---
title: "Indie game studio: Discord server template"
description: "For a studio building in public: devlogs, patch notes and a roadmap, bug and feedback forums, closed playtests, a backers' lounge, dev streams, and a private dev area by discipline."
canonical_url: "https://www.bondbot.gg/templates/indie-game-studio"
---

# Indie game studio

For a studio building in public: devlogs, patch notes and a roadmap, bug and feedback forums, closed playtests, a backers' lounge, dev streams, and a private dev area by discipline.

Game dev · 10 categories · 58 channels · 28 roles · 8 plugins

## Channels

### Studio news

- #👋・welcome (text)
- #📜・rules (text)
- #📢・announcements (announcement)
- #🛠️・devlogs (announcement)
- #📝・patch-notes (announcement)
- #🗺️・roadmap (text)
- #❓・faq (text)
- #🎭・roles (text)
- #📰・press-kit (text)

### Community

- #💬・general (text)
- #🗨️・off-topic (text)
- #📸・screenshots (media)
- #🎨・fan-art (media)
- #🎬・clips (media)
- #😂・memes (text)
- #⭐・hall-of-fame (text)
- #⬆️・level-ups (text)
- #🤖・bot-commands (text)

### The game

- #🎮・game-discussion (text)
- #💡・tips-and-strategies (forum)
- #🔮・lore-and-theories (forum)
- #👥・looking-for-group (text)
- #🛠・game-dev-chat (text)

### Feedback

- #💡・suggestions (text)
- #🗣️・feedback (forum)
- #🐛・bug-reports (forum)
- #📋・known-issues (text)
- #🎫・support (text)

### Playtesting

- #📣・playtest-info (text)
- #💬・playtest-chat (text)
- #🐞・playtest-bugs (forum)
- #📝・playtest-feedback (forum)
- 🎮 Playtest Voice (voice)

### Backers

- #💛・backer-lounge (text)
- #🖼️・concept-art (media)
- #🗳️・backer-polls (text)

### Events

- #📅・events (announcement)
- #📺・dev-streams (text)
- 🎙️ Dev Q&A (stage)
- 🎮 Community Game Night (voice)

### Voice

- 🔊 Hangout (voice)
- 🎮 Play Together (voice)

### Dev team

- #💬・dev-general (text)
- #👨‍💻・programming (text)
- #🎲・game-design (text)
- #🎨・art (text)
- #🏃・animation (text)
- #🎵・audio (text)
- #✍️・narrative (text)
- #🧪・qa (text)
- #📦・builds (text)
- #📋・task-board (forum)
- 🗣️ Daily Standup (voice)
- 👥 Pairing Room (voice)

### Staff

- #🛡️・mod-chat (text)
- #📝・mod-log (text)
- #🚨・reports (text)
- #📊・community-planning (text)

## Roles, and what each one sees

| Role | Sees |
| --- | --- |
| Studio Lead | Everything |
| Producer | Everything |
| Programmer | Everything |
| Game Designer | Everything |
| Artist | All but Playtesting, plus #💬・playtest-chat, #🐞・playtest-bugs, #📝・playtest-feedback, 🎮 Playtest Voice |
| Animator | All but Playtesting, plus #💬・playtest-chat, #🐞・playtest-bugs, #📝・playtest-feedback, 🎮 Playtest Voice |
| Sound Designer | All but Playtesting, plus #💬・playtest-chat, #🐞・playtest-bugs, #📝・playtest-feedback, 🎮 Playtest Voice |
| Writer | All but Playtesting, plus #💬・playtest-chat, #🐞・playtest-bugs, #📝・playtest-feedback, 🎮 Playtest Voice |
| QA Lead | Everything |
| Community Manager | Everything |
| Moderator | All but Playtesting, plus #💬・playtest-chat, #🐞・playtest-bugs, #📝・playtest-feedback, 🎮 Playtest Voice |
| Trial Mod | All but Playtesting, plus #💬・playtest-chat, #🐞・playtest-bugs, #📝・playtest-feedback, 🎮 Playtest Voice |
| Closed Beta Tester | Everything |
| Playtester | Everything |
| Backer | All but Playtesting, plus #💬・playtest-chat, #🐞・playtest-bugs, #📝・playtest-feedback, 🎮 Playtest Voice |
| Legend · Lv 30 | All but Playtesting, plus #💬・playtest-chat, #🐞・playtest-bugs, #📝・playtest-feedback, 🎮 Playtest Voice |
| Superfan · Lv 15 | All but Playtesting, plus #💬・playtest-chat, #🐞・playtest-bugs, #📝・playtest-feedback, 🎮 Playtest Voice |
| Fan · Lv 5 | All but Playtesting, plus #💬・playtest-chat, #🐞・playtest-bugs, #📝・playtest-feedback, 🎮 Playtest Voice |
| Player | All but Playtesting, plus #💬・playtest-chat, #🐞・playtest-bugs, #📝・playtest-feedback, 🎮 Playtest Voice |
| PC | All but Playtesting, plus #💬・playtest-chat, #🐞・playtest-bugs, #📝・playtest-feedback, 🎮 Playtest Voice |
| Console | All but Playtesting, plus #💬・playtest-chat, #🐞・playtest-bugs, #📝・playtest-feedback, 🎮 Playtest Voice |
| Mobile | All but Playtesting, plus #💬・playtest-chat, #🐞・playtest-bugs, #📝・playtest-feedback, 🎮 Playtest Voice |
| Game Dev | All but Playtesting, plus #💬・playtest-chat, #🐞・playtest-bugs, #📝・playtest-feedback, 🎮 Playtest Voice |
| Devlog Ping | All but Playtesting, plus #💬・playtest-chat, #🐞・playtest-bugs, #📝・playtest-feedback, 🎮 Playtest Voice |
| Update Ping | All but Playtesting, plus #💬・playtest-chat, #🐞・playtest-bugs, #📝・playtest-feedback, 🎮 Playtest Voice |
| Playtest Ping | All but Playtesting, plus #💬・playtest-chat, #🐞・playtest-bugs, #📝・playtest-feedback, 🎮 Playtest Voice |
| Stream Ping | All but Playtesting, plus #💬・playtest-chat, #🐞・playtest-bugs, #📝・playtest-feedback, 🎮 Playtest Voice |
| Event Ping | All but Playtesting, plus #💬・playtest-chat, #🐞・playtest-bugs, #📝・playtest-feedback, 🎮 Playtest Voice |

## Plugins it names

Named only. The build adds the channels and roles; install each plugin afterwards from your server's Plugins page, with its own settings.

- Welcome: Greets new members in a channel with a message and a rendered welcome card, and can give them a starting role.
- Role picker: Members give themselves roles from a menu you choose, one at a time or several.
- Leveling: XP for chatting once a minute, levels with role rewards, level-up messages, /rank cards and a /leaderboard.
- Starboard: Posts messages that get enough stars to a starboard channel, with the author, a link back and a live count.
- Suggestions: A Suggest button that posts members' ideas with up and down votes, a discussion thread and a staff verdict.
- Giveaways: Runs giveaways with a button to enter, a set end time and winners drawn at random.
- Tickets: A ticket panel that opens a private thread per member, with a close button, a summary and a transcript in a staff log.
- Mod log: Posts a line in a staff channel for each moderator action: who did what to whom, and why.

## Never copied

Members, messages, emojis, webhooks, plugin settings, private channels and age-restricted channels. Bond adds to your server and changes nothing already there.

## What happens when you build it

- Pick the server. If Bond is not in it yet, Discord asks you to add Bond and the template comes along. If it is, the dashboard asks which server.
- Read one card. Bond shows what it will create, with counts and the first names, and waits for Confirm or Deny.
- It is built. The same card counts up as it goes. Nothing is asked of a model, so it costs no tokens.