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Defold

Defold is a cross-platform, free, and source-available game engine developed by King, and later the Defold Foundation. It is used to create mostly two-dimensional (2D) games, but is fully capable of three-dimensional (3D) as well.

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Available in
English
Developer
Defold Foundation
License
Defold License (Source Available)
Middleware
Box2D
Operating system
Windows, macOS, Linux
Original authors
Christian Murray, Ragnar Svensson

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Defold

Nodes50
Edges49
Triples70
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.04
Components1

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Defold

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related to history · 23
Defold → Apache, Avalanche Studios, Christian Murray, Defold Foundation, Develop Awards, Development, Free Software Foundation, Game Developers Conference, GitHub, However, In, King, King's, Many, March, Mobile Games Awards, Nintendo Switch, Open Source Initiative, Ragnar Svensson As, San Francisco
related to Supported platforms · 11
Defold → Android, Apple Silicon, HTML5, LinuxHTML, Nintendo, PlayStation, Sony, Switch, The Defold, WebAssembly, Windows
related to Licensing · 7
Defold → Apache License, Defold Engine, Defold License, GitHub, However, The, Version
related to Engine extensions · 4
Defold → Both, Defold Asset Portal, Defold Foundation, There
related to External links · 4
Defold → April, Defold GitHub, GitHub, Official
related to Features · 4
Defold → Defold's IDE, Git, Lua, Scripting
is a · 2
Defold → cross-platform, downloadable desktop app
related to Funding · 2
Defold → The Defold, The Defold Foundation
Available in · 1
Defold → English
Developer · 1
Defold → Defold Foundation

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engine game foundation editor games source king developers used github license platforms users use extensions source-available desktop lua mobile nintendo

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
DefoldAvailable inEnglish1.00infobox
DefoldDeveloperDefold Foundation1.00infobox
DefoldLicenseDefold License (Source Available)1.00infobox
DefoldMiddlewareBox2D1.00infobox
DefoldOperating systemWindows, macOS, Linux1.00infobox
DefoldOriginal authorsChristian Murray, Ragnar Svensson1.00infobox
DefoldPlatformWindows Linux macOS HTML5 iOS Android Nintendo Switch PlayStation 4 PlayStation 51.00infobox
DefoldRepositoryhttps://github.com/defold/defold1.00infobox
DefoldSize300 MB (Editor) 976 kB (Build)1.00infobox
DefoldStable release1.13.1 / 17 August 2026; 7 days ago (17 August 2026)1.00infobox
DefoldTypeGame engine1.00infobox
DefoldWebsitedefold.com1.00infobox
DefoldWritten inLua, C++1.00infobox
Defoldis across-platform0.90text
Defoldis adownloadable desktop app0.90text

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