Defold Engine

Removing Collada support and the asm.js platform In the next major version update, 1.13.0 in May, which will follow 1.12.3 in March and 1.12.4 in April, we plan to remove support for the deprecated Collada format and asm.js as an HTML5 backend. Col...

If you are still using .dae files or bundling for asm.js, we kindly ask you to begin migrating now.
If anything is blocking that transition, let us know as soon as possible, so we can answer it before the release.

More details can be found in the post:
forum.defold.com/t/removing-c...

We have an important roadmap update:

In the next major Defold release - 1.13.0, planned for May 2026, we intend to remove support for the already deprecated Collada (.dae) format and the asm.js HTML5 backend.

Defold has supported glTF file format and WebAssembly for a long time already,.

Making A Top-Down Shooter Game With Defold - Defold Tutorial YouTube video by Asatte Games

Check out the new tutorial on how to make a 2D top down incremental island defense game in Defold by Asatte Games:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNmQ...

#MadeWithDefold #gamedev #indiedev #tutorial

Biplanar Mapping Shader This was something I needed for one of my prototypes, so it is not exactly biplanar mapping. I needed a separate surface texture for the top. Please consider this shader expensive to use. Sorry about...

Biplanar mapping is a useful technique to texture 3D geometry without UV, making it great for e.g.:
🏔️terrain
🪨rocks
🌱grass
🌳or other organic shapes

Check the #opensource biplanar mapping #shader for #Defold by @selimanac.bsky.social:

forum.defold.com/t/biplanar-m...

Make games, not engines What's your game engine of choice?

"During events and speaking engagements, I’m often asked why I use Defold to create my games — and why not engine X or Y. So I decided to sit down and really reflect: why Defold?"

Make games, not engines - a new article by @kuyimobile.bsky.social on Substack: kuyimobile.substack.com/p/make-games...

Defold Event - a library for cross-context events and callbacks by @insality.bsky.social was updated and now includes:

⌛️ Queues
🤝 Promises
↩️ Events as callbacks
🔂 Subscribe Once
⚙️ Event Modes

Check it out:
forum.defold.com/t/defold-eve...

#MadeWithDefold #opensource #gamedev #indiedev

Set sail! Time to ship! ⛵️

It's #ScreenshotSaturday so share with us what you're working on!

Featured: Defold Wave by @selimanac.bsky.social - an #opensource extension for making waves with shaders for beautiful stylized water 🌊

#MadeWithDefold #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #indiegames #TeaseYaGame

Congrats to @selimanac.bsky.social! 🎉

His native extension Defold Wave was just featured in the latest GamedevJSWeekly #635.

Great to see the Defold community and its tools getting highlighted! 🌊

Check it out in action and see the post:
gamedevjsweekly.com/635

#MadeWithDefold #gamedev #indiedev

Mixing 2D and 3D with a style!
Work in progress prototype by Dragosha #MadeWithDefold

On our subreddit r/defold users share their creations, and Flameteam presented the progress on a prototype of a shop tycoon game with runtime mesh generation to build rooms with lovely assets by @kenney.nl

#MadeWithDefold #gamedev #indiedev #gameengine

News from the Defold Foundation and the community are gathered monthly and sent to subscribers 💌

The March newsletter has been sent today, so check your inboxes or read the preview here:

sh1.sendinblue.com/aoe4ixke4lpf...

Congratulations! ✨

Super happy to pick up the Best Visual award in the #Defold Community Challenge!

Community Challenge #5: Break It! ⛓️‍💥 Thank you very much for all your submissions! 🧡 This time the competition was though and it was very hard for us to decide on the winners (1 vote decided in each category!), so congratulations! 🥳 ...

And go check out the #opensource projects submitted, they are all amazing 🧡

forum.defold.com/t/community-...

We finished our Community Challenge: Break it! 💥

🚀 Best Technical: Tentacle Thing by Jean
🖼️ Best Visual: Wooden Wagon by Sam
🐣Best First-time: Flip-Flop Football by Ivan

Congratulations to the winners! 🏆
Rewards are waiting! 🎁

#MadeWithDefold #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #challenge #gameengine

Defold 1.12.2 has been released Summary NEW: (#11784) Property options refactor (by Jhonnyg) NEW: (#9746) Add support for setting and getting custom attribute data for model components (by Jhonnyg) NEW: (#11616) Added 3D Third Pers...

🔤 Distance field fonts noticeably sharper in Editor
🧷 Quality-of-life fixes across symlinks, code editor resilience, scrolling, dialogs, proxies, bob messaging, and many, many more!

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

#Defold #gameengine #gamedev #indiedev #lua #solodev #indiegames #programming

Defold 1.12.2 has been released!

✨ Control ParticleFX emitters in runtime
🖼️ Custom Editor UI now with images
⚡️ Faster Editor for large projects
🎮 3D playground sample
🧩 Custom vertex attribute data for models
🧵 Support for more than 8 vertex stream
🗂️ “New…” menu in Asset Browser

Defold Wave is the next amazing native extension by @selimanac.bsky.social that allows to simulate floating objects and waves.

It's #opensource and comes together with nice stylized water #shader and two example projects:

forum.defold.com/t/stylized-w...

#MadeWithDefold #gamedev #indiedev

It's Sunday and we're waiting for you to share what you are working on!

Featured: Superweird by @ludenio.bsky.social

#ScreenshotSaturday #MadeWithDefold #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #gameengine #indiegames

Our community challenge to create something interesting with physics in Defold is slowly coming to an end, and we’re getting some really interesting submissions - like this Carrion-inspired controller:

#MadeWithDefold #opensource #gamedev #indiedev #physics #challenge

SplitMix64 PRNG Hi everyone! I’m happy to announce the final release of the SplitMix64 extension for Defold - fast, but non-cryptographic PRNG. While this extension has been around for over 5 years and personally we...

🎲 If your game needs reproducible random sequences across all platforms, check out the SplitMix64 native extension for Defold:

forum.defold.com/t/splitmix64...

#Defold #rng #programming #gamedev #indiedev #opensource

Last call, Runagades ⏰

Tournament sign-ups for Sprint City close tonight at 8PM CET.
Get in, get fast, and we’ll see you on the start line 🏁

#speedrunning #gaming #indiegames

Side scroller tutorial This tutorial is intended to give a taste of what making games in Defold is about. It goes through creating a new project, based on a simple side-scroller. You will then learn how to tweak the game to...

The tutorial was designed to allow a quick and easy dive into #gamedev with Defold.

You can download and run it from the Editor directly!
If you try it, let us know what was clear, what wasn’t, and what you’d like to see next.

defold.com/tutorials/si...

Another entry-level Defold tutorial is now updated, and we’d love your feedback, especially if you’re new to Defold 🧡💙

It includes a complete side-scroller project with assets and walks you through modifying the game and adding new features.

#Defold #tutorial #beginners #gamedev #indiedev #solodev

Spent some time experimenting with Defold.
Built a small, chaotic wagon prototype for the Break It challenge.
Still exploring the engine — but it’s been fun so far.

Itch page: balkanramgames.itch.io/break-it-woo...

#gamedev #solodev #defold

We just checked out Dragosha’s new #opensource Tiny World demo that includes a full-blown level editor with terrain sculpting and object placement, plus all the lighting and other rendering features from the Lights & Shadows project 🧡💙

#MadeWithDefold #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #leveleditor

Was it made with Defold??

Last week to submit your physics projects to our Community Challenge: Break it!

We’ve already received some amazing submissions, so this #ScreenshotSaturday we’re featuring one of them - a cool project by Sam where you crash into other wagons!

#MadeWithDefold #gamedev #indiedev

Druid - a powerful framework for User Interfaces by @insality.bsky.social has now been updated and you can now quickly test many different widgets!

If you're building a complex GUI for your games, this is very helpful!

#MadeWithDefold #gamedev #UI #framework #indiedev #solodev

We’ll be refreshing our website, so we're looking for games for our showcase! ✨

If you have a game #MadeWithDefold and would like it to be featured, please reach out to us! 🧡💙