at 9, make it 10

[wispy talon]

I have a few in my amazon cart I wanna get eventually

[dreamy inlet]

Yes. Algos are just ways of doing things

[wispy talon]

like 2 or 3 of them are specifically tailored to game dev too.

Really solid reads, I reference them often

[icy veldt]

Me too poor to buy books yet :wilted_rose:

[icy veldt]

Fair :nodding:

[wispy talon]

1500 pages? That's like nothing...only a single book of my is 1,365 pages...and that's just like the introduction...

[dreamy inlet]

No one said you don’t. We said they’re not the starting point

[wispy talon]

1500 pages is literally nothing in the world of programming

[icy veldt]

Spewing "large numbers" just to look cool/right

I use i and j in my iterations :person_shrugging:

[wispy talon]

I wish I was kidding lmao.

2d has physics too...

[icy veldt]

Is that C/++/#

[wispy talon]

there's literally 2d physics engines for a reason

[wispy talon]

C++

gravity is the same in a 2d space and a 3d space.

[dreamy inlet]

Non of this has anything to do with the conversation at hand

[wispy talon]

A lot of it is

[icy veldt]

??

[wispy talon]

Yes...because there's one additional axis...but the underlying math accounts for it

Like...the coordinates are just a representation of spaces. Physics (gravity, force, momentum, collision response, kinematics, etc) doesn't care how many axis there are. Adding a Z axis doesn't reinvent the laws of physics (talking broader picture)...it just means you write Vector3 instead of Vector2.

Yes some changes will be made to account for that 3rd axis, but you're literally moving between dimensions...that's expected. If you're writing gravity system it's gonna be 9.8m/s squared no matter what.

I'm not right, the laws of physics are...the people way smarter than me who discovered and documented the laws of physics are.

But all of that is a moot point because in the realm of game dev most users don't have to consider the underlying math to physics in particular because there's systems in place to assist in that sense. If there's not, there's plenty of documentation around it.

Game dev can be very math heavy, no one is denying that...but it doesn't have to be at the start.

[dreamy inlet]

Bro's deleting his message…

Hey, mod team, I think we need a !clean until 1508419547953234031. Dude deleted his messages so now half the convo is missing

[wispy talon]

I was scrolling up and watching. To each their own

[wispy talon]

ehh...then like some of the actual good info would be lost

[dreamy inlet]

Imagine rage-deleting just b/c someone proved you can make good games in C

[wispy talon]

Some of the response can stand on their own

[dreamy inlet]

Oh, no doubt about that. Just hard to follow since half the convo disappeared is all

[icy veldt]

Doom

[wispy talon]

hahah, but yeah...not sure why people push 2D so hard. 2D is great, and it can be easier to get started with becuase it's only 2 axis...but like if you're not passionate about what you're building then you won't have a desire to learn either.

[dreamy inlet]

The addition of the third axis is so small compared to the rest of the program that it's more of a rounding error

[wispy talon]

If someone wants a game that's 3D then hell yeah they should go for it, set realistic expectations and definitely let them know the challenge...but the drive to learn game dev will be much higher if you're passionate

[dreamy inlet]

I always gravitate towards 2D since that's my childhood, being raised by the NES and SNES. So that just feels good to me. But 3D isn't much of a difference

[wispy talon]

I always leaned to 3D

cause that was my childhood lmao

[next geode]

honestly there are few games you cant make good games with... it may just be harder.... its just a testiment of skill of dev tbh

[dreamy inlet]

Exactly!

[next geode]

1.5d is peak

[dreamy inlet]

Using C vs C++ just means leaning towards data-oriented design by passing around structs instead of OOP. It's just a different way of doing it. Like ECS, that's great for C

[grand shard]

Goodnight! Hoping you wake up feeling completely refreshed tomorrow.

[kindred perch]

Hello guys I'm new here I just started my journey 😁 and you guys can call me Luffy.

[small briar]

Hey Luffy, Good luck with your journey, i hope you learn something new in this journey and have an awesome experience!

[lapis swan]

hello just dropped in here, am a game dev, hope to learn a lot and deploy

[golden sleet]

hmm

[pliant wigeon]

How to get the verified bot developer badge?

[icy veldt]

Short answer: You can't
Long answer: Get a time travel machine and travel back in time to when it was still obtainable

[pliant wigeon]

😭

[celest jewel]

im need help

im need mod

[lucid pulsar]

This server is for help with Discord APIs, SDK and other various integrations. For general support, please contact Discord at https://dis.gd/contact, or send us a message on Twitter at @discord_support

[gloomy notch]

hi evryone

[small briar]

First time learnt js basics and making a web game using html, css and js.

[coarse oak]

hi i’m new

[small briar]

Welcome. Hope you learn something new and have an amazing experience.

[coarse oak]

Thanks

[queen patrol]

don't try to pull people in dms

[grizzled carbon]

Alr, didn’t know

[queen patrol]

it's too common behavior from scammers to try and get people of sight of moderators

you can ask about game dev here if you want. just keep it here

[noble flicker]

Hello everyone, I was wondering if anyone knew who i can get into contact on this server with to discuss a playtest I’m working on for a game? Would love to know what’s allowed to post here really.

[inland ruin]

You can message @stray mortar but this server does not allow advertising so I don't think they'll allow it