GitHub - JustTemmie/steam-presence: A script that takes the game you're playing on steam and displays it on discord
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A script that takes the game you're playing on steam and displays it on discord - JustTemmie/steam-presence

I just found this cool utility a couple days ago and have found that it’s a great solution to sandboxed versions of Discord being unable to provide rich presence. It’s a Python script that queries the Steam web API to get info to forward to Discord’s API. The “installer” sets up a systemd service that will auto-run the script for you.

It requires you to get your own Steam API key which was a trivial, though slightly buggy, process for me. You can optionally use your own Discord app ID, or just use the one owned by the guy that created this script.

    • whou@lemmy.ml
      166·
      6 months ago

      I strongly disagree. Multiple times I’ve been playing a game and a friend saw my Discord status and chatted with me about it. It’s just another way for my friends to see my interests, nothing new on the internet.

      Would I want this status to be displayed somewhere else (especially a more FOSSy place)? Hell yeah. But there isn’t any, and the people that rarely talk to me and are into gaming, aren’t, unfortunately, on anywhere else but Discord.

    • Platypus@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      147·
      6 months ago

      For many people, socialization is a core part of gaming, and Discord is far and away the most common platform for that socialization.

        • Platypus@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          12·
          6 months ago

          It’s not a matter of what people can use, but what people do use. Like it or not, Discord is the de facto standard, and it’s a lot easier to install workarounds that make Discord usable on Linux than it is to convince all your friends to switch platforms.

            • PoorPocketsMcNewHold@lemmy.ml
              1·
              6 months ago
              • Desktop only (The phone app is somehow worse then the Discord app, see the Steam Chat rating).
              • No bots or advanced moderation
              • Steam restricted Are enough reason why it’s usage has been limited. Still decent to use for a couple of people but lackluster to what Discord propose.
    • pelotron@midwest.socialOPEnglish
      54·
      6 months ago

      Valve and Glorious Eggroll are going to be pissed when they find out how little Microsoft and Windows game developers care about them.