Here's a forum thread created by a relatively new Defold user documenting part of the process from prototype to finished game: https://forum.defold.com/t/apple-spider-casual-arcade-action...

Another from a more experienced team, but new to Defold:

https://forum.defold.com/t/travel-blast-by-mpgames/66089?u=b...

"Low entry level compared to Unity. Lua is easy to learn programming language. One of our UI designers became Defold developer in a month"