FAQ: Discord and Pley

What is required of me to launch a game as a Discord activity?

It is highly recommended simply to let Pley configure and enable your game on Discord, then you can simply spread your app on your Discord servers and be paid out as normal.

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I have done all the steps, but I am getting a 404 or 500 error. Why?

Likely, your game is not Discord-enabled. It is step 1 of the Discord integration how-to, but it is easily overlooked. Please reach out to Pley and ask for your game to be Discord-enabled.

Progress is not saving in my game. Why?

Likely, you have not enabled Discord <-> Server communication through URL mappings.

Run your game on the web (not in Discord).
In the browser developer tab, under Network. Find all the server requests (game server and services you use) that the game makes.
Follow the steps to configure URL mappings for Discord.

How does the game know where it is running?

From the Pley C# SDK, you can call Pley.GetPlayableLocation();, which returns an enum of where the game is running (Discord). This allows for games to have custom logic depending on what distribution channel they are using (such as calling of interstitial ads specifically on Crazy Games, or attributing the purchase channel in business analytics).

This requires Pley SDK 5.7.0 or later.