Connect Your Game to Where Players Hang Out: Introducing Discord Authentication

We’re excited to announce that Discord is now a supported authentication method in LootLocker!

Whether you're using Platform Login or Unified Player Accounts, your players can now log into your game using their Discord accounts, giving them a fast, familiar, and secure way to jump in. And for you, the developer or publisher, it opens the door to a host of powerful, community-connected experiences.

Why Discord?

With over 150 million monthly active users (and growing!), Discord has become the digital living room for millions of players. By integrating Discord authentication, you're meeting players where they already spend time, chatting with friends, joining communities, and discovering new games.

What You Can Do with Discord Authentication

1. Let players sign in with Discord: Offer a login experience players already trust. With a few clicks, they’re in, and their game session is securely tied to their Discord identity.

2. Link Discord to existing player accounts: Is your game already live? Great. Players can use LootLocker’s UPA system to connect their Discord accounts to other platform accounts to unlock features like cross-progression, cloud saves, and more.

3. Make your game playable through Discord Activities: If you're building a game with Discord Activities in mind, authentication just got easier. Use Discord login to track sessions, personalize experiences, and connect in-game data to player identities.

4. Build Discord bots that interact with your game: Want to bring more of your game into your community server? You can now create bots that use LootLocker’s APIs to deliver personalized content, updates, and in-game functionality based on a player’s authenticated session.

Bring Your Game to Life in Your Discord Server

Here’s where things get really fun.

When your game is connected to Discord, you’re not just authenticating players, you’re unlocking rich, community-driven experiences. Some of our favorite ideas:

Automated support via Discord IDs: Help players faster by pulling their game data directly from their Discord profile.
Fun commands for in-game stats: Let players type !stats and get their latest leaderboard rank, progress level, or match history right in the chat.
Claim in-game rewards via Discord: Run server-exclusive promotions where players earn in-game rewards just for participating in your community.
Sync Discord roles with in-game groups: Automatically assign Discord roles based on in-game guilds or teams, or vice versa.
Send real-time game notifications: Alert your Discord server when tournaments start, new content drops, or players unlock major achievements.

Real-World Success: Blackjack by ScoreSpace

One of the most exciting recent examples of what’s possible with our Discord authentication integration is Blackjack, a game by indie studio ScoreSpace built specifically for Discord Activities.

Founded by Khaalid Booker (KB), Blackjack exploded in popularity thanks to its smart use of LootLocker’s backend and Discord’s community-first platform.

With over 1 million monthly active users in Discord, Blackjack uses LootLocker for:

Player authentication via Discord
Tracking in-game stats and sessions
Managing rewards and economy systems
Delivering a smooth, low-friction player experience

What started as an experimental Discord game is now a breakout success story, proving that with the right tools, even small teams can build massive communities.

Build Connected, Loyal Communities

Integrating Discord authentication isn’t just a convenience feature, it’s a powerful bridge between your game and your community. It breaks down the barriers between in-game and out-of-game interactions and gives you more tools to drive engagement, retention, and player satisfaction.

Whether you're a solo dev running a small server or a publisher managing a portfolio of live games, Discord Auth helps you build tighter loops between play and community.

Ready to Get Started?

Discord Authentication is now live in LootLocker. You’ll find setup instructions in our documentation, and if you need help brainstorming ideas or implementation strategies, our team is always happy to chat.

👉 Read the Docs

👉 Download the SDK

👉 Join our Discord

Let’s bring your game closer to your players, right where they are!