All you need is Defold
Defold is a modern, powerful and production ready all-in-one game engine ecosystem for truly cross-platform game development with an incredibly small engine footprint.
- 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 and ship them to all platforms
- Free forever & 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 workflow
- 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
- Steam
- Linux
- Windows
- macOS
- iOS
- Android
- HTML5
- Poki
- XBox - Coming Soon!
No setup
Defold comes fully featured out of the box, with all the tools needed to build your games. There is nothing to set up or configure, and no registration is required — just download the editor. It has everything you need, including:
- Visual Editor
- Code Editor
- Scene Editor
- ParticleFX Editor
- Tilemap Editor
- Lua Scripts with built-in Debugger
- Native Extensions support
- Building tooling
- 2D & 3D support
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. No any other fee.
- Free forever. Thanks to the objectives of the Defold Foundation.
Production ready
- Proven track record of game releases on desktop, consoles, web and mobile.
- Integrations with analytics, app economy, game and platform services, and SDKs.
- Actively developed, with a new release every month.
- Technical support contracts available if needed.
Learn Defold
New here? Start with a guided route suited to you, get a project running quickly, then continue through tutorials, manuals, courses, videos, examples, and community help without dead ends.
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Ready to create something awesome?
Download Defold and start building your next cross-platform game with the editor, runtime, build pipeline, and tools working together out of the box.
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