Playroom is on a mission to 100x the number of social fun multiplayer games and empower the creators with its unique low-code multiplayer kit, social integrations and AI tools. Our focus lies specifically on supporting indie game studios, independent developers, party game publishers, and students. We firmly believe that the future of incredible fun titles will be produced by smaller studios and the next generation of game creators.
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Scorspace team and Khaalid Booker have been working on many Discord projects. It is indeed true Playroom is the fastest way to build, deploy and scale a Discord game! Looking forward to final results.
Working on the first visual blackjack game for Discord Activities Works with up to 8 players playing on desktop or mobile. Very barebones right now but we’re adding chips, IAPs, and possibly matchmaking (shoutout Moritz Schattka) in the coming weeks.
Great Opportunity!
We're excited to present the BEST DISCORD GAME AWARD category with the awesome folks at Discord To all #gamedevs out there! Boost your game's #social and #multiplayer features to the next level with Discord Activities and join the Championship to Win the main prize of??$5000?? Check out the details and submit your game here: https://lnkd.in/dSnUtW-t
We are hiring!
Hiring Community Marketing Lead (Remote ??) We're seeking someone early in their career, active on socials, and with a hustle-driven mindset. This role offers significant growth potential and as the founding team member, the role will evolve into a community or marketing leadership position. Passion for Community Building: You should love fostering a safe, engaging community and have a strong track record of scaling and managing multiple social channels at once (Discord experience is required) For more details https://lnkd.in/grNcB2e7
We’re thrilled to support the Boss Rush Game Jam 2025! Last year brought incredible multiplayer entries, and this year promises to be even more epic. Good luck to all participants—game on ??? https://lnkd.in/g3RGbmmX
Welcome to the team Sean Webster ?? !
Super excited to welcome Sean Webster to our leadership team as Chief Business Officer! He’s been a great friend and advisor over the past year, and I couldn’t be happier to have him officially on board. Sean is taking the lead with me on a huge initiative, as we build out Studio & Publishing house Little Umbrella - A Playroom Studio. If you’re looking to ship social games on Discord, partner with us or your studio handles work-for-hire projects, you can flood his DMs ??! More about Sean:? Sean has been leading Business Development & Partnerships for almost 14+ years. Previously was Head of Partnerships at Snap Inc., and a VP of Business Development at AppLovin, and a Director of BD at Flurry. In all 3 of those roles, Sean was responsible for leading their GTMs and working primarily with monetizing & distributing games. ?? Lets go ??
We are excited with where we are headed! Next Zynga sounds amazing ??
A16Z GAMES SPEEDRUN was a blast ?? ! For nearly two years since I left Meta, we've been pushing the message that social gaming on the web is making a comeback. It’s going to be where players hang out again. No surprise—Discord confirmed this when our first game Death by AI exploded from 0 to 20M users in just three months. In our first year, we built what’s now known as Playroom—the fastest and most accessible way to create social games. Now, it’s time to scale! ?? At A16z Speedrun Demo Day, we rolled out our next big move: a new mission and a new name. We’re leveling up with Little Umbrella - A Playroom Studio, an internal studio and publishing house focused on Social AI games. In the next 12 months, we are excited to go from millions to serving Billion players across Discord and Web. We're set to become the next Zynga—maybe even bigger. And what better way to kick things off than with Mark Pincus himself as an investor (more on that soon ??)! Thank you for all the support Andrew Chen Jack Soslow Joshua Lu Samira Behrouzan - Post demo day has been crazy. I should get back to calls.
Welcome to the team! Ahsan Khan ??
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New blog post: Why Discord Activities can do what TikTok, Snap, FB, and others couldn't - bring social gaming back ??? https://lnkd.in/gMES3fYi Here's how: 1. Discord is comprised of a huge (200M+ MAU) group of engaged gamers. It's big and densely populated with users who care about games. 2. Developers have access to legit social/growth channels to get the large network of players to find, play with, and build relationships with each other. True social must include the ability to play with friends and find new ones. Discord offers both. 3. Activities is a web-based application platform. That means developers can build and iterate quickly, and games will be available cross-platform across desktop and mobile from the start. **PSA: We've already brought a few companies building for Discord Activities into @speedrun and applications are open for the upcoming Jan cohort taking place in SF (application link in the comments) 1. Discord is >200M MAU and is built by gamers, for gamers. That means they have the leadership DNA to make good decisions for developers + the right expectations from the userbase. This is in contrast to other application platforms from FB, TikTok, Snap, etc. where gaming conflicted with core social media features/flows and made games easy to deprioritize. 2. The key to bringing social games back is to have strong social channels made available to developers. Discord Activities come with access to native social channels and constructs. Developers should lean into these channels as much as possible for viral growth + social retention, especially early in the platform's lifecycle when the platform is the most open. Early distribution leads often compound. 3. Devs on Discord will also have a few tech advantages: Activities is web-based, enabling rapid building/iteration. Discord has already seen some large-scale game launches (Playroom's Death By AI reached millions of players in a week!), but a developer's ability to live operate a game is just as exciting. Being web-based also means that Activities are cross-platform from the start? which is a big win for distribution.? 4. Discord is investing big into the platform and the team have been great partners to the companies we work with that are building Activities. Developers can get real-time support + give feedback through Discord's Developer Server. Despite being early (monetization on the platform is still a WIP),?Discord has demonstrated a willingness and ability to support a developer ecosystem. In conclusion, we're excited about Discord's Activities platform and have heard they're expanding access for developers soon. Be on the lookout for more info And if you're interested in building for Activities, let us know what you've learned, and make sure you apply to SPEEDRUN!?