:ddevs: November 2025 Developer News

Hey Discord Developers! 👋

Welcome to our November 2025 edition of Developer News. Let's dive into the latest platform updates and upcoming events!

🎮 Social SDK Updates

Discord Social SDK 1.6.12170

We've shipped some exciting updates to the Discord Social SDK in release 1.6.12170.
- Custom Game Invite Banners: You can now provide custom art to display as a banner image in game invites that appear in Discord, making your invites more visually engaging and on-brand.
- Customize Rich Presence Display Names: It's now possible to customize the displayed name for your Application in Discord's Rich Presence, giving you more control over how your game appears to users.

🤖 Bot & API Updates

• Last month we announced new modal components!
• This month: Introducing the File Upload component in Modals
  • Have you ever wanted to collect more than text from a user through a modal? With the new File Upload component you can! You can specify a min and max number of files accepted between 0 and 10, and if uploading files within that limit is required before submitting. Any file types are accepted, and the max file size is based on the user's upload limit in that channel.

🛠️ Libraries and Samples

We've shipped some tool updates to make your development experience smoother:
- We’ve integrated lobbies and invites into the Unity for Social SDK Sample Project. Use them to let players invite their friends both in game and through the Discord client. Download the sample and use it for inspiration in your game!
- discord-interactions.js got a refresh to support new Enums for components and receiving webhook events, making it easier to build bots that respond to Discord interactions and webhook events.

📚 Social SDK Case Studies

• Learn how Mainframe Industries integrated the Discord Social SDK directly into Pax Dei, using Discord's voice and social features to power their in-game communication stack. Read the full case study to see how they did it!
• See how Omeda Studios, the team behind the MOBA Predecessor, used the Discord Social SDK to quickly deliver highly requested social features. Watch the video!

📅 Upcoming Events

Getting Started with Discord Webhooks: Hook, Line, and Sinker

Join us for a hands-on webinar where we'll walk through everything you need to know about Discord Webhooks.
- Date: November 05, 2025 07:00 PM
- RSVP here

2025 Buildathon Kickoff!

Come together to create Bots and Apps, Games with the Social SDK, and Activities. We’ll have categories to create in, channels to show off your progress, and spaces to find teammates to build together. The Buildathon will run from Dec 1st to Jan 9th, then we’ll highlight some of our favorite creations!
- Date: December 01, 2025 08:00 PM
- RSVP here

happy building!
- The Discord Developer Team