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
Defold 1.12.0 has been released!
🇦 Font Shaping
⏯️ Engine Throttling
🔄 Reworked Life Cycle
⏰ New late_update
🎥 New Camera functions
📈 Better Editor 3D performance and more!
Featured: Tiny City by @selimanac.bsky.social with art assets by @kenney.nl
#gamedev #indiedev #gameengine #gamedevelopers
2025 was a frutiful year for Defold!
Thank you to everyone who played, built, shipped, contributed, tested, shared feedback and supported us! 🧡
We’ve gathered the highlights in our retrospective:
defold.com/2026/01/02/D...
It's a giving time and we also have a small gift for you: 🎁
a 3D third-person open-source playground!
🪙 collect gold and store it
🏃 simple character controller
🎮 virtual gamepad
🏐 physics
🌑 shadow mapping
#MadeWithDefold #game #gamedev #indiedev #webgame #mobilegame
Merry Christmas! 🎄
From the very bottom of our hearts, we wish everyone a well-earned, restful break and a season filled with cozy, warm, happy moments.
We wish you calm, peaceful times and peace in your homes, your communities, and the world around you.
My "No Graphics API" blog post is live! Please repost :)
www.sebastianaaltonen.com/blog/no-grap...
I spend 1.5 years doing this. Full rewrite last summer and another partial rewrite last month. As Hemingway said: "First draft of everything is always shit".
We’re putting together a Defold showreel video showcasing Defold games released (or in early access) during 2025!
If you want to be included, please send us a 10-20 second video of the gameplay 🎞️
Details: forum.defold.com/t/defold-sho...
#gamedev #indiedev #indiegames #MadeWithDefold
The LittleCoaster scene, made by @deboltfx.bsky.social for the Defold Community Challenge is a tiny scene imported from Blender that includes a full PBR rendering pipeline and is now open source!
We really appreciate the tiny nod - the blocks forming the word “DEFOLD”.😉
#indiedev #gamedev #pbr
Flyby
#defold #madewithdefold
The beautiful Depth of Field example by Dragosha is now open sourced! 🧡 It contains all the previous lighting visual effects + the newest DoF addition!💙
Who's here for the new adventures?
#MadeWithDefold #gamedev #indiedev #shaders #vfx #indiegames #opensource
Defold games on a dual-screen console? 🎮
The very same developer Flametime1, who recently run a Defold game on a smartwatch, has now written a Native Extension to display it on the dual-screen #AynThor console! 💙
#MadeWithDefold #gamedev #indiedev #consolegames #androidgames
Creators of The Unexpected Quest - Rionix Games -
are working on a spin-off for it and chose #Defold! 🧡💙
#indiegame #fantasy #strategy #indiedev #gamedev
Can it run Defold?
One of our community members created and tested a 3D game #madewithdefold on a smartwatch!
Nice presentation how a depth of field effect could be adjusted with visual representation by color using part of the viewport to render useful data - here used in the project by Dragosha:
#MadeWithDefold #gamedev #indiedev #rendering #shaders #programming
Nikolay Armonik is working on his next game in Defold, featuring huge maps and full destruction - and we’re excited to see where this will go!💥
Check out the current progress:
#MadeWithDefold #gamedev #indiedev #3Dgames #Physics #indiegames
Defold 1.12.0 is now in beta!
🏞️ better 3D scene view performance
🈚 text shaping and font collections
🔁 new update cycle and late update
⏯️ engine throttling control
🎥 new camera functions
🔇 group mute and new sound backend
🌎 further localization
and many more!
Check out Release Notes:
This is a release packed with features, so after extended testing it will be a blast! 🧡
Check out the Defold's newest beta:
Crimson Orbit is an old school wave based sci-fi shooter with upgrades by Alexander Bulatov which is now being tested in alpha version - you can play it online on itch now:
on.itch.io/crimson-orbi...
#MadeWithDefold #indiegame #webgame #scifi #shooter #indiedev #gamedev
6 free CC0 game prototypes - here's an overview of the SuperWEIRD Game Kit for Defold by Luden.io on Unfolding Gamedev channel:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pz_q...
#gamedev #indiedev #youtube #MadeWithDefold #indiegames #programming #lua #prototype
The creator of Lights and Shadows for Defold - Dragosha created this Heroes of Might and Magic and King's Bounty inspired tiny example with fog of war, day and night, minimap and pathfinding, check it out in the browser:
forum.defold.com/t/light-and-...
#MadeWithDefold #gamedev #indiedev #webgame
We are amazed to see devs not only using #Defold Editor Scripts & UI to automate workflows - but also building whole tools inside the Defold editor! 💙
Here’s @insality.bsky.social making an in-editor asset store allowing you to browse and download them right in your project:
Editor Scripts and UIs are here to enable developers to create custom workflows tailored for their projects.
Here's an example of an automated creation of model files with materials and textures in batch from multiple GLTF files by @paweljarosz.bsky.social importing @kaylousberg.bsky.social assets:
The author of the horror scene with BRDF rendering pipeline, clustered lighting and many other interesting visual effects like glass materials released the updated project source now!
Check it out on your own:
github.com/martianovdev...
#horrorgame #madewithdefold #gamedev #indiedev #rendering
A procedurally generated cave with destructible terrain — created in #Defold by Morgerion
#gamedev #indiedev #procgen
It's always inspiring to see what the #defold community creates. Here's a horror game scene featuring real-time lighting and clustered rendering:
#horrorgame #indiedev #gamedev #madewithdefold
In 2024, games built with Defold on @poki.com generated €3 million in revenue and an incredible 600+ million plays! 🎮✨
We’re proud of these milestones and thrilled to have Poki as a partner, actively sponsoring the continued development of Defold for the web.
#gameengine #html5games #gamedev
We’re excited to announce that Photon Realtime is available in Defold!
Photon Realtime + Defold gives you the tools you need to build scalable, lightning-fast, and reliable multiplayer games.
#gameengine #gamedev #indiedev #multiplayergaming
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Check out the developer interview with Rustam Bayrkhanov from HG Point on our blog. Learn about the journey of HG Point, why they are using Defold and how they are releasing great games such as 'Piece of Cake: Merge & Bake' on the web!
defold.com/2025/06/18/I...
#html5games #gameengine #gamedev
