![]() ![]() Unity and Unreal Engine have offered free versions for several years, and more recently Amazon launched its new Lumberyard engine for free while CryEngine V launched with a "pay what you want" model. As for what else you can do, a comprehensive feature set can be found here.ĭefold's release follows a string of game engines being made freely available. Improved support for 3D creations is planned, however. The engine is optimised for 2D games, but does support 3D development - although the creators warn "the toolset is made for 2D so you will have to do a lot of heavy lifting yourself". Since then, it has been used tio create King's Blossom Blast Saga, as well as titles from other studios such as hack-and-slash Hammerwatch, space shooter Cosmic Crescendo, and fantasy adventure Help Hero. By releasing Defold to the community, everyone can help making Defold better, by creating tutorials, by finding bugs, improving the documentation, and much more."ĭevelopers Ragnar Svensson and Christian Murray created Defold, working on it from 2007 and ultimately selling it to King in 2014, per Develop. From the FAQ, King says "here’s how we see it: the more people who use Defold, the better the engine will be. The evolution of the software is part of the reason for making it free, in fact. ![]() Defold is currently in beta, but is auto-updating.
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