*** build defold games in intellij *** code / run / debug / hot reload *** made for the game community ***

defold-support.jar

OPEN SOURCE

Defold Support for IntelliJ

Write, navigate, run, and debug Defold games directly inside IntelliJ IDEA—without giving up the official Defold editor for the rest of the workflow.

Get the plugin GitHub

features.dat

Project awareDetects Defold workspaces, keeps paths in sync, and configures Lua tooling automatically.

Smart Lua editingCompletion, annotations, highlighting, linting, navigation, and refactors powered by LuaLS.

Full debuggerBreakpoints, watches, inline values, call stacks, expression evaluation, and coroutine support.

Build, run, debugLaunch the engine and manage ports from the IDE, then hot reload scripts with a shortcut.

Cross-platformWorks on Windows, macOS, and Linux with IntelliJ IDEA 2025.2 or newer.

why-i-built-it.txt

Defold is a wonderful game engine, and this plugin makes its coding and debugging loop feel at home in IntelliJ. It helps developers spend less time wiring tools together and more time making games.

It is also my way of contributing something useful back to the game community. The project is open source, built in public, and shaped by the people who use it.