Defold Newsletter May 2026
By Defold Foundation on May 05, 2026
Tagged as: Newsletter, Release, Community
News
Hello Defolder! Here’s your fresh Defold newsletter with updates and highlights from the Defold community and the Defold Foundation. If you have something you wish to share, send us an email at info@defold.se.
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8BitSkull Now Supports Defold
8BitSkull has joined the Defold Foundation as a Bronze Partner. The studio creates successful PC and console games with Defold.
Meet Us in Poland and Czech Republic
The Defold team will attend Digital Dragons in Cracow, Poland on May 17-19 and Game Access in Brno, Czech Republic on May 29-30. If you are nearby, we would like to meet the local community.
Digital Dragons, Cracow, Poland, May 17-19
Game Access, Brno, Czech Republic, May 29-30
New Games Made with Defold
Clean-up Crew
by Kuyi Mobile
A relaxed cleaning and renovation simulation where players clean, fix, and rebuild messy rooms.
Jane’s Fashion Studio
by Orenji Spark
A stylish dress-up game about creating looks, styling unique characters, and following their stories through fashion.
Throst
by ZiG Games
A 2D retro arcade action adventure game about precision flying, gravity, and fighting through enemy defenses.
Assets, Extensions, and Tools
DefDragon - DragonBones Extension
by Ronald K Bett
A community extension for the free 2D skeleton animation software DragonBones, with support for DragonBones Pro 5.5 runtimes.
Live Unbundler
by SalavatR
Enhances Defold Live Update by splitting large archives into smaller chunks.
Random Number Generator
by Alchimystic
Defold-RNG is a fast, instance-based native extension for random number generation.
Graph Pathfinder
by Selim Anaç
Graph Pathfinder now supports multiple navmeshes for pathfinding.
Defold A* Pathfinding
by Selim Anaç
This native extension for A-star navigation has been updated.
DAABBCC
by Selim Anaç
Version 3.0.8 is available with object validation improvements.
DAABBCC3D
by Selim Anaç
Version 1.0.5 is available with object validation improvements.
Worth Reading
How We Stayed on the Front Page of Itch for Over a Month
by Oleg Chumakov, Luden.io
A practical case study on how Luden.io kept SuperWEIRD visible on itch.io through tag strategy, strong banners, and page clarity.
Unity to Defold - Understanding the Shift in Component Architecture
by Orenji Spark
An article about recreating Unity-style component architecture in Defold with Lua modules, and how to adjust your mental model when moving from Unity.
Robo Dance - GamedevJS Post-mortem
by Insality
Read about making Robo Dance for GamedevJS Jam 2026, from early ideas to a rhythm-synced turn-based game.
Space Base Maintenance - GamedevJS Post-mortem
by Paweł Jarosz
How the Machines theme became a Defold-made 3D base-building game with resource loops, fragile systems, and balancing challenges.
Marshaller of Inalpla - Ludum Dare Post-mortem
by Jennifer S. Lange
A jam postmortem about making a whimsical fantasy interdimensional airport marshalling game with Defold.
What Engine I Choose in 2026 - My Personal Take
by Orenji Spark
Iwan from Orenji Spark shares why Defold is his main engine in 2026.
Defold 1.12.4 Has Been Released
Highlights:
- Free Camera mode in Scene View
- glTF validator integrated into the asset pipeline
- New shader precision options
- 16 texture units per draw for better rendering capabilities
- Text rendering performance boost
- Smaller HTML5/WASM builds, with an empty project now 1.06 MB
- Editor, rendering, and runtime performance improvements
We have also added new examples, refreshed Defold’s website, and updated the Rive extension.
Help Defold Grow
Support the Defold Foundation and help us cover operational costs. Donations are used to pay for the native extension build servers, which are provided free of charge to everyone.