We invite you to read the new article on the Defold blog!
Best practices when building for the web looks at what makes web games work and proposes adequate tips, covering fast loading, time to gameplay, great controls, readable UX, and replayability over complexity.
It’s a practical read for anyone building for @Poki_games or the web in general, and a good reminder why Defold is such a strong fit for browser games.
https://defold.com/2026/06/02/Best-practices-when-building-for-the-web/
New example for 3D animation in Defold 🎬
Learn how to play model animations using assets from the @quaternius Universal Animation Library.
It’s a simple starting point for working with animated characters - check it out if you’re exploring 3D in Defold!
New Defold Community Challenge is here! 🎉
This time, it’s all about Box2D scripting in Defold.
With the new Box2D scripting APIs coming in Defold 1.13.0, this is a great chance to experiment with physics-driven gameplay, tools, puzzles, prototypes, or anything else you can build by controlling Box2D from Lua.
Make something small, creative, fun, and share it with the community!
Full details in the forum thread below 👇
https://forum.defold.com/t/community-challenge-6-box2d-scripting/82935
Tentatively announcing my next #game: Sleep Agent
#madewithdefold #timemanagement #arcade #towerdefense #announcement #screenshotsaturday #mouse #sleepagent #miat
Hello and happy #ScreenshotSaturday!
Share with us what you are making in Defold! 🧡💙
Featured Color Merge Lines by Potato Jam:
https://poki.com/en/g/color-merge-lines
#MadeWithDefold #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames #webgames #pcgames #consolegames #videogames
If you’re interested in 2D animation workflows in Defold, keep an eye on SpriteLoop 👀
There's a Defold native extension for .spla animation playback, with editor integration, a dedicated component, Lua helpers, and examples 🧡💙
The latest development updates are exploring Smart Limbs, which looks like a very promising direction for sprite-based character animation.
Defold 1.13.0 beta brings a couple of nice workflow improvements to the Scene View toolbar ⚙️
The grid, camera, and scene visibility popups have been cleaned up and unified, with better controls, live shortcut feedback, value fields for sliders, an improved grid color picker, localization, focus traversal, and various UX fixes.
Try the beta and let us know what you think.
#MadeWithDefold #gamedev #indiedev #gamedevtools #gameengine #betatesting
Another teaser from the upcoming FPS template for Defold
This time with:
📦 more assets from @KayLousberg Prototype Pack
🔄 reloading animations
🎯 GUI for ammunition
💥 billboarded ParticleFX for shots and hits
👊 enemy knockback on impact
🎮 gamepad support
We hope this will become a useful base for your own 3D experiments in Defold!
We’ve refreshed nd enhanced the descriptions for the two new examples to help you explore 3D workflows in Defold 👀
🧱 Unlit Material - a simple non-lit material setup with custom shaders, great for stylised visuals or effects that should not depend on lighting. Train by @kenney
⚔️ Character Model - glTF character with animations. Assets by @KayLousberg
Check them out and start experimenting with 3D in Defold.
#MadeWithDefold #gamedev #indiedev #3D #gltf #shaders #animations #solodev
Для русскоязычных разработчиков игр:
Хорошая новость: **редактор Defold и большая часть документации доступны на русском языке**. 🧡💙
Defold — бесплатный доступный исходный код движок для разработки игр под web, mobile, desktop и другие платформы.
Спасибо всем, кто помогает делать Defold доступнее для разработчиков по всему миру.
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