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The game engine for high-performance cross-platform games
Free. Forever.
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Cross platform
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No setup Defold comes fully featured out of the box. There's nothing to set up or configure, not even when building. Simply download the editor and get creative!
Visual Editor Code Editor Lua Scripting Lua Debugger Scene Editor Particle Editor Tilemap Editor 2D & 3D
Truly cross-platform Using just one code base, and without the need for external tools, Defold lets you publish your game to all of the major platforms:
PlayStation®5 PlayStation®4 Nintendo Switch Android iOS macOS Linux Windows Steam HTML5 Facebook Q3 2024 XBox
Turn-key solution
Use basic building blocks to create complex behaviour. Everything you need to make a game in one tool Write game logic using Lua. Zero-config cloud build for native code
Custom configuration
Add new functionality from the Asset Portal. Setup your own local build environment. Write your own native code to extend the engine. Integrated with tools such as Atom, VS Code, Rive, Spine, TexturePacker and Tiled.
Free. Forever.
No up-front cost. No licensing cost. No royalties. No runtime fee. Free forever. Thanks to the objectives of the Defold Foundation.
Production ready
Proven track record of game releases on mobile, web, desktop and consoles. Integrations with analytics, app economy and game services available out of the box. Actively developed, with a new release every month. Technical support contracts available if needed.
PRODUCT FEATURES
Family Island
What would your life be without modern technology on the deserted island? Dive into simplicity of the primal world with the modern Stone Age family in this thrilling offline adventure game. Stranded on the remote island, a family of four - Bruce, Eva and their kids - needs your guidance and help starting a new family home from scratch and navigating through various family life situations with humour.
Developer Melsoft Release date 2019 Platforms iOS, Android Downloads 50M+ on Google Play (Sep 2023)
More games made with Defold
Blog updates Defold release 1.9.8 Published on Mar 10, 2025 Defold 1.9.8 has been released. - READ Defold release 1.9.7 Published on Feb 03, 2025 Defold 1.9.7 has been released. - READ Defold release 1.9.6 Published on Dec 18, 2024 Defold 1.9.6 has been released. - READ
Latest News Defold 2024 Showreel Published on Mar 05, 2025 The Defold 2024 showreel has been published on YouTube. The showreel contains some of the amazing games which have been released in 2024. - READ Announcing editor scripts for UI creation Published on Sep 26, 2024 We are excited to announce our first technical preview of editor scripting API for creating interactive UI elements in the editor! - READ Defold cloud builder improvements Published on Sep 23, 2024 We are happy to announce that we've finished a large overhaul of the build servers to simplify development, maintenance and the setup of local build servers. - READ
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Tutorials Our tutorials section is the perfect starting point if you are new to Defold game development.
Manuals In-depth manuals provide understanding on how the Defold engine and its APIs work.
API Reference Reference documentation to all Defold Lua and C++ extension APIs.
Examples A selection of small and discrete code samples, examples and snippets to learn from.
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