# Discord Social SDK Guides

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Visit [Discord Social SDK](/guides/discord-social-sdk-overview) for more on integrating games with the Discord Social SDK, including how to get started, best practices, and more.
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## Getting Started

A guide to integrating your game with the Discord Social SDK.

## Guides

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:::card{title="Account Linking with Discord" href="/guides/discord-account-linking-development-guides-account-linking-with-discord"}
Learn how to authenticate users with their Discord accounts using OAuth2.
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:::card{title="Creating a Unified Friends List" href="/guides/friends-relationships-development-guides-creating-a-unified-friends-list"}
Combine Discord and game-specific friends in one view.
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:::card{title="Setting Rich Presence" href="/guides/rich-presence-user-status-development-guides-setting-rich-presence"}
Display detailed game status in Discord profiles.
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:::card{title="Managing Game Invites" href="/guides/game-invites-managing-game-invites"}
Allow players to invite friends to join their game session or party.
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:::card{title="Sending Direct Messages" href="/guides/direct-messages-development-guides-sending-direct-messages"}
Enable private messaging between players.
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:::card{title="Managing Lobbies" href="/guides/lobbies-voice-development-guides-managing-lobbies"}
Bring players together in a shared lobby with invites, text chat, and voice comms.
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:::card{title="Linked Channels" href="/guides/lobbies-voice-development-guides-linked-channels"}
Connect game lobbies to Discord text channels.
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:::card{title="Managing Voice Chat" href="/guides/lobbies-voice-development-guides-managing-voice-chat"}
Add in-game voice communication.
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:::card{title="Using Provisional Accounts" href="/guides/provisional-accounts-development-guides-overview"}
Give your users a seamless account experience with provisional accounts.
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## Game Development Guides

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Implement Rich Presence with game details, lobby joining, game launching, and store links using the Social SDK

Learn how to use the Social SDK's voice chat with Unity's 3D audio system to build proximity voice chat for a multiplayer game.
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## Related pages

- [API Reference](./api-reference-index.md)
- [App Fundamentals](./app-fundamentals-index.md)
- [Best Practices](./best-practices-index.md)
- [Bots & Companion Apps](./bots-companion-apps-index.md)
- [Building Games](./building-games-index.md)
- [Building on Discord](./building-on-discord-index.md)
- [Change Log](./change-log-index.md)
- [Communities & Servers](./communities-servers-index.md)
- [Components](./components-index.md)
- [Core Concepts](./core-concepts-index.md)

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