Defold comes fully featured out of the box. There's nothing to set up or configure, not even when building. Simply download the editor and get creative!
No setup
✓ Visual Editor ✓ Scene Editor
✓ Code Editor ✓ Particle Editor
✓ Lua Scripting ✓ Tilemap Editor
✓ Lua Debugger ✓ 2D & 3D
Truly cross-platform
✓ PlayStation®4 ✓ Windows
✓ Nintendo Switch ✓ Steam
✓ Android ✓ HTML5
✓ iOS ✓ Facebook
✓ macOS ✓ Q3 2023 PlayStation®5
✓ Linux ✓ Q2 2024 XBox
Turn-key solution
✓ Use basic building blocks to create complex behaviour.
✓ Everything you need to make a game in one tool
✓ Write game logic using Lua.
✓ Zero-config cloud build for native code
Custom configuration
✓ Add new functionality from the Asset Portal.
✓ Setup your own local build environment.
✓ Write your own native code to extend the engine.
✓ Integrated with tools such as Atom, VS Code, Spine and Tiled.
Free. Forever.
✓ No up-front cost.
✓ No licensing cost.
✓ No royalties.
✓ No runtime fee.
✓ Free forever. Thanks to the objectives of the Defold Foundation
Production ready
✓ Proven track record of game releases on mobile, web, desktop and consoles.
✓ Integrations with analytics, app economy and game services available out of the box.
✓ Actively developed, with a new release every month.
✓ Technical support contracts available if needed.
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Licensed under the Defold License.
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Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.
Snaps are discoverable and installable from the Snap Store, an app store with an audience of millions.
Snap can be installed on elementary OS from the command line. Open Terminal from the Applications launcher and type the following:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly.
To install Defold, simply use the following command:
sudo snap install defold
Browse and find snaps from the convenience of your desktop using the snap store snap.
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