The Defold SDK

The Defold SDK contains the required functionality to declare a native extension as well as interface with the low-level native platform layer on which the application runs and the high-level Lua layer in which the game logic is created.

Usage

You use the Defold SDK by including the dmsdk/sdk.h header file:

#include <dmsdk/sdk.h>

The header file is not publicly published but all of the available SDK functions are documented in our API reference. The SDK contains the following namespaces with functions:

• Align - Alignment macros. Use for compiler compatibility
• Array - Templatized array with bounds checking.
• Buffer - Buffer API for data buffers as the main way to communicate between systems. Lua API for buffer creation also exists.
• Condition Variable - API for platform independent mutex synchronization primitive.
• ConfigFile - Configuration file access functions. The configuration file is compiled version of the game.project file.
• Extension - Functions for creating and controlling engine native extension libraries.
• Graphics - Platform specific native graphics functions.
• Hash - Hash functions.
• Json - API for platform independent parsing of json files.
• Log - Logging functions.
• Mutex - API for platform independent mutex synchronization primitive
• Script - Built-in scripting functions.
• Shared Library - Utility functions for shared library export/import
• Sony vector Math Library - The Sony Vector Math library mainly provides functions used in 3-D graphics for 3-D and 4-D vector operations, matrix operations, and quaternion operations.