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Mathias Westerdahl 🇺🇦
@jcash.bsky.social
Co-founder & CTO www.refold.io
Developer www.defold.com
Mastodon: https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@jcash
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/mwesterdahl76
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jcash/
Blog: https://www.sizeofvoid.com

Ex UDS, Avalanche Studios,
I love Pixies, but this is still one of Charles' masterpieces.
Every song is just perfect 👌🎸
open.spotify.com/album/2DnKoS...
Svn Fngrs
Black Francis · Album · 2008 · 7 songs
open.spotify.com
May 24, 2025 at 9:48 AM
I feel mildly optimistic that we won't have to watch the "antagonist is the hero" approach from the Last of Us 2 game, in the tv series...
The video game is 65% playing the antagonist :(
#thelastofus
May 14, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I love to see that users are so excited about our releases!

github.com/defold/defol...

#defold #indiegamedev
May 6, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Reposted by Mathias Westerdahl 🇺🇦
The @defold Showreel 2024 was published a month ago (totally went under my radar) and Kaiju Control Force is in there! :D Nice game engine indeed.

#gamedev #defold #showreel #gameEngine

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZxU...
Defold showreel 2024
YouTube video by Defold
www.youtube.com
May 2, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Reposted by Mathias Westerdahl 🇺🇦
We are looking for an experienced C/C++ developer to join our team and help build new and exciting features in software used by game developers across the world.

Learn more and apply:

www.refold.io/jobs/game-en...

#gameengine #gamedev #madewithdefold
www.refold.io
May 1, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Reposted by Mathias Westerdahl 🇺🇦
And hey, for all my whining, at least I get to continue developing this tool.

The new home (with one script fix) is here:
github.com/randomascii/...
GitHub - randomascii/UIforETW: User interface for recording and managing ETW traces
User interface for recording and managing ETW traces - randomascii/UIforETW
github.com
April 28, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Reposted by Mathias Westerdahl 🇺🇦
Example project for daabbcc3D. Source for this simple project is available now, details:
forum.defold.com/t/daabbcc3d-...

#madewithdefold
DAABBCC3D - 3D AABB collision detection
The first basic example project is now available on Github: Play it here: defold-daabbcc3d-example-charming-kitchen 1.0 You should consider this a basic prototype, not something ready for producti...
forum.defold.com
April 16, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Reposted by Mathias Westerdahl 🇺🇦
🎮 Defold is a free, lightweight, cross-platform game engine for 2D (and light 3D) games. Built-in tools, Lua scripting, tiny build sizes, and deploys to everything from web to consoles. No royalties. Just download and build! 👉 defold.com
Defold - Official Homepage - Cross platform game engine
Defold is a free and open game engine used for development of console, desktop, mobile and web games.
defold.com
April 19, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Our work with supporting threads for HTML5 continues.

If you wish to track the progress, you can do so here:
github.com/defold/defol...

#defold #html5 #threads #emscripten
April 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Reposted by Mathias Westerdahl 🇺🇦
Defold 1.10.0 has been released! 🥳

And it's another huge release with many features, so here is only a highlight of few of them, check out more here:

forum.defold.com/t/defold-1-1...

#Defold #MadeWithDefold #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #games #indiegames #gameengine
April 15, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Anyone have experience with #Emscripten + pthread support?
I currently have two issues:
1) the threads don't start
2) the app doesn't call Module.onRuntimeInitialized

#gamedev #html5
April 15, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Reposted by Mathias Westerdahl 🇺🇦
Did you know that web games are back in style again? Get in on the action and launch your next Defold game on @poki.com and reach 90M active players.

defold.com/assets/poki/

#indiedev #gameengine #gamedev #html5gamedev #html5 #gdc2025
Poki SDK
Poki SDK native extension for Defold game engine
defold.com
March 14, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Reposted by Mathias Westerdahl 🇺🇦
It's full steam ahead on our road to GDC! Launch your Defold game on @steampowered.com using our battle tested and easy to use Steamworks SDK integration for Defold. Learn more:

defold.com/assets/steam...

#indiedev #gameengine #gamedev #gdc2025
Steamworks
Steamworks SDK provides a range of features which are designed to help ship your application or game on Steam in an efficient manner.
defold.com
March 13, 2025 at 6:39 PM
And the last merch arrived in time for #gdc2025 :

New tote bags!

#defold #IndieGameDev #gamedev
March 12, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Reposted by Mathias Westerdahl 🇺🇦
Build social and competitive features for your Defold game using the HeroicLabs open-source Nakama game server integration for Defold. Learn more:

defold.com/assets/nakama/

#indiedev #gameengine #gamedev #gdc2025
Nakama
Nakama is an open-source server designed to power modern games and apps. Features include user accounts, chat, social, matchmaker, realtime multiplayer, and much more. This client implements the full ...
defold.com
March 12, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Reposted by Mathias Westerdahl 🇺🇦
Less than a week to GDC! Why not try something new and launch your next mobile game with confidence using the Firebase Remote Config solution for Defold. Learn more:

defold.com/assets/fireb...

#firebase #indiedev #gameengine #gamedev #mobilegamedev #gdc2025
Firebase Remote Config
Firebase Remote Config is a cloud service that lets you change the behavior and appearance of your app without requiring users to download an app update. When using Remote Config, you create in-app de...
defold.com
March 11, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Continuing experiments using GENie (github.com/bkaradzic/GE...) to generate solutions for our source code.

Before, we had a command line approach, which isn't the best for newcomers nor debugging on console.
#defold #IndieGameDev
GitHub - bkaradzic/GENie: GENie - Project generator tool
GENie - Project generator tool. Contribute to bkaradzic/GENie development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
March 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Reposted by Mathias Westerdahl 🇺🇦
Getting ready for GDC! Did you know that Defold has a unified and simple to use interface for in-app purchases of one-time and subscription products on both iOS and Android? Learn more:

defold.com/assets/iap/

#monetization #gameengine #gamedev #gdc2025
In-app purchases
Defold provides a unified, simple to use interface to Apple’s iOS Appstore 'in-app purchases' and Google Play’s or Amazon’s 'in-app billing' on Android devices. Facebook Canvas 'game payments' are sup...
defold.com
March 10, 2025 at 12:17 PM
The @defold.com stickers arrived!
This time I added text on the back side for the few that don't recognise our logo ;)
#GDC2025 #gamedev #IndieGameDev
March 10, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Reposted by Mathias Westerdahl 🇺🇦
Third post in our road to GDC series! Take your mobile ad monetization to the next level using the AppLovin MAX Defold integration. Learn more:

defold.com/assets/applo...

#monetization #gameengine #gamedev #mobilegamedev #gdc2025
AppLovin MAX
AppLovin MAX Defold Plugin for Android and iOS.
defold.com
March 9, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Reposted by Mathias Westerdahl 🇺🇦
Next post in our road to GDC series - Monetize your mobile game across ad formats in a few simple steps using the IronSource Defold integration. Learn more:

defold.com/assets/irons...

#monetization #gameengine #gamedev #gdc2025
IronSource Official
Defold native extension which provides access to IronSource mediation on Android and iOS.
defold.com
March 8, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Reposted by Mathias Westerdahl 🇺🇦
Monetize your mobile game using our Google AdMob integration in a few simple steps. Choose from a wide range of ad formats to create the best ad experience for your game. Learn more:

defold.com/assets/admob...

#admob #gameengine #gamedev #gdc2025
Google AdMob
Monetize your mobile app with innovative and engaging in-app ads.
defold.com
March 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Reposted by Mathias Westerdahl 🇺🇦
Defold is a battle tested and production ready game engine. In a series posts leading up to GDC 2025 we'll show you how easy it is to integrate your Defold game with popular third party analytics, app economy and game services. Let's go!

#gdc2025 #gameengine #gamedev
March 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Reposted by Mathias Westerdahl 🇺🇦
I'm looking for a graphics/UX/frontend engineer to add to our team. Working with #Defold, GLSL, Lua to make galaxy.fun look awesome.

Ping me here, on our Discord, or Alexis @ Million Dreams Games dot com

Diverse candidates encouraged to apply!

#gamedev #indiedev #gamedevjobs
Once Upon a Galaxy
Captain your starship and recruit an eclectic crew from various space-fantasy tribes & factions in Once Upon a Galaxy!
galaxy.fun
March 6, 2025 at 10:36 PM
We have finally released the Defold 2024 Showreel with some of the great games released in 2024.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZxU...
Defold showreel 2024
YouTube video by Defold
www.youtube.com
March 5, 2025 at 9:39 PM