Discord is trying to court more developers into building on its platform. A new app SDK will allow developers to build mini games and apps for Discord.
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.
“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.