Defold Engine
@defold.com
Defold is a completely free to use and source available game engine for development of console, desktop, mobile and web games.
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Time to break the ice! 🧊
We invite to play with physics in the next Defold Community Challenge: Break it!
Come up with a creative idea, share a project #MadeWithDefold and win rewards! 🎁
forum.defold.com/t/community-...
#gamedev #indiedev #challenge #opensource
We invite to play with physics in the next Defold Community Challenge: Break it!
Come up with a creative idea, share a project #MadeWithDefold and win rewards! 🎁
forum.defold.com/t/community-...
#gamedev #indiedev #challenge #opensource
Our community member @cenullum shared progress on their Minecraft clone, now featuring hundreds of NPCs walking on voxel terrain:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyyh...
#MadeWithDefold #gamedev #indiedev #minecraftclone #solodev #indiegames #voxel
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyyh...
#MadeWithDefold #gamedev #indiedev #minecraftclone #solodev #indiegames #voxel
500 Mouse NPCs with Swept AABB on Voxel Terrain - Defold Engine
YouTube video by cenullum
www.youtube.com
February 14, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Our community member @cenullum shared progress on their Minecraft clone, now featuring hundreds of NPCs walking on voxel terrain:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyyh...
#MadeWithDefold #gamedev #indiedev #minecraftclone #solodev #indiegames #voxel
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyyh...
#MadeWithDefold #gamedev #indiedev #minecraftclone #solodev #indiegames #voxel
🌹 Roses are red,
🌻 Sunflowers - gold,
🧡 And the games we love
💙 are #MadeWithDefold!
Happy Valentine’s #ScreenshotSaturday! ❤️
Featured game:
Monkey Mart 🙈
🌻 Sunflowers - gold,
🧡 And the games we love
💙 are #MadeWithDefold!
Happy Valentine’s #ScreenshotSaturday! ❤️
Featured game:
Monkey Mart 🙈
February 14, 2026 at 10:00 AM
🌹 Roses are red,
🌻 Sunflowers - gold,
🧡 And the games we love
💙 are #MadeWithDefold!
Happy Valentine’s #ScreenshotSaturday! ❤️
Featured game:
Monkey Mart 🙈
🌻 Sunflowers - gold,
🧡 And the games we love
💙 are #MadeWithDefold!
Happy Valentine’s #ScreenshotSaturday! ❤️
Featured game:
Monkey Mart 🙈
⚙️ We’ve just published a new physics example showing how to keep motion smooth when physics runs at a fixed timestep using interpolation.
#MadeWithDefold #tutorial #gamedev #example #indiedev #gameengine #physics
#MadeWithDefold #tutorial #gamedev #example #indiedev #gameengine #physics
February 12, 2026 at 1:29 PM
⚙️ We’ve just published a new physics example showing how to keep motion smooth when physics runs at a fixed timestep using interpolation.
#MadeWithDefold #tutorial #gamedev #example #indiedev #gameengine #physics
#MadeWithDefold #tutorial #gamedev #example #indiedev #gameengine #physics
The progress over this is astonishing - it has now a translucent shader for the liquid, just take a look:
#MadeWithDefold #gamedev #physics #computeshaders #simulation #liquidsimulation #indiedev
#MadeWithDefold #gamedev #physics #computeshaders #simulation #liquidsimulation #indiedev
February 12, 2026 at 11:44 AM
The progress over this is astonishing - it has now a translucent shader for the liquid, just take a look:
#MadeWithDefold #gamedev #physics #computeshaders #simulation #liquidsimulation #indiedev
#MadeWithDefold #gamedev #physics #computeshaders #simulation #liquidsimulation #indiedev
We’d like to share a near-term snapshot of the areas we’re actively aiming to push forward over the coming quarters.
Check the details in the blog post:
defold.com/2026/02/10/D...
#defold #gameengine #gamedev #indiedev
Check the details in the blog post:
defold.com/2026/02/10/D...
#defold #gameengine #gamedev #indiedev
February 10, 2026 at 12:34 PM
We’d like to share a near-term snapshot of the areas we’re actively aiming to push forward over the coming quarters.
Check the details in the blog post:
defold.com/2026/02/10/D...
#defold #gameengine #gamedev #indiedev
Check the details in the blog post:
defold.com/2026/02/10/D...
#defold #gameengine #gamedev #indiedev
We've added a new physics example on how to apply force to dynamic objects, so go on, try it even right now in your browser!
Explore all our interactive examples on the website, and dive into our Community Challenge about physics! 💥
👉 defold.com/examples/#ph...
#MadeWithDefold #physics #gamedev
Explore all our interactive examples on the website, and dive into our Community Challenge about physics! 💥
👉 defold.com/examples/#ph...
#MadeWithDefold #physics #gamedev
February 10, 2026 at 7:26 AM
We've added a new physics example on how to apply force to dynamic objects, so go on, try it even right now in your browser!
Explore all our interactive examples on the website, and dive into our Community Challenge about physics! 💥
👉 defold.com/examples/#ph...
#MadeWithDefold #physics #gamedev
Explore all our interactive examples on the website, and dive into our Community Challenge about physics! 💥
👉 defold.com/examples/#ph...
#MadeWithDefold #physics #gamedev
Are you a Unity user that want to try Defold?
We’ve created a dedicated starting point for you:
“Defold for Unity users” helps you get productive fast by covering the essentials and mapping familiar Unity concepts to their Defold equivalents.
defold.com/manuals/unity/
#unity #unity3d #gamedev
We’ve created a dedicated starting point for you:
“Defold for Unity users” helps you get productive fast by covering the essentials and mapping familiar Unity concepts to their Defold equivalents.
defold.com/manuals/unity/
#unity #unity3d #gamedev
February 9, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Are you a Unity user that want to try Defold?
We’ve created a dedicated starting point for you:
“Defold for Unity users” helps you get productive fast by covering the essentials and mapping familiar Unity concepts to their Defold equivalents.
defold.com/manuals/unity/
#unity #unity3d #gamedev
We’ve created a dedicated starting point for you:
“Defold for Unity users” helps you get productive fast by covering the essentials and mapping familiar Unity concepts to their Defold equivalents.
defold.com/manuals/unity/
#unity #unity3d #gamedev
Defold user Ivan Lytkin shared an #opensource liquid simulation experiment inspired by @sebastianlague.bsky.social videos, and powered by compute shaders in Defold.
💧 Check out the current status:
github.com/abadonna/def...
#MadeWithDefold #liquidsimulation #physics #gamedev #indiedev
💧 Check out the current status:
github.com/abadonna/def...
#MadeWithDefold #liquidsimulation #physics #gamedev #indiedev
February 9, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Defold user Ivan Lytkin shared an #opensource liquid simulation experiment inspired by @sebastianlague.bsky.social videos, and powered by compute shaders in Defold.
💧 Check out the current status:
github.com/abadonna/def...
#MadeWithDefold #liquidsimulation #physics #gamedev #indiedev
💧 Check out the current status:
github.com/abadonna/def...
#MadeWithDefold #liquidsimulation #physics #gamedev #indiedev
RTL text is supported in Defold starting with 1.12.0
To help you ship multilingual UI cleanly, we put together a localization example showing how to handle different languages and UI layouts.
Check it out online:
defold.com/examples/gui...
#gamedev #indiedev #ui #localization #MadeWithDefold
To help you ship multilingual UI cleanly, we put together a localization example showing how to handle different languages and UI layouts.
Check it out online:
defold.com/examples/gui...
#gamedev #indiedev #ui #localization #MadeWithDefold
Localization (RTL/LTR)
This example demonstrates how to handle localization in games, Unicode text layout, RTL rendering, and runtime font switching for localization.
defold.com
February 8, 2026 at 5:23 PM
RTL text is supported in Defold starting with 1.12.0
To help you ship multilingual UI cleanly, we put together a localization example showing how to handle different languages and UI layouts.
Check it out online:
defold.com/examples/gui...
#gamedev #indiedev #ui #localization #MadeWithDefold
To help you ship multilingual UI cleanly, we put together a localization example showing how to handle different languages and UI layouts.
Check it out online:
defold.com/examples/gui...
#gamedev #indiedev #ui #localization #MadeWithDefold
Impressive progress from Dragosha:
The 3D building prototype is quickly becoming a full-fledged level editor, including terrain modification. ⛰️
It runs also on mobile devices and still looks stunning! 🧡
#MadeWithDefold #gamedev #indiedev #gameengine #mobilegames #rts #strategy #indiegames
The 3D building prototype is quickly becoming a full-fledged level editor, including terrain modification. ⛰️
It runs also on mobile devices and still looks stunning! 🧡
#MadeWithDefold #gamedev #indiedev #gameengine #mobilegames #rts #strategy #indiegames
February 8, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Impressive progress from Dragosha:
The 3D building prototype is quickly becoming a full-fledged level editor, including terrain modification. ⛰️
It runs also on mobile devices and still looks stunning! 🧡
#MadeWithDefold #gamedev #indiedev #gameengine #mobilegames #rts #strategy #indiegames
The 3D building prototype is quickly becoming a full-fledged level editor, including terrain modification. ⛰️
It runs also on mobile devices and still looks stunning! 🧡
#MadeWithDefold #gamedev #indiedev #gameengine #mobilegames #rts #strategy #indiegames
It's #ScreenshotSaturday, so share what you are working on in #Defold! 🧡💙
Featured is Holy Justice: Galaxy Outcast, a scifi bullethell roguelike with wild ship builds released on mobile and Steam:
store.steampowered.com/app/3788820/...
#indiegames #mobilegames #gamedev #indiedev #MadeWithDefold
Featured is Holy Justice: Galaxy Outcast, a scifi bullethell roguelike with wild ship builds released on mobile and Steam:
store.steampowered.com/app/3788820/...
#indiegames #mobilegames #gamedev #indiedev #MadeWithDefold
February 7, 2026 at 8:52 AM
It's #ScreenshotSaturday, so share what you are working on in #Defold! 🧡💙
Featured is Holy Justice: Galaxy Outcast, a scifi bullethell roguelike with wild ship builds released on mobile and Steam:
store.steampowered.com/app/3788820/...
#indiegames #mobilegames #gamedev #indiedev #MadeWithDefold
Featured is Holy Justice: Galaxy Outcast, a scifi bullethell roguelike with wild ship builds released on mobile and Steam:
store.steampowered.com/app/3788820/...
#indiegames #mobilegames #gamedev #indiedev #MadeWithDefold
Can you make a Genshin Impact–like game in Defold?
Our community keeps building breathtaking stuff, and Mikhail just showcased an amazing project! 🧡
Here’s footage from a prototype in Defold, plus extra recordings of the assets in Blender:
#MadeWithDefold #Blender #gamedev #indiedev #gameengine
Our community keeps building breathtaking stuff, and Mikhail just showcased an amazing project! 🧡
Here’s footage from a prototype in Defold, plus extra recordings of the assets in Blender:
#MadeWithDefold #Blender #gamedev #indiedev #gameengine
February 6, 2026 at 9:12 AM
Can you make a Genshin Impact–like game in Defold?
Our community keeps building breathtaking stuff, and Mikhail just showcased an amazing project! 🧡
Here’s footage from a prototype in Defold, plus extra recordings of the assets in Blender:
#MadeWithDefold #Blender #gamedev #indiedev #gameengine
Our community keeps building breathtaking stuff, and Mikhail just showcased an amazing project! 🧡
Here’s footage from a prototype in Defold, plus extra recordings of the assets in Blender:
#MadeWithDefold #Blender #gamedev #indiedev #gameengine
Defold 1.12.1 has been released! 🎉
📱 Safe Area is now built in
🪲 Breakpoints tab
⏩ Improved project opening and loading performance
🖼️ Optimized Atlas preview and creation
📦 Mounting Live Update archives from Android assets
👆 Revamped Properties view, more drag&drop: from Assets to resource pickers
📱 Safe Area is now built in
🪲 Breakpoints tab
⏩ Improved project opening and loading performance
🖼️ Optimized Atlas preview and creation
📦 Mounting Live Update archives from Android assets
👆 Revamped Properties view, more drag&drop: from Assets to resource pickers
February 4, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Defold 1.12.1 has been released! 🎉
📱 Safe Area is now built in
🪲 Breakpoints tab
⏩ Improved project opening and loading performance
🖼️ Optimized Atlas preview and creation
📦 Mounting Live Update archives from Android assets
👆 Revamped Properties view, more drag&drop: from Assets to resource pickers
📱 Safe Area is now built in
🪲 Breakpoints tab
⏩ Improved project opening and loading performance
🖼️ Optimized Atlas preview and creation
📦 Mounting Live Update archives from Android assets
👆 Revamped Properties view, more drag&drop: from Assets to resource pickers
Holy Justice: Galaxy Outcast is a cosmic bullet-hell roguelike arcade shooter by BigButton where players can craft wild ship builds 🚀
You can play it now on Steam or mobile, check it out:
www.bigbutton.co/holy-justice...
#MadeWithDefold #indiegame #shmup #roguelike #gamedev #indiedev #bullethell
You can play it now on Steam or mobile, check it out:
www.bigbutton.co/holy-justice...
#MadeWithDefold #indiegame #shmup #roguelike #gamedev #indiedev #bullethell
February 4, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Holy Justice: Galaxy Outcast is a cosmic bullet-hell roguelike arcade shooter by BigButton where players can craft wild ship builds 🚀
You can play it now on Steam or mobile, check it out:
www.bigbutton.co/holy-justice...
#MadeWithDefold #indiegame #shmup #roguelike #gamedev #indiedev #bullethell
You can play it now on Steam or mobile, check it out:
www.bigbutton.co/holy-justice...
#MadeWithDefold #indiegame #shmup #roguelike #gamedev #indiedev #bullethell
Can you make a Minecraft clone in Defold?
Well, there are already lots of similar games #MadeWithDefold 🎮
You can make them too! It's even easier now, as recently cenullum shared an #opensource 3D voxel mining example:
github.com/cenullum/cub...
#gamedev #minecraft #indiedev #solodev
Well, there are already lots of similar games #MadeWithDefold 🎮
You can make them too! It's even easier now, as recently cenullum shared an #opensource 3D voxel mining example:
github.com/cenullum/cub...
#gamedev #minecraft #indiedev #solodev
February 4, 2026 at 8:44 AM
Can you make a Minecraft clone in Defold?
Well, there are already lots of similar games #MadeWithDefold 🎮
You can make them too! It's even easier now, as recently cenullum shared an #opensource 3D voxel mining example:
github.com/cenullum/cub...
#gamedev #minecraft #indiedev #solodev
Well, there are already lots of similar games #MadeWithDefold 🎮
You can make them too! It's even easier now, as recently cenullum shared an #opensource 3D voxel mining example:
github.com/cenullum/cub...
#gamedev #minecraft #indiedev #solodev
Asset Store by @insality.bsky.social is a powerful enhancement to the Editor!
Now Asatte shows how to use it, check it out:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEcv...
Now Asatte shows how to use it, check it out:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEcv...
How To Use Defold Asset Portal? With "Asset Store" Asset - Defold Tutorial
YouTube video by Asatte Games
www.youtube.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Asset Store by @insality.bsky.social is a powerful enhancement to the Editor!
Now Asatte shows how to use it, check it out:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEcv...
Now Asatte shows how to use it, check it out:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEcv...
“Gone are the days of begging friends & family to test your game.”
Erick shared a practical and insightful guide to game making, testing, and publishing process, that helped him release several #MadeWithDefold games on Poki last year and another one already this year.
#gamedev #indiedev #webgames
Erick shared a practical and insightful guide to game making, testing, and publishing process, that helped him release several #MadeWithDefold games on Poki last year and another one already this year.
#gamedev #indiedev #webgames
Sharing my game production process (and how I got published on Poki.com) 😊👇 #bosbedroom #indiedev #gamedev
February 3, 2026 at 8:34 AM
“Gone are the days of begging friends & family to test your game.”
Erick shared a practical and insightful guide to game making, testing, and publishing process, that helped him release several #MadeWithDefold games on Poki last year and another one already this year.
#gamedev #indiedev #webgames
Erick shared a practical and insightful guide to game making, testing, and publishing process, that helped him release several #MadeWithDefold games on Poki last year and another one already this year.
#gamedev #indiedev #webgames
Prototyping and verifying fast is crucial nowadays.
Shape Matcher went from an idea to a fully playable game published online at Poki preview in about a day!
forum.defold.com/t/two-shapes...
#MadeWithDefold #gamedev #indiedev
Shape Matcher went from an idea to a fully playable game published online at Poki preview in about a day!
forum.defold.com/t/two-shapes...
#MadeWithDefold #gamedev #indiedev
February 2, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Prototyping and verifying fast is crucial nowadays.
Shape Matcher went from an idea to a fully playable game published online at Poki preview in about a day!
forum.defold.com/t/two-shapes...
#MadeWithDefold #gamedev #indiedev
Shape Matcher went from an idea to a fully playable game published online at Poki preview in about a day!
forum.defold.com/t/two-shapes...
#MadeWithDefold #gamedev #indiedev
In Defold 1.12.0, there’s a new Breakpoints tab that lets you manage all your breakpoints in one place, including conditional ones, for easier debugging 🪲
Have you tried it yet? What’s your favorite use case?
#defold #gamedev #indiedev #debugging #programming #lua #coding
Have you tried it yet? What’s your favorite use case?
#defold #gamedev #indiedev #debugging #programming #lua #coding
February 1, 2026 at 7:28 PM
In Defold 1.12.0, there’s a new Breakpoints tab that lets you manage all your breakpoints in one place, including conditional ones, for easier debugging 🪲
Have you tried it yet? What’s your favorite use case?
#defold #gamedev #indiedev #debugging #programming #lua #coding
Have you tried it yet? What’s your favorite use case?
#defold #gamedev #indiedev #debugging #programming #lua #coding
Time to break the ice! 🧊
We invite to play with physics in the next Defold Community Challenge: Break it!
Come up with a creative idea, share a project #MadeWithDefold and win rewards! 🎁
forum.defold.com/t/community-...
#gamedev #indiedev #challenge #opensource
We invite to play with physics in the next Defold Community Challenge: Break it!
Come up with a creative idea, share a project #MadeWithDefold and win rewards! 🎁
forum.defold.com/t/community-...
#gamedev #indiedev #challenge #opensource
February 1, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Time to break the ice! 🧊
We invite to play with physics in the next Defold Community Challenge: Break it!
Come up with a creative idea, share a project #MadeWithDefold and win rewards! 🎁
forum.defold.com/t/community-...
#gamedev #indiedev #challenge #opensource
We invite to play with physics in the next Defold Community Challenge: Break it!
Come up with a creative idea, share a project #MadeWithDefold and win rewards! 🎁
forum.defold.com/t/community-...
#gamedev #indiedev #challenge #opensource
Saturday, so it's community spotlight time! Reply with a screenshot or clip and a short line about the project you're working on 💻
#screenshotsaturday #madewithdefold #gamedev #indiedev
This week featured game: Extinction Zone by 171Dev, add it to wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/4323330/...
#screenshotsaturday #madewithdefold #gamedev #indiedev
This week featured game: Extinction Zone by 171Dev, add it to wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/4323330/...
January 31, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Saturday, so it's community spotlight time! Reply with a screenshot or clip and a short line about the project you're working on 💻
#screenshotsaturday #madewithdefold #gamedev #indiedev
This week featured game: Extinction Zone by 171Dev, add it to wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/4323330/...
#screenshotsaturday #madewithdefold #gamedev #indiedev
This week featured game: Extinction Zone by 171Dev, add it to wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/4323330/...
Dan The Man - a classic platformer ported to web using Defold!
Born from Studio JOHO’s web series, turned into an arcade parody by @halfbrickstudios.bsky.social, installed on 100M+ devices was brought to the web by Denda Games and Yes2Games.
#MadeWithDefold #pixelart #platformer #gamedev #webgames
Born from Studio JOHO’s web series, turned into an arcade parody by @halfbrickstudios.bsky.social, installed on 100M+ devices was brought to the web by Denda Games and Yes2Games.
#MadeWithDefold #pixelart #platformer #gamedev #webgames
January 30, 2026 at 8:32 AM
Dan The Man - a classic platformer ported to web using Defold!
Born from Studio JOHO’s web series, turned into an arcade parody by @halfbrickstudios.bsky.social, installed on 100M+ devices was brought to the web by Denda Games and Yes2Games.
#MadeWithDefold #pixelart #platformer #gamedev #webgames
Born from Studio JOHO’s web series, turned into an arcade parody by @halfbrickstudios.bsky.social, installed on 100M+ devices was brought to the web by Denda Games and Yes2Games.
#MadeWithDefold #pixelart #platformer #gamedev #webgames
Reposted by Defold Engine
Get running. Sprint City is coming to Steam Early Access in 2026!
🏁 Race with 8 players
🏃♂️ Wall-run, sprint & grapple
👟 Customize your Runagade
🎮 Instant multiplayer via browser play.
Check out the trailer below & sprint to Steam to wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/4191250/...
🏁 Race with 8 players
🏃♂️ Wall-run, sprint & grapple
👟 Customize your Runagade
🎮 Instant multiplayer via browser play.
Check out the trailer below & sprint to Steam to wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/4191250/...
January 27, 2026 at 4:17 PM
We’ve re-uploaded the Defold Showreel 2025 with even more #MadeWithDefold games!
youtu.be/LiS5bPE5yJI
youtu.be/LiS5bPE5yJI
Defold Showreel 2025 New games #MadeWithDefold
YouTube video by Defold
youtu.be
January 29, 2026 at 2:13 PM
We’ve re-uploaded the Defold Showreel 2025 with even more #MadeWithDefold games!
youtu.be/LiS5bPE5yJI
youtu.be/LiS5bPE5yJI
If you’re building #webgames, then Game Distribution has shared a solid checklist:
✅ 7 practical tips for faster, leaner HTML5 games
It's good to see it from the distributor perspective and we’re very happy to see Defold referenced!
Read it here:
blog.gamedistribution.com/game-develop...
✅ 7 practical tips for faster, leaner HTML5 games
It's good to see it from the distributor perspective and we’re very happy to see Defold referenced!
Read it here:
blog.gamedistribution.com/game-develop...
Game Development Tips for Faster and Leaner HTML5 Games - The official GameDistribution Blog
Building HTML5 Games for Real-World Distribution HTML5 development rewards teams that can ship quickly, optimize early, and respond to real player behavior. These principles sit...
blog.gamedistribution.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:32 AM
If you’re building #webgames, then Game Distribution has shared a solid checklist:
✅ 7 practical tips for faster, leaner HTML5 games
It's good to see it from the distributor perspective and we’re very happy to see Defold referenced!
Read it here:
blog.gamedistribution.com/game-develop...
✅ 7 practical tips for faster, leaner HTML5 games
It's good to see it from the distributor perspective and we’re very happy to see Defold referenced!
Read it here:
blog.gamedistribution.com/game-develop...