To invite players to your server, click the down arrow next to the server name in the top left. Once you become proficient at using Discord you can create hidden channels and other tricks. To limit the number of players that can visit a channel at any one time, click on the cog (“Edit Channel”) and change the User Limit. ( See our story about hosting Death in Venice for details on how I used them.) Click the cog to edit the channel to change the name or set other properties.)įor Death in Venice I set up these channels: Death in Venice server – note the channels Your server should look like the one above. Note that the voice channels also accept video. A channel is like a small chat room for a specific subject. Once you’ve done that you will have a new server with one text channel called “general” and one voice channel (also called “General”). You need to give your server a name and you can upload a photo if you like. You don’t need a template, so click “create your own”. You will be asked whether you want to base it on a template or create your own.
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To create one, click on the plus symbol “Add a Server” in the left-hand menu. Step 2: Create and customise your serverĪ “server” is what Discord calls its chat rooms. I recommend downloading the desktop app (as performance is reportedly better), but you can do everything through your browser if that’s easier. (So if you’re going to use it on a tablet, make sure you’re completely familiar with it first.)įirst step is to sign up to Discord. The Discord app isn’t as user-friendly as using it on a PC.Discord can be a bit geeky-there is lots of jargon and it’s not as user friendly as some alternatives.It’s less of a problem once the game is flowing as most players will be chatting in small numbers. That can be a challenge for briefings if your broadband connection is slow and when everyone is in the same channel, it can be mitigated if people mute themselves and switch off video. With lots of people, Discord can take up a lot of bandwidth.You can’t add a background to your video, like you can in Zoom.When you get into it, Discord is powerful and flexible.You can easily see who is in which space, so you don’t need to go searching for people.Players can move themselves in and out of the spaces without needing you to move them (unlike Zoom’s breakout rooms which require someone to manage them).
It’s easy to create lots of game spaces for players to chat in.The Karma Club via Discord Advantages of Discord This is a brief guide to setting up a Discord “server” (a space to hold your game). It’s probably the most flexible of the video chat options, but it’s also the least intuitive.
We used Discord when we ran The Karma Club and Death in Venice.
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