Discord Rich Presence Integration

📋 Summary

Add support for Discord Rich Presence, allowing LaunchBox to display the currently active game on a user’s Discord status.


🎯 Feature Overview

When a game is launched through LaunchBox or Big Box, Discord would automatically update the user’s status to reflect:

  • The name of the game currently being played

  • The platform (optional: e.g., NES, PC, Arcade)

  • LaunchBox or Big Box branding (optional)

This would be similar to how other platforms (like Steam or RetroArch) integrate with Discord.


🛠 Example Use Case

A user starts Castlevania: Symphony of the Night via LaunchBox.

On Discord, their friends now see:

🎮 Playing: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PlayStation) via LaunchBox


📦 Benefits

  • Share game activity easily with friends

  • Great for social play or streaming coordination

  • Adds polish and modern connectivity to the platform

  • Optional toggle for privacy-conscious users


💡 Notes

Could include options in LaunchBox settings to enable/disable Rich Presence, customize status text, or show/hide platform names. Integration should respect Discord’s API guidelines.

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Open To Community

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LaunchBox for Windows

Date

7 months ago

Author

AstroBob

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