Defold game engine source now available and free to use for commercial games

Re:Defold game engine source now available and free to use f... by fenwick67 on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @10:40AM (#23235353)

King's unsavory handling of trademark disputes (trademarking "Candy" and "Saga" and voraciously enforcing it against games like The Banner Saga and CandySwipe [which came out before Candy Crush]) is gonna steer me clear of this one.

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Re:Defold game engine source now available and free to use f... by AGulev on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @04:56PM (#23240086)

Defold is not King anymore. A quote from the official web site: "game engine, has been transferred to the Defold Foundation"

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Re:Defold game engine source now available and free to use f... by fenwick67 on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @05:34PM (#23240560)

4 of the 5 listed board members work for King today, and King (as a company) has a seat on the board.

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Re:Defold game engine source now available and free to use f... by britzl on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @08:29AM (#23246080)

Not sure how you are counting. Romain and Sara work for King. Elin is a consultant. Björn (me) and Mathias have left King to work on behalf of the foundation.

This makes me realise that I need to update my LinkedIn profile if anyone bothers to check it!

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Re:Defold game engine source now available and free to use f... by fenwick67 on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @09:55AM (#23246794)

I was just looking at https://defold.com/foundation/ , it says Mathias "has spent the last 4 years at King" and that you became a product owner at King in 2018, I assumed you both still worked there since it doesn't say you ever left.

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