Defold Summer Newsletter 2026

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Hello Defolder!

Welcome to our summer newsletter edition, covering both July and August!

Defold 1.13.1 is out with new Light components and many more improvements, the Defold Game Jam was announced and will be there soon, and we have a great collection of games, extensions, tools, articles, and videos from the community to show to you. If you have something you wish to share, please send us an email at info@defold.se.

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Defold Game Jam 2026

It is time for another Defold Game Jam! Join us in September, make a game, meet fellow developers, enjoy online talks, and compete for prizes. Among announced sponsors we have us, the Defold Foundation, Wavedash and CraftPix - check the rewards and stay tuned, as there’s still more to come!

Meet Defold at gamescom 2026

We are at gamescom and would love to meet developers, publishers, partners, and everyone interested in games and Defold.

Schedule a meeting with us

Photon Fusion multiplayer and 3D platformer sample

We are happy to publish a Photon Fusion multiplayer extension for Defold together with a networked 3D platformer example, which is also available as a standalone sample project.

Explore the extension and sample

New games made with Defold:

Assets, extensions and tools:

Worth reading:

From tabletop mystery to mobile city — MicroMacro Creator Spotlight

Felix Weiler explains how Soft Boiled Games adapted the tabletop hit into a huge zoomable mobile city and why Defold was the right engine for the job.

by Defold Foundation

Making The Mutiny of Willy Killem in 96 hours

A candid GMTK Game Jam postmortem covering the team’s pirate-game idea, 3D production tricks, Defold tools, and hard-won lessons from a 96-hour sprint.

by gameoffate2018

New Defold manuals on automation workflows

Five new manuals explain editor and engine automation, external tooling, testing, validation, and AI-assisted development workflows.

by Defold Foundation

Worth watching:

Defold 1.13.1 has been released

Highlights:

💡 New Light components
💪 Instanced models with morph targets
🎮 SDL gamepad database
⚡ Up to 19% faster warm builds
🖥️ Borderless desktop fullscreen
🛠️ Expanded Editor Scripts and HTTP API
📦 Resource archives larger than 4 GiB
🔊 HTML5 audio fixes and more!

CHECK THE RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENT

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