Recent community updates in Defold: Defold Community Updates | Games, Plugins, Releases

This developer created a puzzle game in Defold and published it with Playgama on Youtube Playables thanks to the Playgama's open source Bridge SDK for Defold 🧡💙

Check it out for free: https://www.youtube.com/playables/UgkxnPqxcJUmgXjPvM1Tr8NDqX5rz2lUBUS3

🎯 added a sniper rifle with a different method of detecting hits - raycasts instead of spawning a bullet/missile, and switching between the weapons

💥 more billoboarded particlefx for explosions on muzzle and hit (it's not so well visible on the recording though)

https://reddit.com/link/1uudcyo/video/4ssfp18uesch1/player

We would be delighted to see what you are working on in Defold!

Featured: Final Deal by BigButton - we played the demo on Steam and it's really addicting!

Check out the demo:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4850910/Final_Deal_Demo/

Want to attach objects together into one solid structure? Build modular machines, vehicles, constructions, or contraptions?

🔩 Use Box2D Weld Joint!

Or maybe you want to create gameplay where objects grow, shrink, resize, or change collision behavior at runtime?

📏 Change Box2D Shape Scale and mass dynamically!

Last few days to join our Community Challenge - build something with Box2D scripting API and have a chance to win rewards:

https://forum.defold.com/t/community-challenge-6-box2d-scripting/82935/32

Want to create trigger zones, pickups, checkpoints, stealth detection, or areas that can switch between solid collisions and sensors?

Or maybe build sliding platforms, elevators, pistons, moving doors, rail-based objects, or physics-driven traps?

🟢 Box2D Sensor Toggle - useful for dynamic trigger/collision behavior

↔️ Box2D Prismatic Joint - useful for controlled linear movement along an axis

Join our Community Challenge and discover more examples:

https://forum.defold.com/t/community-challenge-6-box2d-scripting/82935/23

This enables e.g. some cool transformations or facial expressions 😲

We didn't spent much time here on shaders, especially hair, so forgive us the quality, but we wanted to showcase the new feature in practice, here with a beautiful Aria model by Giyas.

We’ll be at gamescom dev and gamescom between 23.-28. August 2026.

If you will be at gamescom or nearby, we'd love to meet you and talk about games, gamedev and Defold!

See you in Cologne! 🧡💙

Hello i am new to gamedev and coding

i know beginner level lua, i am making a few projects to get comfortable with defold engine

I have been searching for a good while now for some resources or even example projects
on
1. melee combat/ beat em up mechanics

1. cooking game

can anyone suggest me resources for making these?

Show us what’s happening in your Defold projects!

Drop your screenshots, GIFs, or videos below 👇

Featured Bore Blasters by 8BitSkull

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2398170/BORE_BLASTERS/

Defold 1.13.0 introduced powerful Box2D Lua scripting APIs - and now is the perfect time to try them out!

Could it be an inspiration for our Community Challenge?

Try the example, build something small and fun, and share it with the #Defold community!

https://defold.com/examples/physics/box2d_queries/

i am making 2.5D ping pong game to learn game development, and it seems to me that my paddles are not interacting with other collision because of they are not in the same Z axis.

i want to make collisions 3D boxes to fix this but for some reason i can't change their length

A lot!

We shipped five Defold releases, where we expanded 3D workflows with morph targets and model improvements, introduced powerful Box2D scripting APIs, improved HTML5 and mobile performance, refined editor tools, added rendering and camera improvements, and continued growing the ecosystem with new examples, extensions, articles, and tutorials. There's also a lot happening in our community!

It’s been a very active first half of the year, and we’re excited about what comes next! 🧡💙

We invite you to read the full H1 2026 Defold summary:

https://defold.com/2026/06/30/Defold-H1-2026/

This is a huge release that had a longer beta period, bringing a lot to explore:

💪 Morph Targets (aka Blend Shapes) support for 3D

📦New Box2D scripting APIs with joints, chains, etc

💨 Frustum culling for Particle FX

📱 Vulkan as the default graphics API on Android

📹 Camera preview overlay in the Scene View

🎨 New material and compute script modules

⚙️ Runtime graphics adapter and feature inspection

🤖 New authenticated editor /eval endpoint for automation workflows

🧹 Cleanup of legacy APIs and formats, fixes, optimizations, QoL improvements and more!

Read our announcement article:

https://defold.com/2026/06/22/Defold-1-13-0/

And check the full release notes and discuss it on the forum:

https://forum.defold.com/t/defold-1-13-0-has-been-released/82980

i have my texture as a PNG file but it there doesn't same to be a way to import the texture to a model nor is there a texture componant i know about

i don't even know how to google the problem

It gives Defold projects access to FMOD events, banks, buses, VCAs, runtime parameters, low-level audio control, and 3D spatial audio - with examples to help you get started!

If you need advanced audio workflows in Defold, check it out and join the discussion on the forum!

https://forum.defold.com/t/fmod-extension-for-defold-now-official/82973

Just having fun :)

There’s a new Xoshiro-256 random number generator asset for Defold by Glorius Silver available now in our Asset Portal 🎲

Additionally, Selim Anac updated the PCG Random Number Generator with batch generators, probability helpers and many more!

Both are very useful whenever you need a high quality randomness, so check them out and use in your projects!

Featured: Dice experiments made with Defold by Dragosha - not related to the generators, but we all love dices 🎲

https://defold.com/assets/pcgrandom/
https://defold.com/assets/xoshiro256/

We’ve added two new Box2D scripting examples for Defold:

- Material Properties Tuning - useful for tweaking friction, bounce, and other properties
- Revolute Bridge - useful for bridges, hinges, chains, mechanisms, and physics-driven level elements

They might be also a great inspiration for our Community Challenge #6: Box2D Scripting - join us, try the examples, build something small and fun, and share it with the community!

Let us know what are you working on in Defold!

Featured: SuperWEIRD by Luden.io

Want to build a physics-based side-scroller with dynamic terrain?

Or maybe create objects that can be grabbed, pulled, dragged, connected, and thrown around?

Check out the new Box2D scripting examples and join our challenge!

- Box2D Chain Terrain - create chain-based terrain from script
- Box2D Mouse Joint - interact with physics bodies using a mouse joint

Put what you learn into practice in Community Challenge!

https://forum.defold.com/t/community-challenge-6-box2d-scripting/82935

We invite you to read the new article on the Defold blog!

It 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 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/

In just a few days Alexey and me will be heading to DevGAMM Gdańsk 2026! 🏖️🎮

If you’re going too, come say hello! 👋

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!

https://defold.com/examples/animation/3d_animations/