RE: https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@GameFromScratch/116246063634976670

In the newest Humble Bundle by Zenva you'll find courses for Defold and other great game engines, Blender, art and game design 🧡💙

It's a great learning path we recommend and an ultimate bundle for game developers.

Use the link by Mike below - it will help him search more such bundles for you, and cover gamedev topics!

#Defold #gamedev #indiedev #humblebundle #zenva #tutorials #courses

Defold 1.12.3 is now in BETA!

Check out the new editor scripts additions for runtime introspection, faster opening, Vulkan SDK additions, and new features such as:

⏲️ Time and dt now exposed in shaders
📜 Functions List view
🎮 Searchable inputs
💻 OpenAPI spec for HTTP
and many more!

Featured: Superweird by Luden.io

Read the full Release Notes here:
https://forum.defold.com/t/defold-1-12-3-beta/82543

#Defold #gameengine #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiedev #solodev #beta #MadeWithDefold

We can't promise the exact order these will land in, but we're really happy about our progress across several things we highlighted in our 2026 look-ahead, including the new Light component, updated Rive extension, and Xbox support!

What are you looking forward to the most?

https://defold.com/2026/02/10/Defold-A-look-ahead-for-2026/

#Defold #gameengine #Rive #Xbox #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiedev #rendering #MadeWithDefold

Check out Defold-WebP - a new native extension by Halfstar that lets you decode and encode external WebP image files in Defold 🖼️

A handy addition for working with compressed images:

https://forum.defold.com/t/defold-webp-decode-and-encode-external-webp-image-files/82515

#defold #gamedev #lua #indiedev #webp #solodev #MadeWithDefold

Defold 1.12.2 has been released!

✨ Control ParticleFX emitters in runtime
🖼️ Custom Editor UI now with images
⚡️ Faster Editor for large projects
🎮 3D playground sample
🧩 Custom vertex attribute data for models
🧵 Support for more than 8 vertex stream
🗂️ “New…” menu in Asset Browser
🔤 Distance field fonts noticeably sharper in Editor
🧷 Quality-of-life fixes and many, many more!

https://forum.defold.com/t/defold-1-12-2-has-been-released/82464

Featured: Tiny World by Dragosha

#MadeWithDefold #Defold #gameengine #gamedev #indiedev #lua

Defold Foundation released #Defold version 1.12.2. https://defold.com/download/
Download Defold

Defold is a completely free to use game engine for development of console, desktop, mobile and web games. There's nothing to set up or configure, not even when building. Simply download the editor and get creative!

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🎲 If your game needs reproducible random sequences across all platforms, check out the SplitMix64 native extension for Defold:

https://forum.defold.com/t/splitmix64-prng/82434

#Defold #rng #programming #gamedev #indiedev #opensource

SplitMix64 PRNG

Hi everyone! I’m happy to announce the final release of the SplitMix64 extension for Defold - fast, but non-cryptographic PRNG. While this extension has been around for over 5 years and personally we have been using the extension in all our games, it previously offered only a minimal API. This update turns it into a more flexible and robust tool! What’s new: State Management: You can now get and set the PRNG state. This is essential for save games, allowing you to restore the exact sequenc...

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(msg.post(This works, InLinux, &Windows11)) 🫡

It works, no doubt!.
We have to continue working on it... 🥳

#Defold
#MadeWithDefold

Another entry-level Defold tutorial is now updated, and we’d love your feedback, especially if you’re new to Defold 🧡💙

It includes a complete side-scroller project with assets, and walks you through modifying the game and adding new features. It was designed to allow a quick and easy dive into #gamedev with Defold.

You can download and run it from the Editor directly!

#Defold #tutorial #beginners #indiedev #solodev