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Defold is a 2D game engine from Midasplayer Technology AB, an affiliate to King.com Ltd. It is currently in beta stage.
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Pro Hot reload
It allows you to change scripts in a game while it is running live. Common use-cases is to tweak gameplay parameters or to perform debugging on a running game.
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Defold
Recommended 4 years ago
Free, easy to grasp and high quality engine. Very well organised and neat editor. Fast and reliable game engine (3D, but suited mainly for 2D). Updated every month without breaking the legacy. Very fast prototyping (hot reload + testing directly on mobile), well written documentation.
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Completely free of chargePro
CollaborativePro
Easy to learnPro
Good combination of visual editing + code (Lua)Pro
Hot reloadPro
Very performantPro
Fast resultsPro
Easy and fast export for various platformsPro
Visual editorPro
Great communityPro
Source code availableDefold
Recommended 5 years ago
Using Defold is a breeze; it is very easy to learn, has a helpful and active community, and it is completely free of charge. Above all, it is pretty intuitive, and the Lua API is beginner-friendly; the documentation is great. However, it is far from ideal for 3D game development, but hopefully, that will ch...
Pro
Completely free of chargePro
Cross platformPro
Easy to learnPro
Good combination of visual editing + code (Lua)Pro
Hot reloadPro
Very performantPro
Fast resultsPro
Easy and fast export for various platformsPro
Visual editorPro
Great communityComments
Flagged Pros + Cons
Pro Cross platform
One codebase compile games for iOS, Android, HTML5, OSX, Windows, and Linux.
Editor is available for Windows, Mac and Linux.
Out of Date Pros + Cons
Con Google account needed (Con is Obsolete)
You need a Google account to develop with Defold. (No longer the case.)
