Defold is a free, source-available game engine for developing cross-platform games.
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Defold is a game engine designed for cross-platform game development. It provides a comprehensive editor, a Lua scripting environment, and tools for building games for desktop, mobile, web, and consoles.
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Guidance on using AI coding agents with Defold.
Comprehensive API reference for C, C++, and Lua modules.
A comprehensive editor for scene editing, code editing, and project management.
Comprehensive C API reference for Defold engine modules.
Community-provided MCP integrations.
Create and use compute programs in Defold.
Comprehensive C++ API reference for Defold engine modules.
Develop games for multiple platforms including desktop, mobile, web, and consoles.
List of official extensions for Defold.
Support for flipbook animations.
Defold is free to use and its source code is available.
Perform calculations on the GPU.
Support for keyboard, mouse, touch, and gamepad input.
Comprehensive Lua API reference for Defold scripting.
Use the Lua programming language for game logic.
Support for 3D model animation.
Support for MCP integrations.
Support for HTTP requests, sockets, and WebSockets.
Support for particle effects.
Prefer and cache URLs for faster access.
Prehash message and action ids to improve performance.
Support for tween-based property animation.
Methods to reduce garbage collection overhead.
Optimize rendering time per frame.
Simplify scene graph to improve performance.
Techniques to minimize script execution time.
Support for creating a script API definition to enable auto-complete.
Support for sound playback and streaming.