"Our production team is small and agile, typically consisting of one to three programmers. In that setup, Defold worked well for collaboration, especially since all project files are stored as text." Read full interview: defold.com/2026/03/12/I...

We’ve added a new Automation section to the Defold manuals, covering 5 areas: ⚙️ Automation in Defold 💻 Editor HTTP API 🎮 Engine service 🧪 Automated testing 🤖 AI coding agents We’d love to hear what you build, and what else you would like to automate in #Defold 🧡💙 defold.com/manuals/auto...

I use this extension to capture .gputrace info on macOS 27. This allows me to profile the shaders and compare implementations a lot quicker. E.g. testing font shader optimizations in a quick fashion #gamedev #defold #gpudebug #macos

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We’re happy to share Automation Bridge for Defold - a new debug-only native extension that lets local automation clients inspect and control a running game for automated workflows, testing, and AI-assisted development 🤖 Read more: forum.defold.com/t/automation... #gamedev #indiedev #automation

We’re happy to share Automation Bridge for Defold - a new debug-only native extension that lets local automation clients inspect and control a running game for automated workflows, testing, and AI-assisted development 🤖 Read more: forum.defold.com/t/automation... #gamedev #indiedev #automation

Automation Bridge for Defold

AI-assisted tools, automation, and agent-driven workflows are becoming more and more relevant and we want Defold to stay open and ready for the ways developers are starting to build. That’s why we’re...

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"We realized fairly early on that quick, low-latency feedback on touch input is essential to how the game feels." Read more about turning board games into mobile games that feel great to play in our inteview with Felix Weiler from Soft Boiled Games: defold.com/2026/07/30/C...

A great teaser from @jhonnygoransson.bsky.social Global Illumination experiments for Defold with an editor script to bake lightmaps #MadeWithDefold 🧡💙

Huge congratulations to FDG! 🐵 Banana Kong has been rebuilt with Defold, bringing a smaller footprint and better performance. Congratulations on over 100M+ downloads on Google Play! And we’re happy to see Defold helping with its next chapter 🧡💙 Great to see another beloved game #MadeWithDefold

I think the vacation shenanigans are nearly done. I've done a due diligence of using #Slug or #SweepingScanline and it seems to comeout in favor of the sweep algo. Faster, simpler code, single curve texture. Thx @scuff3drook.bsky.social ! @defold.com #gamedev

Our partner @wavedash.com is sponsoring rewards for the best games deployed to Wavedash - Wavedash Credits prizes: 🥇 100 € 🥈 50 € 🥉 25 € 🏅 4th–10th place: 10 € The jam runs from September 20 to October 4 🗓️ More details: forum.defold.com/t/defold-gam... #DefoldGameJam #MadeWithDefold

Defold Game Jam 2026

Our partner Wavedash is sponsoring the Wavedash Challenge with rewards at Defold Game Jam 2026 - publish a game on Wavedash and the best ones win Wavedash Credits : 🥇 100 € 🥈 50 € 🥉 25 € 🏅 4th–10t...

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Happy #ScreenshotSaturday! As each Saturday, we are eager to see what have you been working on or finished? Share your projects and games #MadeWithDefold! 🧡💙 Featured: Crownfall by Fabric Visions Check it out on itch: fabricvisions.itch.io/crownfall

Defold Foundation is sponsoring Steam Gift Cards for the best games at Defold Game Jam 2026: 🥇 100 € 🥈 50 € 🥉 25 € 🏅 4th–10th place: 10 € The jam runs from September 20 to October 4 🗓️ Join us and start warming up! 🧡 itch.io/jam/defold-g... #DefoldGameJam #MadeWithDefold #gamedev #indiedev

We had an interesting talk with Felix Weiler from Soft Boiled Games about bringing the world of MicroMacro hit board games into a digital form, working with #Defold! Read the full interview below 👇 defold.com/2026/07/30/C... #MadeWithDefold #gamedev #indiedev #mobilegames

Poki is tightly integrated with Defold: ▶️ Project → Build Poki HTML5 📦 Project → Bundle → Poki Inside the Poki Inspector, you can check Poki events, ads, loading, screen resolutions, or generate a QR code or URL, and try the build on mobile devices! #gamedev #indiedev #webgames #html5 #Poki

Poki SDK extension 4.1.0 for Defold has been released! This update adds poki_sdk.get_device_info(), and refreshes the example project, improves and expands the documentation, read more: forum.defold.com/t/poki-sdk-n... #MadeWithDefold #gamedev #indiedev

AppLovin extension for Defold 2.0.0 is out! 📱 This major update brings AppLovin MAX 13.6.3 support to Defold projects on Android and iOS. 🤖🍎 If you’re monetizing #mobilegames #MadeWithDefold and using #AppLovin MAX, this is an important update to check out.

We've updated official #AdMob extension for Defold to 4.2.1! 📱 This update brings the Android Google Mobile Ads Next-Gen SDK to 1.3.0 and refreshes several Android mediation adapters. If you’re monetizing a #mobilegame #MadeWithDefold, this is a good moment to update and check your ad setup.

We’re happy to announce Unity LevelPlay extension for Defold! 📱 It brings #Unity #LevelPlay ad mediation to #Defold projects on Android and iOS - if you’re building a #mobilegame with Defold and need an #ad #monetization workflow, check it! Full announcement post: forum.defold.com/t/ironsource...

Save the dates! 🗓️ Defold Game Jam 2026 is open for registration! 🎮 Make a game with #Defold in 2 weeks, share it and compete for rewards! 🎁 The jam starts on September 20. 🍂 Preceded by a 2-day online Defold Conference! Register on itch: itch.io/jam/defold-g...

Building UI in Defold? Check out GUIX by Morgerion It’s an #opensource GUI widget toolkit built directly on top of Defold’s GUI API. Buttons, sliders, scroll areas, scroll grids, UTF-8 text input, optional rich text. github.com/Morgerion/de... #MadeWithDefold #gamedev #indiedev #ui

3 latest assets for #Defold by @selimanac.bsky.social now officially added to our Asset Portal: 💧 Stylized water shader 🌊 Wave extension for simulating floating objects 👥 Biplanar Mapping shader defold.com/assets/

Check out this community work-in-progress: #Box3D integration for Defold 📦 While the Defold team has recently focused on Box2D scripting and the long-term direction of “physics as extensions” a forum member is already exploring a Box3D Native Extension for #Defold! forum.defold.com/t/solved-int...

Happy #ScreenshotSaturday! Show us progress on your #gamedev projects released and unreleased yet, we want to see games #MadeWithDefold Featured: Iron Skies by 171Dev: store.steampowered.com/app/4848730/...

Happy #ScreenshotSaturday! We want to see screenshots and videos from your games #MadeWithDefold Featured: Mad Skills Motocross 2 by Turborilla - a physics based motocross racer - play it on #Poki: poki.com/pl/g/mad-ski...

2D or 3D? Does your game need lighting? How about shadows? Check out our new examples featuring the recently introduced light components in the #Defold 1.13.1 beta. Featuring game assets by @kenney.nl defold.com/examples/ren... #MadeWithDefold #rendering #glsl #shaders

In Defold 1.13.1 Beta the recently introduced models with Morph Targets (aka Blend Shapes) can now be GPU-instanced. This reduces draw calls and makes things like large crowds with varied facial expressions or mass object deformations far more efficient. #Defold #gamedev #indiedev

Defold 1.13.1 Beta introduces new components: Lights! 🌕 ambient, ☀️ directional, 💡 point, 🔦 and spot lights Check out our examples for 3D lights: defold.com/examples/ren... And a 2D basic lighting for sprites: defold.com/examples/ren...

Defold 1.13.1 Beta is here! 🚀 💡 New Light components 💪 Instancing support for models with morph targets ⚡ Up to 19% faster warm builds in large projects 🎮 SDL controller database 🧩 Tabs, images, resizable and non-modal dialogs for editor extensions and many more: forum.defold.com/t/defold-1-1...

Our Community Challenge about making experiments with new #Box2D scripting API is now finished and the winners will receive gifts! 🎁 Congratulations! 🥳 Check out the entries and their #opensource projects on Github!

This developer created a puzzle game in Defold and published it with @playgama.bsky.social on #YoutubePlayables thanks to the Playgama's #opensource Bridge SDK for #Defold 🧡💙 Check it out for free on Youtube Playables: www.youtube.com/playables/Ug...

Few more updates for the FPS sample game for #Defold 🎯 added a sniper rifle with raycasts instead of spawning bullets 💥 more billoboarded particlefx for explosions on muzzle and hit (it's not so well visible on the recording though) #MadeWithDefold #gamedev #indiedev