Create Instant Games with Defold
Defold is the full-featured, turn-key solution capable of building fast, lightweight HTML5 games.
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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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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®4
- Nintendo Switch
- Android
- iOS
- macOS
- Linux
- Windows
- Steam
- HTML5
- Q3 2023 PlayStation®5
- Q2 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, Spine 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.
