Getting started - Introduction - Installing Defold - The editor - Glossary - Defold for Flash users - Getting help Project setup - Creating a project - Project settings - Libraries Core concepts - Building blocks - Addressing - Message passing - Application lifecycle Assets and resources - Importing assets - Importing 2D graphics - Importing 3D models - Adapting to different screen sizes - Live update - Animation - Atlas - Font - Resource management - Tile source - Texture filtering - Texture profiles Components - Overview - Collection factory - Collection proxy - Collision object - Camera - Factory - Label - Mesh - Model - Particle FX - Sound - Spine animation - Spine model - Sprite - Tilemap Gui - GUI overview - Box nodes - Text nodes - Pie nodes - Spine nodes - ParticleFX nodes - Template nodes - Scripts - Clipping - Layouts Physics - Collision objects - Collision shapes - Ray casts - Joints Game logic - Scripts - Properties - Script properties - Lua in Defold - Input - Modules - Debugging Saving and loading files - Working with files Networking - Overview - HTTP Requests - Socket connections - WebSocket connections - Online services Rendering - Render - Material - Shader - Texture filtering Workflow - Adapting to different screen sizes - Bundling an application - Bob the builder - Hot reloading - Optimizing an application - Profiling - Refactoring - The mobile dev app - Version control - Writing code - Working offline Debugging - Debugging game logic - Debugging native code - Debugging native code on Android - Debugging native code on iOS - Reading game and system logs - Profiling Platforms - Android - iOS - Nintendo Switch - Linux - HTML5 - macOS - Windows Monetization - Ads - In-app purchases - Web Monetization Extensions - Facebook - Facebook Instant Games - Google Play Game Services - In-app purchases - Inter-app communication - Push notifications - WebSocket - Webview Native extensions - Introduction - Details - Defold SDK - Adding auto-complete definition - Best Practices - Debugging - Build Variants - Manifest Merging Editor extensions - Editor scripts
Networking
It is not uncommon for games to have some kind of connection to a backend service, perhaps to post scores, handle match making or store saved games in the cloud. Many games also have peer to peer connections where game clients communicate directly with each other, without involvement of a central server. Network connections and the exchange of data can be made using several different protocols and standards. Learn more about the different ways to use network connections in Defold: