From 1b53ad144dd78004ecfc3dd138182afb4a5ac4e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mark Mandel Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2025 17:55:48 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Update marketing guide with Discord assets and content improvements - Replace Google Drive link with direct CDN links for Discord bumper assets - Add separate audio files for TV and streaming versions - Fix grammar and formatting in feature descriptions - Remove extra whitespace and improve content clarity --- .../how-to/market-your-integration.mdx | 18 ++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/discord-social-sdk/how-to/market-your-integration.mdx b/docs/discord-social-sdk/how-to/market-your-integration.mdx index fe47e931bd..37ac7431f8 100644 --- a/docs/discord-social-sdk/how-to/market-your-integration.mdx +++ b/docs/discord-social-sdk/how-to/market-your-integration.mdx @@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ sidebar_label: Market Your Integration # How to Market Your Integration - ## Overview Congrats! We’re so happy you’ve powered your game's social experiences with the Discord Social SDK, and now it’s time to @@ -44,7 +43,7 @@ Link your Discord account and play with friends more easily. 1. Find your friends 2. Link your Discord account to see who’s playing and easily join them. From the game, invite your friends to join—even if they’re offline. 3. Stay connected -4. Keep the conversation going by syncing messages, friends lists, and game stats to Discord. +4. Keep the conversation going by syncing messagings and friends lists to Discord ## Detailed Feature Descriptions @@ -58,7 +57,7 @@ In most cases, players won’t need to know the actual “Feature Name”, but s |-----------------------------------|:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | **Rich Presence** | Shows on Discord which games players are currently playing. | Knowing what your friends are doing in-game, so you know if they’d be available to play together

Joining a game directly from a friend’s profile (similar to game invites) | | **Unified Friends List** | Players can access their Discord friends list from within the game. Includes friend tiers. | Sending game invites directly to friends from in-game

Knowing which of your friends is playing, and who isn’t playing but is online and could play

Not having to re-create your friends list social in a new game that you play | -| **Deeplink Game Invites** | Users can send invites that link directly to specific game instances or parts of a game | Challenging users to specific game instances

Linking to player stats or leaderboards | +| **Deeplink Game Invites** | Users can send invites that link directly to specific game instances or parts of a game. | Challenging users to specific game instances | | **Flexible Account Requirements** | Users can choose to link their Discord account to unlock deeper integrated features such as the Unified Friends List and Rich Presence, but can also take advantage of the in-game social features without linking an account through an innovative "provisional account." | Account linking: Automatic Discord-based sign in, or, linking of your Discord account to a game account.
Take full advantage of the Discord integration

Provisional accounts: Provisional accounts let you use Discord's voice and text chat features while playing connected games \- without needing to create a Discord account first. | | **Cross-Platform Messaging** | Allows players to communicate seamlessly both in-game and through Discord, even without a Discord account. | DMing your friends when they’re in-game and out of game

Receiving messages from your friends when you aren’t playing.

In-game text chat for guilds, matches, lobbies, etc. | | **Linked Channels** | Players can link their in-game group chat with in-Discord channels, providing persistent group chats. | In-game guild/group chat mirrored in your guild’s/group’s Discord server

No more feeling isolated from the broader group if you’re online when everyone else isn’t, or vice-versa | @@ -83,9 +82,9 @@ Below are channel recommendations for how to announce the Discord Social SDK int * **Creator Partnership** * Partner with a creator to walk through the integration with their community. * **Paid Media** - * Run paid ads social to encourage people to link their Discord account. + * Run paid ads to encourage people to link their Discord account. * **Press** - * Description: Pitch to relevant press outlets your story of the integration. For any press inquiries, please loop + * Pitch to relevant press outlets your story of the integration. For any press inquiries, please loop in [press@discord.com](mailto:press@discord.com). * **Support Ticket Setup** * Ensure you have a new support ticket category set up so players can easily troubleshoot any problems they may encounter, such as having a “Discord account linking” category in your support tickets. @@ -121,10 +120,13 @@ review the Logo & Symbol sections of our brand guidelines. If you’re not sure ### Discord Bumper Splash Animation -* [Download Link](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Md5VVpIFu3OTUN300YrWH_xIeoF-boPB?usp=drive_link) +* Downloads: + * [3 second bumper splace animation video](https://cdn.discordapp.com/assets/content/edbc1f6c8b7b0ea968888a2588ff552c2f8b2090fc2aa13e97e224427d5ad03c.mov) + * [3 second bumper splash animation audio (TV)](https://cdn.discordapp.com/assets/content/efe58ff7a83b8063a0b60f41f171932ce7d26de78fe2e2c2c531e26edadac3d4.wav) + * [3 second bumper splash animation audio (Streaming)](https://cdn.discordapp.com/assets/content/f3070170acd3f62b08ba9a63ab71080f6f7a72be5c84b74d1b247b4767696045.wav) * Best Practice Guidance for Discord Social SDK - * This can be used as an intro splash video to your game, video launch announcement of the SDK, or game trailer. -content where Discord Social SDK features are shown. You should not use this splash video in your content if Discord Social SDK features aren’t present in the content. + * This can be used as an intro splash video to your game, video launch announcement of the SDK, or game trailer + content where Discord Social SDK features are shown. You should not use this splash video in your content if Discord Social SDK features aren’t present in the content. * Usage Guidance * When using this splash animation in your video, always include this at the beginning of the video. This splash video should never go in the middle or end of your content. From 2b974da02eb6b27b6172e5f55207382ba29bbe92 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mark Mandel Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2025 19:54:35 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Oops, typo. --- docs/discord-social-sdk/how-to/market-your-integration.mdx | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/discord-social-sdk/how-to/market-your-integration.mdx b/docs/discord-social-sdk/how-to/market-your-integration.mdx index 37ac7431f8..589ce60963 100644 --- a/docs/discord-social-sdk/how-to/market-your-integration.mdx +++ b/docs/discord-social-sdk/how-to/market-your-integration.mdx @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Link your Discord account and play with friends more easily. 1. Find your friends 2. Link your Discord account to see who’s playing and easily join them. From the game, invite your friends to join—even if they’re offline. 3. Stay connected -4. Keep the conversation going by syncing messagings and friends lists to Discord +4. Keep the conversation going by syncing messages and friends lists to Discord ## Detailed Feature Descriptions From fb4d036bfd1ebe0a6e976c3194463c264a93295e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mark Mandel Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2025 11:05:13 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Update docs/discord-social-sdk/how-to/market-your-integration.mdx Co-authored-by: Suspense <64612795+AlmostSuspense@users.noreply.github.com> --- docs/discord-social-sdk/how-to/market-your-integration.mdx | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/discord-social-sdk/how-to/market-your-integration.mdx b/docs/discord-social-sdk/how-to/market-your-integration.mdx index 589ce60963..dac2fff58a 100644 --- a/docs/discord-social-sdk/how-to/market-your-integration.mdx +++ b/docs/discord-social-sdk/how-to/market-your-integration.mdx @@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ Below are channel recommendations for how to announce the Discord Social SDK int * **Paid Media** * Run paid ads to encourage people to link their Discord account. * **Press** - * Pitch to relevant press outlets your story of the integration. For any press inquiries, please loop + * Pitch your story of the integration to relevant press outlets. For any press inquiries, please loop in [press@discord.com](mailto:press@discord.com). * **Support Ticket Setup** * Ensure you have a new support ticket category set up so players can easily troubleshoot any problems they may encounter, such as having a “Discord account linking” category in your support tickets.