Defold Engine

Defold is a completely free to use and source available game engine for development of console, desktop, mobile and web games.
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[Defold Engine @defold]

Defold 1.14.0 has been released! 🚀

This is a big one, bringing XBOX support, new rendering capabilities, a more efficient editor, and much more!
Some highlights:

🎮 XBOX! (details will be in a separate post)
📱 Ready for iPhone Duo (safe area, iOS 27, and more)
📈 Support for up to 1 million game objects per collection
🧊 Cubemap render targets for e.g. real-time reflections and more effects
🎨 Redesigned Material Editor
⚡ Reduced editor CPU usage and better performance
🔤 Improved text shaping in editor
💻 Metal - default graphics backend on macOS
🛠️ Shader storage buffers in dmSDK
...and many more improvements and fixes.

Happy Defolding! 🧡💙

#Defold #gamedev #gameengine #MadeWithDefold #Xbox #iPhoneDuo #Duo #Lua #indiedev

[Defold Engine @defold]

@Nukochisa We do have Japanese translations of manuals now!
Did you have an occassion to check them out? 😊

https://t.co/qHQJ0Kt716

[FDG Entertainment @FDG_Games]

🍌Banana Kong update version 2.0.5 is now available on iOS and Android. Enjoy the game on the big canvas of the iPhone Duo! We also upgraded the game to run on the latest Defold game engine 1.14.0 with full metal support on iOS. 120fps ultra smooth gameplay performance. 🍌

[Luden.io | SuperWEIRD | Automation Roguelite @luden_io]

The factory made the fighters. This is where all those barrels went.

SuperWEIRD: automation meets co-op roguelite.
Made with Defold.
https://t.co/ZaGB6LXj6m

#SuperWEIRDGame #MadeWithDefold #GameDev

[Defold Engine @defold]

@WindowsPhoneteq Thanks for sharing!

[WPTeq＠XboxとWindowsとSurfaceなどのマイクロソフトのファンサイト @WindowsPhoneteq]

Xbox、無料ゲームエンジン「Defold」を正式サポート！承認済み開発者は追加料金なしで利用可能 https://t.co/Xb5Bac9o2v #defold #xbox #xboxjp https://t.co/Xb5Bac9o2v

[Defold Engine @defold]

@shinobuandpooh Cool!

[しのぶ🎮🇯🇵shinobu @shinobuandpooh]

ロゴ格好いい
#Defold

[Defold Engine @defold]

And another interview with Portentum creators!

"We found this engine called Defold, and the Defold Foundation is a non-profit that runs and maintains the engine. The engine is super capable, and it has very friendly developer terms."

#MadeWithDefold #deckbuilder #indiegame #Steam #indiedev #gamedev

[The Boss Rush Network @BossRushNetwork]

PAX West 2026: Interview With Snowfall Games Co-founder Jaden Holladay About Portentum

Discover #Portentum, the new deck-building game by Snowfall Games, blending auto-battles with cryptid themes at #PAXWest2026!

https://t.co/KANbJmi6CT

[Defold Engine @defold]

Read their story and wishlist the game!

https://t.co/HzLEV32GAt

[Defold Engine @defold]

"Defold let us keep the whole thing extremely lean, to the point where the game launches in milliseconds."

We discovered a new awesome game #MadeWithDefold by @SnowfallGamesX:

Portentum - an upcoming deck-building auto battler set in a world full of cryptids and mysterious beasts! 🎲

In their latest dev blog, they highlight what makes Defold a great fit for indie studios:

⚡ Lightning-fast startup and lightweight builds
🛠️ Developer-friendly workflows for small teams
🆓 Completely free, with no royalties, revenue share, or runtime fees

We love seeing developers take advantage of Defold's performance and freedom to focus on what matters most: making great games! ❤️

#Defold #indiegames #indiedev #gamedev

[Alex So @afrokick]

@froessell @mwesterdahl76 @defold Best perf? Smallest size? ~0 crash rate? Hot reloading?

[ゲームメーカーズ @GameMakersJP]

オープンソース&無料のゲームエンジン「Defold 1.14.0」リリース。Xbox向けビルドに対応
https://t.co/Iots8ZZBpM

Microsoftの承認を受けた開発者は、Xboxゲーム開発機能の利用を申請できる。
iPhone Duoのサポートも進められたほか、キューブマップをレンダーターゲットとして使用可能に

[Defold Engine @defold]

@shinobuandpooh And here's another one with editing tools:
https://t.co/wS3PANrDaS

[Defold Engine @defold]

@shinobuandpooh Not out of the box yet, but it should be relatively easy to implement, we have all the blocks needed.

Here's example of experiments made by our engine developer:
https://t.co/G9JjqaSSmU

[Jhonny Göransson @jhonnygoransson]

Some more experiments with terrains in @defold - vegetation! Using the terrain material masks to help with vegetation placement so grass doesn't end up on dirt or mountains. These are NOT optimized assets by any mean, I think this is pushing somewhere around 10m tris. #gamedev

[Björn Ritzl @bjornritzl]

@TimSweeneyEpic @SeaCritDev We see even higher productivity gains in Defold. We can go from obscure Google Play callstack with no clear STR to reproduced issue on an Android emulator and a proposed fix in an hour or two. This would previously take many hours or several days.

[Defold Engine @defold]

@OvidiuTepes Looks lovely and juicy! Is it 3D or smart 2D?

[Tepes Ovidiu @OvidiuTepes]

I started porting my old games to @defold and Opus 5.5 will help. The first on the list is Not Chess, released in 2020 (so long time ago?!?!?!?) ♞ .. time flies

#gamedev #chess #ゲーム制作

[Call Me MG @calllmeemg]

4/
Xbox Platform moves:

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma announced Xbox Labs — a small crew of developers, engineers, and scientists focused on turning new ideas into real features players and creators can actually try (better ports, remixes, old games in new places). Building in the open.

Also: free Defold engine just got official Xbox support. Approved indies can now target Series consoles at zero extra cost.
Quiet signals that lower barriers over the next couple years.

[SkeletalLemon @SkeletalLemon]

Big news for game devs and players alike! Xbox now officially supports Defold, a free, modern, powerful, and production-ready all-in-one engine with a tiny footprint. Dive into how this lightweight engine could boost cross-platform development and perfor… https://t.co/T1PC8Ivokv