Skull Horde by 8BitSkull - a fast-paced auto battler dungeon crawler where you play as a flying skull necromancer is out now on Steam:
#MadeWithDefold #indiegame #Steam #pcgames #pcgaming #videogames #gamedev #indiedev
Next teaser from @jhonnygoransson.bsky.social on the upcoming Light Component for Defold:
"I've also started working on clustered rendering for this so we can have thousands of lights, but I don't have any preview for that yet. Stay tuned!"
#MadeWithDefold #gamedev #indiedev #vfx #rendering
We’ve prepared yet another Defold example for 1.12.3 release showing how to do texture scrolling ↔️
It's great for background scrolling texture, flowing water, parallax details, glowing surfaces, and more!
#MadeWithDefold #gamedev #indiedev #shaders #vfx #graphics #solodev #gameengine #tutorial
We’ve prepared a new example showing how to create billboarding in your games! 🌲
It includes two modes:
- always face the camera - like the smoke ☁️
- lock rotation to a vertical axis - trees and rocks🌲🪨
#MadeWithDefold #vfx #rendering #gameengine #3D #gamedev #indiedev #solodev
Looking for multiplayer solution?
Asobi is an open source, server-authoritative multiplayer backend shared with the Defold community. It comes with a Defold SDK, a playable demo, and support for writing server-side game logic in Lua.
#MadeWithDefold #gamedev #indiedev #multiplayer #opensource
Defold 1.12.3 has been released:
⏰ Time exposed to shaders - easily create visual effects depending on time variable
↗️ Texture Transform semantic - useful for e.g. scrolling textures
#Defold #gameengine #gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev #solodev #MadeWithDefold
The GamedevJS Jam 2026 starts in less than a week and we have rewards for best games #MadeWithDefold 🎁
Join us!
Happy Holiday #ScreenshotSaturday!
What’s been hatching in your Defold projects lately? 🐣
Share your screenshots, GIFs, or videos below, we’d love to see what you’re working on!
Featured: Sprint City @playsprintcity.bsky.social - out now!
#MadeWithDefold #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #indiegames
A little teaser from @jhonnygoransson.bsky.social from the ongoing work on the upcoming Light component for Defold! 💡
This preview shows three different types of lights, each with their own properties, along with how they are represented in the Editor.
#MadeWithDefold #gamedev #indiedev
We invite you to read the new interview from our Creator Spotlight!
Orenji Spark shares how switching to Defold helped make the web game smaller, and smoother to play on @poki.com, and how to sustain a long running game studio
#MadeWithDefold #indiegames #webgames #gamedev #indiedev #interview
Navigating 3D scenes is about to get much smoother!
A new editor feature is coming to Defold soon:
Fly Camera 🎥
It’s a small change that can make a big difference when working on scenes and moving around your project more freely - do you like it? 🧡💙
#MadeWithDefold #gamedev #indiedev #gameengine
We’re happy to announce a new Defold challenge with rewards! 🎁
Make a game with Defold, submit it to @Gamedevjs Jam 2026, and you could win one of 10 Steam gift cards!
We can’t wait to see what you create with Defold. Good luck! 🚀
#MadeWithDefold #gamedev #indiedev #gamedevjs #gamejam
This developer is making experimental real-time tree physics in Defold 🌿
Nikolay Armonik is simulating 1000 bones on the CPU in real time in his solo project, and the result looks fantastic! 🧡💙
#MadeWithDefold #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #WIP #graphics #physics #techart #indiegames #vfx
You can now set and get ParticleFX properties in Defold, and we’ve put together a small example to show how 💥
What would you build with runtime-controlled particle effects? 🤔
#MadeWithDefold #gamedev #indiedev #tutorial #particles #vfx
Prototyping a new game. HTML5 build running on a 5 year old phone’s browser—this is why I love @defold.com ! 😊 #screenshotsaturday #madewithdefold
It’s #ScreenshotSaturday 👀
What’s new in your Defold project this week?
Show us your progress below!
Featured: Knight Bolts by Hydraware:
forum.defold.com/t/knight-bol...
#MadeWithDefold #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames #indiegamedev #solodev
Paweł Jarosz in Gamedev.js Jam 2026
Please welcome Paweł Jarosz, Community and Content Manager at the Defold Foundation, as our #GamedevJS Jam 2026 expert!
gamedevjs.com/jam/2026/#pa...
#expert #gamedev #gamejam #partnership #Defold #MadeWithDefold
This game was ported to Defold and had:
🪶~65% smaller build size
⚡️Much faster loading time
📈Smoother performance across devices
Check out Jane's Fashion Studio by Orenji Spark on @poki.com!
Read the story: forum.defold.com/t/from-unity...
#MadeWithDefold #webgames #indiegames #gamedev #indiedev
A game engine is only part of the story.
The real challenge is turning it into a reliable, cross-platform toolchain with full editing workflow for game development.
That’s a big part of what Defold is about!
#Defold #gamedev #indiedev #MadeWithDefold
Want to add microphone input to your Defold game? 🎤
Check out this new community-made extension that lets you capture audio directly from the mic, opening up possibilities for voice control, recording, and more.
#MadeWithDefold #gamedev #indiedev #nativeextension #solodev #audio
Soft launching a new game soon! 😀 #gamedev #screenshotsaturday #madewithdefold
Spring is here, and so is #ScreenshotSaturday 🌱
Show us what you’ve been working on in Defold - fresh ideas, new mechanics, or something you’ve been polishing over 👇
Featured: Skull Horde by 8BitSkull that releases soon!
#MadeWithDefold #gamedev #indiedev #screenshotsaturday
Progress on the Minecraft-like Cube Mining 3D in Defold by @cenullum.bsky.social is great - it has now a custom 3D particle system with collisions 🧡
Check the crunchy sounds too! 🎧🎶
#MadeWithDefold #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #indiegames #minecraft #voxels #gameengine #opensource
We played MicroShop by flametime - it's a tiny shop management and building tycoon in early development made with cute 3D assets by @kenney.nl in Defold!
😊🍞🍉🧀🍯💵
#MadeWithDefold #indiegame #tycoon #management #shop #webgame #indiedev #gamedev
The latest trailer for Skull Horde by 8BitSkull has us on the edge of our seats. It’s shaping up to be a great test of what Defold can handle, with countless enemies swarming the screen.
Releasing April 10! 🗓️
#MadeWithDefold #indiegame #bulletheaven #survivorlike
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCWi...
#AThousandBees is now on the #Defold website, defold.com/showcase/ which feels supercool!
#miat #madewithdefold #showcase #hiddenobjects #indiegames #indiedev #cozygames #wholesomegames
We’re proud to announce that the Defold Foundation is sponsoring Gamedev.JS Jam 2026!
The jam kicks off in less than a month on Itch, and we’d love to see plenty of entries #MadeWithDefold! 🧡💙
Are you joining?
#gamedev #gamejam #webgames #indiegames
Defold in Gamedev.js Jam 2026
Great news today: we have a brand new Partner, Defold, in #GamedevJS Jam 2026!
gamedevjs.com/jam/2026/#de...
So happy to have you with us! ❤️
#gamedev #gamejam #partnership #Defold #MadeWithDefold
Defold Flow is the next great open source library for UI - this one implements a CSS Flexbox-inspired UI system in pure Lua.
It's also very well documented, with a tutorial series on how to use it and guides:
github.com/Pause-Games/...
#opensource #ui #css #lua #MadeWithDefold #gamedev #indiedev
It's #ScreenshotSaturday! 📸
Share what you are working on!
Featured: Hill Climb Racing Lite by Fingersoft - we recently had an interview on how their journey to web for this hit mobile title was looking like.
#MadeWithDefold #gamedev #indiegamedev #webgames
