Scottish game development studio 8BitSkull partners with Defold
By Björn Ritzl on Apr 29, 2026
Tagged as: News, Partnership, 8bitskull
In the wake of their recent success with Skull Horde the Scottish game development studio 8BitSkull has decided to partner with Defold for future indie titles
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN - Apr. 29, 2026 - The Defold Foundation today announced that Scottish game development studio 8BitSkull joins the foundation as a corporate partner. The Defold Foundation will work together with 8BitSkull to accelerate development of new features for the Defold game engine.
“8BitSkull has established their studio as the creators of high quality Steam games. My personal favorite is the arcade action game Void Scrappers, but the recently released masterpiece Skull Horde will give it a run for its money. We are immensly proud that 8BitSkull have chosen Defold as their game engine of choice.”, said Defold Product Owner Björn Ritzl.
The Defold Foundation will work on general performance improvements and desktop specific functionality in the Defold game. The new features will be used by 8BitSkull in their upcoming titles and made available to all Defold users through the normal monthly product releases.
“We have been using Defold for almost 10 years and the engine has been a significant contributor to our success as a studio. We are very happy to now be in the position to formalise our support for the engine and excellent team behind it through a corporate sponsorship.”, said Alex Asvegren, lead developer at 8BitSkull.
About 8BitSkull
8BitSkull is an independent game development team known for exciting games with a focus on satisfying power fantasies, with titles such as Bore Blasters, Void Scrappers, and Fates of Ort. Their latest project is Skull Horde, real-time auto battler dungeon crawler with a roguelite structure.
About Defold Foundation
The Defold Foundation is the owner of the free to use game engine Defold. The foundation works together with industry partners to provide free and open software and services to game developers across the globe. The foundation was created in May 2020 and is registered in Stockholm, Sweden.
About Defold
Defold is a free to use, source available, game engine with a developer-friendly license used for development of cross-platform games. Defold is used by a growing number of developers to create commercial hits as well as games for game jams and in schools to teach game development. Defold is known for its ease of use and it is praised for its technical documentation and friendly community of developers.
CONTACT
Alex Asvegren Lead Developer, 8BitSkull alex@8bitskull.com
Björn Ritzl Product Owner, Defold Foundation bjorn@defold.se