Create Instant Games with Defold

Defold is the full-featured, turn-key solution capable of building fast, lightweight HTML5 games.

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Tiny engine

Tiny engine footprint below 700 kB and OTA functionality enables instant startup times with content loading when needed.

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Games for everyone

Defold’s focus on performance makes games accessible to everyone, regardless of which device they are on.

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Instant Games

Defold has full support for the Instant Games API, and is fully compatible with all Facebook game platforms.

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XOXO is a fully-featured Facebook Instant Game example, made with Defold. Download it for free, if you’re the “learning-by-doing” type of person.

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All you need is Defold

Defold is a modern, powerful and production ready all in one tool for truly cross-platform game development with an incredibly small engine size.

A turn-key solution with all the building blocks you need.
No setup, no registration, just download and start creating.
Write game logic using Lua, enhance it with native extensions.
Make 2D and 3D games with one codebase and ship to all platforms.
Free forever and source available under a developer-friendly license.
Small engine size, with Live Update support out of the box.
Hot Reload, fast builds, profiler and debugger for quick iterations.
Customize both engine and editor however you like.

Ship everywhere easily

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
Poki
HTML5
Facebook
XBox - Coming Soon!

No setup

Defold comes fully featured out of the box. Nothing to set up or configure, not even when building, no registration. Just download the editor - it has everything you need, including:

Visual Editor
Code Editor
Lua Scripting
Lua Debugger
Scene Editor
Particle Editor
Tilemap Editor
2D & 3D

Isometric turn-based roguelike by Dragosha

Customize it as you like

Add new functionality from the Asset Portal.
Write your own native code to extend the engine.
Setup your own local build environment.
Customize your workflow with Editor Scripts and UI.
Use the localized Editor (currently: EN, RU, ZH, PT).
Integrated with Atom, VS Code, Rive, Spine, TexturePacker or 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.

Particle effects editor with live preview

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.

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