Back in 2017, when Discord was a way smaller deal than it is now, they released a new feature - Rich presence. It was quite a fun way to check what games other people are playing but what’s even more interesting you could view details like:

- what’s the current game state
- How long the game is running
- and even join or spectate


![Discord Rich Presence demo](https://cococode-web.b-cdn.net/articles/godot-discord-rich-presence/discord-rp.png)

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Today I’m gonna show how to set it up in just a few minutes, how to use all the customisation options and how to integrate that in your Godot game.

## Setup your game

First we need to quickly setup our game:

1. Go to [discord.com/developers](http://discord.com/developers) and login with your Discord account
2. Create a new Application and name it the same as your game.
3. Once created, go to the Rich presence tab on the left → Visualiser and start previewing what you can do with Rich presence and how it will look like on Discord

![DRP Customisation](https://cococode-web.b-cdn.net/articles/godot-discord-rich-presence/discord-rp-demo.png)

## Add Discord SDK to your game

Once we created our app in Discord, it’s time to add special code to our Godot game to handle Rich Presence.

```
aside
We'll be using a free open source package called discord-rpc-godot
```

1. Download the package: https://github.com/vaporvee/discord-rpc-godot/releases/latest/download/ADDON-discord-rpc-godot.zip/
2. Unzip it and place “addons” folder in the root of your Godot project File System
    
    ![Godot addons](https://cococode-web.b-cdn.net/articles/godot-discord-rich-presence/godot-addons.png)
    
3. Restart Godot editor
4. Go to Project → Project Settings menu and in the ‘Plugins’ tab enable DiscordRPC. A nice popup window will show up, click “Save and restart”

![Godot RPC - Restart required](https://cococode-web.b-cdn.net/articles/godot-discord-rich-presence/discord-rpc-godot.png)

## Create Discord manager script

Now, that we have a DiscordRPC package installed it’s time to to create a new script. It will send info to Discord what player is currently doing in the game.

1. Create a new GD script called `discord_manager.gd` , open it
2. Now edit your `_ready` function with those Discord commands:
    
    ```python
    discord_sdk.app_id = 182391410223769290
    discord_sdk.state = "Playing"
    discord_sdk.defails = "Hello Discord from Godot!"
    
    discord_sdk.refresh() # Send data to Discord
    ```
    
    *Enter the APPLICATION ID that can be found in the Discord developer portal (General information tab)*
    
3. Save your script. Craft a new Node on the scene (preferably the standard “Node” type) called `discord-manager`
4. Add our newly created script to it

Now when we’ll run our game, Discord will also show a rich presence:

![Our Godot Rich Presence setup](https://cococode-web.b-cdn.net/articles/godot-discord-rich-presence/rp-start.png)

## Rich presence customisation

That’s the basic setup, but the good news is that we can customise our Rich presence even further! Check out this example:

![Advanced Rich Presence setup](https://cococode-web.b-cdn.net/articles/godot-discord-rich-presence/rp-final.png)

At the beginning I showed you that you can open a Visualiser in Discord dashboard to test out all the different settings - this tool allows us to easily preview the future changes.

Check out this video of mine where I show you how to customise your Godot Rich Presence:

```json
youtubeVideo
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	"url": "https://youtu.be/00gNK4JUVFg?si=3cF5DgQc0YAkYeTv&t=219",
	"title": "Implement Discord RICH PRESENCE!",
	"thumbnailUrl": "https://img.youtube.com/vi/00gNK4JUVFg/maxresdefault.jpg",
	"description": "Check out this video!"
}
```

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Learn how to set up Discord Rich Presence (RPC) in just a few minutes, how to use all the customisation options and how to integrate that in your Godot game.

Godot - Discord Rich Presence in 5 min