Discord
will
soon
allow
developers
to
build
new
games
and
apps
that
can
be
used
directly
in
its
chat
app.
A
selection
of
minigames
and
apps
have
been
available
to
Discord
users
for
months
now,
but
starting
March
18th,
all
Discord
developers
will
get
access
to
a
new
Embedded
App
SDK
that
lets
them
build
these
special
embedded
apps.
Discord
has
used
its
Activities
feature
to
enable
apps
like
YouTube,
promote
minigames
like
poker,
and
even
encourage
users
to
play
with
a
shared
whiteboard
experience.
These
apps
all
appear
as
an
embedded
iframe
inside
Discord,
but
they’ve
been
limited
to
select
developers
so
far.
We’re
going
to
see
a
lot
more
minigames
and
apps
inside
Discord.Image:
Discord
“Plenty
of
Discord
Developers
out
there
have
had
their
eyes
on
Activities,
wondering
when
they
could
create
their
own,”
says
Discord
in
a
blog
post.
“Starting
March
18th,
Discord
Developers
will
be
able
to
build
new
games
and
experiences
that
can
be
played
directly
on
the
platform
with
our
new
Embedded
App
SDK.”
The
SDK
will
open
up
this
Activities
section
of
Discord
to
many
more
developers,
so
we’re
bound
to
see
a
lot
more
minigames
that
can
be
played
directly
inside
Discord
chats.
“We
want
Discord
to
grow
into
the
best
place
for
developers
to
do
it
all:
build,
share,
distribute,
be
discovered,
and
monetize
their
work,”
says
Discord.
“We
want
Discord
to
be
where
your
App
gets
its
start,
where
it
finds
a
home
in
the
communities
of
people
around
the
world,
and
where
it
can
be
easily
shared
between
friends.”
Discord
is
also
experimenting
with
a
way
to
allow
users
to
add
apps
to
their
accounts
so
they
roam
across
servers.
Developers
will
be
able
to
enable
their
apps
for
accounts,
and
the
experiment
will
launch
alongside
the
app
SDK
on
March
18th.
Discord
is
experimenting
with
apps
that
roam
across
accounts
and
servers.Image:
Discord
Discord
is
also
bringing
back
its
app
pitches,
where
developers
can
pitch
prototype
app
ideas
and
secure
up
to
$30,000
in
funding.
Last
year,
a
couple
of
AI
tools
won
some
funding
money,
alongside
an
app
for
artists,
a
coral
reef
cam
app,
and
a
city-building
minigame.
All
of
these
dev-focused
improvements
come
just
weeks
after
Discord
announced
it
was
laying
off
17
percent
of
its
employees.
Discord
is
trying
new
developer
experiences
to
improve
user
growth,
including
partnering
with
game
developers
to
sell
themed
avatars
and
profile
effects.
(Originally posted by Tom Warren)
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