The ultimate engine for 2D games
Defold
Defold is a professional tool for game development which lets you focus on what you do best—making games.
Games
Used at professional and indie studios worldwide, it’s a proven tool for games of all genres—from match threes to MMO:s.
Community
Used by more than 40,000 developers worldwide, our community constantly supports you with help and resources.
The best way for you to create 2D games for web and mobile
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-- hot reloading of assets function on_reload(self) go.set("/ghost#sprite", "tint", vmath.vector4() end
Easily script with Lua—and with hot reload, you can preview your changes in real time, on your device.
Feature overviewTwo-week release cycle
Everything you need out of the box, with complete freedom.
Turn-key solution
- Built in version-control and team management.
- Zero-config cloud build.
- Everything you need to make a game in one tool
Custom configuration
- Use your own git hosting for version control and access management.
- Setup your own local build environment.
- Easy integration with external tools such as Atom, Tiled and ZeroBrane
Been working with @defold for a week or so. Really great! Does a lot of the busy work but doesn't try to do everything. Great balance!
Dean Nevins
It's a neatly packaged engine that has been a nearly perfect fit for the Hammerwatch project.
Johan Högfeldt
Having a play with #Defold and I’m very impressed! Thanks @defold!
Ryan Brown
Just started learning LUA to use the #Defold engine, this is a wonderfully simple language!
Lukas Palmer
Already enjoying playing with @defold – really slick so far.
stuartmd
Switched to #defold and very happy! ^.^ #gamedev #indiedev
herrsch
It was nice to find out that all the attributes I like in @defold are explicit goals of developers. Also, your docs are OUTSTANDING!
Anna Williams
WOOOOWWW so fast!!!! I never had been participated at a so active community like this one. I don't know if I'm loving defold because their amazing features or because of this forum
jhonatanvinicius
Been using @defold quite a bit the last week+ it's free, amazing, with great support.
bensawyer
Defold is great!! Thank you very much for your support ❤️
Akbar Rezaee
FAQ
Is Defold really free?
Yes, the Defold engine and editor with full functionality is completely free of charge. No hidden costs, fees or royalties. Just free.
Can I trust Defold for professional development?
Yes, we believe in “eating your own dogfood” and use it ourselves at King to develop several of our games.
Why are you releasing Defold free?
It may seem out of the ordinary, that a commercial game company releases its core technology for free, but here’s how we see it: the more people who use Defold, the better the engine will be.
By releasing Defold to the community, everyone can help making Defold better, by creating tutorials, by finding bugs, improving the documentation, and much more. And since King uses Defold internally, every day – the better the engine gets, the happier our internal developers will be.
We believe great tech attracts great talent. All in all, we believe this ultimately leads to better games – not only for us at King, but for all game developers.
