Description:
Game engine for development of desktop, mobile and web games
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Type: Cask
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Latest Version: 1.12.4@0
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Tracked Since: Dec 17, 2025
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Links:
Homepage |
@Defold |
formulae.brew.sh
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Category: Developer tools
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Tags:
game-development
game-engine
lua
cross-platform
2d
3d
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Install:
brew install --cask defold
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About:
Defold is a free and open-source game engine designed for creating 2D and 3D games for desktop, mobile, and web platforms. It utilizes a Lua-based scripting environment and a visual editor to streamline the development workflow. The engine is known for its performance, small binary size, and the ability to deploy to a wide range of platforms with a single codebase.
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Key Features:
- Cross-platform deployment to iOS, Android, Windows, macOS, Linux, and Web
- Visual editor with real-time preview and hot-reloading
- Lua scripting for fast and lightweight development
- Built-in asset pipeline and physics engine
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Use Cases:
- Indie game development for mobile and desktop platforms
- Prototyping game mechanics quickly
- Creating HTML5 web games
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Alternatives:
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Unity
– Unity is a more feature-rich engine with C# but has a heavier footprint and more complex licensing for larger teams.
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Godot
– Godot is a highly popular open-source engine with its own scripting language, offering a node-based scene system.
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| May 4, 2026 10:26am |
1.12.4 |
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cc176b17 |
| Apr 7, 2026 1:01pm |
1.12.3 |
0 |
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f078e40a |
| Mar 2, 2026 12:53pm |
1.12.2 |
0 |
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bd151700 |
| Feb 4, 2026 3:54pm |
1.12.1 |
0 |
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5d7e0a01 |
| Jan 12, 2026 12:53pm |
1.12.0 |
0 |
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d3708ed6 |
| Sep 8, 2025 7:33pm |
1.11.0 |
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f5eb6d89 |
| Aug 4, 2025 3:44pm |
1.10.4 |
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42918cf1 |
| Jul 22, 2024 12:42pm |
1.9.1 |
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6c3b3d7c |
| Jun 25, 2024 3:34pm |
1.9.0 |
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311aef92 |
| Feb 13, 2024 8:42am |
1.6.4 |
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3b69bbf1 |
| Feb 12, 2024 7:24pm |
1.6.4 |
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57fbd755 |
| Jan 11, 2024 9:21am |
1.6.3 |
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44dbb848 |
| Oct 23, 2023 9:25am |
1.6.1 |
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35191207 |
| Oct 10, 2023 7:10pm |
1.6.0 |
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0b0de22f |
| Oct 9, 2023 10:01pm |
1.6.0 |
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9275cd96 |
| Oct 9, 2023 2:49pm |
1.6.0 |
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319b4875 |
| Sep 14, 2023 4:46pm |
1.5.0 |
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bd273c39 |
| Jun 20, 2023 8:41am |
1.4.7 |
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281b8957 |
| Apr 10, 2023 1:15pm |
1.4.4 |
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80a4ad84 |
| Apr 5, 2023 7:48am |
1.4.4 |
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8fcad60f |
| Mar 28, 2023 10:03pm |
1.4.4 |
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0e4ded0d |
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