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Defold 1.13.2 has been released! 🚀 Some highlights: 🅰️ Rich Text support ⚙️ Bullet3D physics Lua API 🧱 3D collision meshes 🧠 Defold-aware Lua API annotations 🤖 More Editor HTTP API functionality for tools and agents 📦 Exclude GUI, Particle FX and Tilemaps and way more! #Defold #gamedev #indiedev

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Defold Engine @defold.com · 26/09/2026

A small #Defold teaser 👀 @jcash.bsky.social is working on vector font rendering using existing .ttf / .otf font support. This allows for highly detailed, more readable glyphs and there’s another nice side effect: emoji support! 😃🥳🎉 Stay tuned, it should come even this year 🧡💙

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Defold Engine @defold.com · 26/09/2026

Day 7 of #DefoldGameJam 2026 starts and today is #ScreenshotSaturday so we're doubling our requests for screenshots, gifs, videos of what are you working on in #Defold! 🧡💙 Featured: Demidoff Corp by Targem Games a cool #metroidvania #MadeWithDefold Wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/5089550/...

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Defold Engine @defold.com · 25/09/2026

Day 6 of #DefoldGameJam 2026 starts! 🎮 Did you know that we shared with our participants links to free audio packs, plus a specia Bundle Builder with exclusive discounts? Ovani Sound sponsors a total of $950 in store credits for the best 4 games + one main theme for the best one! 🎶

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Defold Engine @defold.com · 24/09/2026

Here's a short guide what is a skybox, cubemap and how to use them in Defold: forum.defold.com/t/cubemap-sk...

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Defold Engine @defold.com · 23/09/2026

Day 4 of #DefoldGameJam 2026 starts! 🎮 If your prototype still needs some art, check out CraftPix.net - free and premium 2D and 3D game assets. Top 4 games will receive a 1-year CraftPix Ultimate Access membership 🎁 Craftpix is also celebrating their 10th anniversary this year - happy birthday! 🎂

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Defold Engine @defold.com · 22/09/2026

SpriteLoop is now on the Defold Asset Portal! 🎨✨ It is a free 2D cut-out animation tool with a dedicated Defold integration, including native playback, editor support, events, skins, variants, tinting, Lua helpers and more. defold.com/assets/sprit... #MadeWithDefold #gamedev #indiedev

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Defold Engine @defold.com · 22/09/2026

Day 3 of #DefoldGameJam 2026! 🎮 By now, it’s probably a good time to wrap up ideation and start building. Check out assets by @kenney.nl - available completely 🆓 The top 4 games will receive rewards from Kenney: 🎁 Kenney Game Assets All-in-1 🏭 Asset Forge Deluxe #gamedev #indiedev #gamejam

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Defold Engine @defold.com · 21/09/2026

We started #DefoldGameJam 2026 and more than 200 developers have already joined!🔥 This year’s theme is CHAIN REACTION ⛓️💥 And today we have one final Online Conference call with Defold team - ask us questions! Link: meet.google.com/rhn-ateo-cqy #DefoldGameJam #gamedev #indiedev

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Defold Engine @defold.com · 20/09/2026

The theme of the #DefoldGameJam 2026 is: CHAIN REACTION ⛓️💥 Interpret it as broadly as you like. It could mean, e.g.: dominos, destruction, combos, spreading fire, infection, production chains, systems, narrative consequences, etc. Good luck, have fun, and create a game #MadeWithDefold! 🧡💙

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Defold Engine @defold.com · 19/09/2026

Hello, it’s #ScreenshotSaturday! 🎮 A perfect day to share what you’re working on, and an especially busy weekend for our community: 🎤 Online Conference continues today 🚀 Game Jam starts tomorrow! Featured: Once Upon a Galaxy by Million Dreams Games #MadeWithDefold 🌌 galaxy.fun

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Defold Engine @defold.com · 18/09/2026

On Saturday, 3 more talks are coming to our small Defold Conference before the #DefoldGameJam 2026! Join us today! We’ll start at 17:00 CEST: 1️⃣ SpriteLoop - 2D animation workflow with Samuil 2️⃣ Poki talk + Q&A with Erik 3️⃣ Photon talk + Q&A with Luke Details: itch.io/jam/defold-g...

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Defold Engine @defold.com · 18/09/2026

Your games can easily use less energy! 🔋 We're happy to share with you the new official Energy Saver extension for Defold 🌱 The extension was created in collaboration with the Sustainable Games Alliance 💙 Details: forum.defold.com/t/official-e... #MadeWithDefold #gamedev #indiedev

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Defold Engine @defold.com · 18/09/2026

We start the Defold Online Conference with a talk by Andy Tran from Heroic Labs: So You Want to Add Multiplayer? A practical introduction to Heroic Labs' game tech stack Join us in an hour, here: meet.google.com/qsk-royq-itz

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Defold Engine @defold.com · 18/09/2026

We're happy to share the new official YouTube Playables SDK extension for Defold! ▶️ Many of you asked for this, so we’re curious about your plans and games — share them with us, especially when you publish on YouTube Playables! ❤️ #MadeWithDefold #gamedev #YouTubePlayables

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Defold Engine @defold.com · 17/09/2026

18. September 2026 is the first day of our mini Defold Online Conference: Join the 4 talks today and ask your questions during live Q&A session, we start at 16:00 CEST! And if you can't join us then - the talks will be recorded and published later on Defold YouTube channel, so stay tuned!

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Defold Engine @defold.com · 17/09/2026

Interesting find: Tilemaps Store for Defold. Tilemaps is a free collaborative online tilemap editor and marketplace - with the Defold integration, you can browse and import Defold-ready tilemaps and assets into your project Check it out: github.com/EVEVGames/Ti... #gamedev #indiedev #tilemap

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Defold Engine @defold.com · 17/09/2026

Days left until #DefoldGameJam 2026: 3️⃣ 🅿️ Poki fast-track review + €1,000 upfront release fee ⏩ Wavedash Credits 🎵 Ovani Sound credits + a custom song 🎨 CraftPix 1-year 🏆 Steam Gift Cards 🧰 Kenney All-in-1 + Asset Forge Deluxe ☁️ Heroic Cloud 3 months 🚀 Photon Fusion Plus + 1h call

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Defold Engine @defold.com · 16/09/2026

We’re happy to announce the final talk of the #DefoldGameJam 2026 Online Conference! 🎤 Meet us! Björn Ritzl (@britzl) and the team behind Defold will discuss: • the results of the latest Defold Survey • the future roadmap of #Defold • live Q&A 📅 September 21, 16:00 CEST See you there! 🧡💙

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Defold Engine @defold.com · 16/09/2026

Days left until #DefoldGameJam 2026: 4⃣ Today we’re sending some goodies to all registered participants from Ovani Sound: 🎵 free Music Sampler 💥 free Sound FX Sampler 🎁 special Defold Bundle Builder with exclusive discounts #MadeWithDefold #gamedev #indiedev #gameaudio

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Defold Engine @defold.com · 16/09/2026

The Myket IAP community extension for Defold is now available in the Assets Portal - with this extension, you can integrate Myket IAP directly into Android games #MadeWithDefold By the way, if you want to release your game e.g. in Persian, #Defold has built-in support for RTL #GameDev #IndieDev

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Defold Engine @defold.com · 15/09/2026

Days to start #DefoldGameJam 2026: 5️⃣ Take some time to explore Defold’s built-in samples, templates, and the examples and tutorials on our Learn portal. They’re a great way to quickly refresh skills before the jam starts. Prepare your setup and get ready to make something #MadeWithDefold 🧡💙

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Defold Engine @defold.com · 14/09/2026

Defold 1.13.2 Beta adds Defold-aware Lua annotations ✨ Is it a nice upgrade for writing Lua in Defold? The editor now ships validated #Lua API annotations for game and editor scripts in the built-in Code Editor, improving completions and diagnostics for #Defold APIs, constants, and built-in types.

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Defold Engine @defold.com · 14/09/2026

You can now conveniently switch between API for stable, beta and alpha versions of #Defold

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Defold Engine @defold.com · 14/09/2026

We’re happy to announce another talk for the Defold Game Jam 2026 Online Conference! 🎤 Luke Stampfli, Head of Developer Relations at Photon, will join us with a presentation about Photon, especially about Fusion + we’ll have a Live Q&A session: 🗓️ Saturday, September 19, 19:00 CEST

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Defold Engine @defold.com · 14/09/2026

Only 6 days left until Defold Game Jam 2026! A few tips before we start: • prepare a starter Defold project with basics upfront - it saves a lot of time in the jam • test your HTML5/PC build earlier, even today • make your itch page in advance and upload the build there #DefoldGameJam #gamedev

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Defold Engine @defold.com · 13/09/2026

Only 1 week left until Defold Game Jam 2026! 🎮 The jam starts on September 20, and we’d love to see you join us and share your game with the community! We’ll also have a Defold Online Conference on 18. (Friday) and 19. (Saturday) September, with talks! #DefoldGameJam #gamedev #indiedev

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Defold Engine @defold.com · 12/09/2026

We’re happy to announce Photon Fusion Multiplayer Challenge for Defold Game Jam 2026! 🎉 Top 5 games with Fusion integrated will get Fusion Plus voucher, 100 CCU for 1 year Additionally, the 1st place gets 1 hour online video call with a Photon expert #DefoldGameJam #gamedev #indiedev #multiplayer

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Defold Engine @defold.com · 12/09/2026

We’re very happy that Heroic Labs joins the Defold Game Jam as sponsor of the Heroic Labs Multiplayer Challenge! 🎉 The 3 best games with Nakama integrated will get 3 months of Heroic Cloud (Dev tier) Join the jam and read the details here: itch.io/jam/defold-g...

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Defold Engine @defold.com · 12/09/2026

It's Saturday - time for #ScreenshotSaturday! We want to see your games #MadeWithDefold! Featured: Monkey Mart by Tiny Dobbins, play it on Poki: poki.com/en/g/monkey-...

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Defold Engine @defold.com · 11/09/2026

No more surprises when updating the Editor! Starting from the newest 1.13.2 (now in beta) we'll be showing a popup with full release notes and you will be able to also read them directly in the #Defold Editor.

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Defold Engine @defold.com · 11/09/2026

We’re happy to announce another talk for the Defold Game Jam 2026 Online Conference! 🎤 Andy Tran, Head of Developer Relations at Heroic Labs, will join us with a presentation: A practical introduction to Heroic Labs’ game tech stack #DefoldGameJam #gamedev #indiedev #multiplayer

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Defold Engine @defold.com · 11/09/2026

Defold 1.13.2 Beta introduces Rich Text support now built-in! ✨ You will be able to add markup to text in labels and GUI nodes to create more expressive UI directly in Defold. Learn the new APIs in our dedicated manual: defold.com/manuals/font... #MadeWithDefold #gamedev #indiedev #gamedevtools

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Defold Engine @defold.com · 10/09/2026

Defold 1.13.2 BETA is out! 🚀 ✨ Rich Text for labels and GUI nodes 🧱 3D meshes for collisions ⚙️ New Bullet3D Physics Lua API 📦 Ability to exclude GUI, PFX or Tilemaps 🤖 More Editor HTTP API and more. Check out full #Defold 1.13.2 BETA Release Notes: forum.defold.com/t/defold-1-1...

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Defold Engine @defold.com · 10/09/2026

We’re happy to announce another talk for the Defold Game Jam 2026 Online Conference! :microphone: Halfstar will join us with a technical presentation: Intro to Post-Processing: Day and Night Cycle Shader It will be on Friday, September 18, 2026 7:00 PM (CEST)

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Defold Engine @defold.com · 09/09/2026

We’re happy to announce another sponsor for Defold Game Jam 2026! 🎉 @kenney.nl is joining the jam and sponsoring rewards for the best games! 🩵 Thanks to Kenney, the top 4 games in the jam will each receive: 🎁 Kenney Game Assets All-in-1 🎁 Asset Forge Deluxe

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Defold Engine @defold.com · 09/09/2026

We’re happy to announce another talk for the Defold Game Jam 2026 Online Conference! 🎤 Samuil Goranov from Balkan Ram Games will join us with a presentation about: SpriteLoop: 2D animation workflow for Defold Mark the date! 🗓️ September 19, 2026 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM (CEST)

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Defold Engine @defold.com · 09/09/2026

We’re happy to announce the third talk for the Defold Game Jam 2026 Online Conference! 🎤 Nitish Borthakur, Revenue Accelerator Manager, Apps and Gaming at Google, will give a talk named: Monetizing on mobile: what changes when your web game becomes an app Friday, 18. September 2026, 18:00 CEST

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Defold Engine @defold.com · 08/09/2026

We’re happy to announce the next talk for the Defold Game Jam 2026 Online Conference! 🎤 Kyler Blue, CEO at @wavedash.com will present to us what the vision of Wavedash is! Save the date! 🗓️ Firday, September 18, 2026 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM (CEST)

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Defold Engine @defold.com · 08/09/2026

We’re very happy to announce the first talk for the Defold Game Jam 2026 Online Conference! 🎤 Erik Dubbelboer, Principal Engineer at @poki.com - will join us to share insights from the world of web games, Poki, and what it takes to build games that work well there! #webgames #Defold #Poki #gamedev

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Defold Engine @defold.com · 08/09/2026

Do you like Neovim? Our community member released a new version of the defold.nvim - a full, Neovim-powered development environment for Defold, with hot reloading, Defold commands, LSP, annotations, debugging, and more! Check it out: forum.defold.com/t/defold-nvi... #neovim #gamedev #Defold

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Defold Engine @defold.com · 08/09/2026

Read more data-backed insights from @playgama.bsky.social and Green Train Studio on Youtube Playables releases in our newest interview below: defold.com/2026/09/07/I...

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Defold Engine @defold.com · 07/09/2026

Less than 2 weeks left to our #DefoldGameJam2026! 🗓️ We opened polls for voting for the theme and soon we'll start announcing the talks for our online conference! Vote here: forum.defold.com/t/defold-gam...

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Defold Engine @defold.com · 07/09/2026

New interview on the Defold blog! 🎮 We talked with Green Train Studio and @playgama.bsky.social about Arrow Cube 3D - a 3D puzzle game #MadeWithDefold and published on web platforms, including Youtube Playables Read the full interview below 👇 defold.com/2026/09/07/I...

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Defold Engine @defold.com · 07/09/2026

We want to thank developers who mention Defold in their games 🧡🩵 Defold does not require a splash screen or any public engine credit. You are free to ship your game without mentioning it. We don't track any analytics and therefore we don’t always know when something was #MadeWithDefold

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Defold Engine @defold.com · 05/09/2026

Happy #ScreenshotSaturday! Each week we ask you to share what you are working on in #Defold! Share your games #MadeWithDefold and we'll repost the best ones! 🧡🩵 Featured: Incremental Wars by Artex Games store.steampowered.com/app/4962370/...

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Defold Engine @defold.com · 04/09/2026

We’d love to hear your thoughts about Defold! 🧡💙 Please take part in our short survey, if you're: • current Defold user • past Defold user • not using Defold yet, but might be interested in it Take part in the Defold Survey here: forms.gle/CAuwuFk15x1Q...

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Defold Engine @defold.com · 04/09/2026

We’re happy that our partner Poki joined the Defold Game Jam 2026 sponsors and they will provide special rewards for 3 best games - fast-track publishing review for @poki.com and after publishing there - €1000 upfront release fee - details below 👇 itch.io/jam/defold-g...

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Defold Engine @defold.com · 03/09/2026

We would like to continue Editor and documentation localization and are looking for help with: - Chinese (Simplified) - Portuguese (Brazilian) - Spanish - Japanese - Korean More information: forum.defold.com/t/help-us-lo...

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Defold Engine @defold.com · 03/09/2026

We’re happy to announce that Ovani Sound joined the Defold Game Jam 2026 as sponsors! 🎉 The winner will get one custom main theme song + $350 store credit, places 2-5 - $200 store credit and all participants will receive free samples and special discounts 🎁 Join us: itch.io/jam/defold-g...

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