Discord To Power Camelot Unchained Chat

Comments

camelot-discord-collab

The latest news update from the folks at City State Entertainment, titled A Little Bit of Discord, reveals that the studio has decided to use Discord's new GameBridge SDK to power both text and voice chat in their upcoming RvR (RealmvRealm) MMORPG Camelot Unchained:

“I am proud to announce that we have partnered with Discord to make use of their recently announced, yesterday in fact, GameBridge SDK. GameBridge will allow us to bring the full suite of Discord services integrated directly into Camelot Unchained. Ok, sounds neat, but what does this actually mean? GameBridge will power our in-game chat services and provide built-in in-game voice as well! I know it’s been a question asked by many backers if CU will have voice chat; the answer to that is Yes."

Besides saving the crowd-funded project valuable time and money by alleviating the need to code a chat system from scratch, Discord integration offers players a host benefits:

"Aside from just having in-game chat and voice, there are other additional benefits from using Discord’s GameBridge SDK. Guild chat, party chat, and even Realm chat can be made available from outside the game using the Discord app. At the time of this writing, Discord has applications for the web, Windows, Mac, Android, and iOS, with a Linux app coming soon, so you’ll never have to worry about missing out on what’s going on in guild chat.”

It should be noted that Camelot Unchained is neither the first nor only game signed up for Discord's GameBridge SDK. It is, however, the first MMORPG to do so. Other titles currently partnering with Discord include:

  • LawBreakers (Nexon)
  • Atlas Reactor (Trion Worlds)
  • Deckbound Heroes (Deckbound)
  • Snow (Peppermost)
  • Unearned Bounty (Extrokold)
  • Midair (Archetype Studios)
  • Atomic Space Command (No, You Shut Up!)
  • Tuebor (Strength in Numbers Studios)
  • Tooth and Tail (Pocketwatch Games)
  • Blade Ballet (DreamSail Games)

The Discord GameBridge SDK should not be confused with the Discord Partners initiative. GameBridge is aimed at developers as a third-party tool to help make game development simpler. The Partner program targets content creators and personalities with large fan communities.

The Camelot Unchained news update included much more than the Discord announcement. Dozens of beta updates are detailed along with progress reports on the remarkable performance of the game engine with its ability to handle over a thousand users on a single map. Those interested can listen to the entire End of Week Wrap Up below:

End of Week Wrap up w/ MJ and JB! 12/9/2016

Related: