2022-03-31: [April's fool] Unveiling new design! 🎨 The graphics on defly have only been placeholders while we were working on the brand new design that is more unique and appropriate for the game! ✏️ Now it's finally finished, and to celebrate this, you get randoms skins for the day. Have fun!
2021-12-07: New gamemode: 1v1! Challenge and duel anyone in the arena ⚔️
2021-06-11: New skin set: CRYSTALS by @Captain Jack Sparrow!
2020-12-21: Happy winter and merry Christmas! 45 new badges for premium accounts! Credits to Beepbop!
2020-07-15: ONE MORE MEGA TWO TEAM KOTH (King Of The Hill) Capture the center square for the win! Thursday, July 16, 10pm UTC / 6pm EDT note the time shift!! Everyone spawns in with full 32 levels. 300 players total. 150 per team. USE Server. Tower shields will be at about half power. Same map as previous KOTH. Be on defly.io at the specified time and click the join button when the countdown reaches 0. Pick your team LIME or PURPLE and join the chaos!
2020-07-08: People like this so let's do it again! MEGA TWO TEAM KOTH (King Of The Hill). Capture the center square for the win! Thursday, July 9, 7pm UTC / 3pm EDT. Everyone spawns in with full 32 levels. 300 players total. 150 per team. USE Server. Tower shields will be at about half power. Same map as previous KOTH. Be on defly.io at the specified time and click the join button when the countdown reaches 0. Pick your team RED or BLUE and join the chaos!
2020-07-01: Another MEGA TWO TEAM KOTH (King Of The Hill) Capture the center square for the win! Thursday, July 2, 7pm UTC / 3pm EDT. Everyone spawns in with full 32 levels. FUN! 300 players total. 150 per team. USE Server. Tower shields will be at about half power. (A little stronger than last KOTH, but still low enough to make it CHAOS!) Same map as previous KOTH. Be on defly.io at the specified time and click the join button when the countdown reaches 0. Pick your team RED or BLUE and join the chaos!
2020-06-24: MEGA FFA Tournament Game! Thursday, June 25th, 7pm UTC / 3pm EDT. (one hour duration). Players will start on level 32. Max tower shield duration will be as low as it can go. Players will be ranked by kills - deaths after 1 hour and the winner gets 5000 coins! This is a shooters game. Avoid building large areas. Server is US East.
2020-06-17: Free For All Time! YES!! MEGA FFA Tournament Game! Thursday, June 18th, 7pm UTC / 3pm EDT. Players will start on level 16. (You need to work for this one!). Max tower shield duration will be as low as it can go. (sorry builders). Players will be ranked by kills - deaths after 1 hour and the winner gets 5000 coins! This is a shooters game. Avoid building large areas. Server is US East.
2020-06-10:
MEGA CHAOS AGAIN Solo KOTH (no teams, King of the Hill) You are on you own, friends! Thursday, June 11th, 7pm UTC / 3pm EDT (1.5 hour duration, YES! 30 minutes longer). Spawns at level 16. Winner must be holding the majority of the center area at the 1.5 hour mark, and will receive 5000 coins. USE Server. See image here for reference on the KOTH spot to hold.
2020-06-03:
Déjà vu!! Same game as last week! MEGA TWO TEAM KOTH. Thursday, June 4, 7pm UTC / 3pm EDT. Everyone spawns in with full 32 levels. FUN! 300 players total. 150 per team. USE Server. Same map as previous KOTH (King Of The Hill). If a team captures the whole map like last time, the server will RESTART after 5 minutes and a NEW 30 MINUTE GAME will start. Be on defly.io at the specified time and click the join button when the countdown reaches 0.
Pick your team RED or BLUE and join the chaos!
2020-05-27:
Here's a TWIST! MEGA TWO TEAM KOTH
Thursday, May 28, 7pm UTC / 3pm EDT.
Everyone spawns in with full 32 levels. FUN!
300 players total. 150 per team. USE Server.
Same map as previous KOTH (King Of The Hill).
Be on defly.io at the specified time and click the join button when the countdown reaches 0.
Pick your team RED or BLUE and join the chaos!
2020-05-20:
WOO! MEGA CHAOS TEAMS GAME! Thursday, May 21, 7pm UTC / 3pm EDT. 300 players total. 150 per team. USE Server. Team with the most % of the map gets bragging rights! Be on defly.io at the specified time and click the join button when the countdown reaches 0. Pick your team Purple or Turquoise and join the chaos!
2020-05-12:
Another MEGA GAME! This time we are going KING OF THE HILL (KOTH).. This one's for you builders. Thursday, May 14th, 7pm UTC / 3pm EDT. Players will start at Level 16 (sorry you have to gain more levels yourself), max tower shield duration is still low, but you can upgrade on repair and there is almost 0 repair cooldown. The individual occupying the center square at the end of the hour is declared KING OF THE HILL and gets 5000 coins. Server is US East.
2020-05-06:
ANOTHER MEGA FFA Tournament game! Thursday, May 7th, 7pm UTC / 3pm EDT. Players will start with full levels, max tower shield duration is about 1 second and repairing towers have a 3s cooldown. Players will be ranked by kills/deaths after 1 hour and the winner gets 5000 coins! This is a shooters game. Avoid building large areas. Really. Server is US East.
2020-04-29:
Ready to get your frustrations out? Here's your chance! MEGA FFA Tournament game! Thursday, April 30th, 7pm UTC / 3pm EDT. Players will start with full levels, max tower shield duration is about 1 second and repairing towers have a 3s cooldown. Players will be ranked by kills - deaths after 1 hour and the winner gets 5000 coins! This is a shooters game. Avoid building large areas. Server is US East.
2020-04-22:
This is becoming a thing! MEGA CHAOS AGAIN, 3 teams! EU Server. 83 players per team. Thursday, April 23rd, 7pm UTC / 3pm EDT (one hour duration). Be on defly.io at the specified time and click the join button appearing when the countdown reaches 0. Pick your team, Purple, Lime or Turquoise and join the chaos!
2020-04-15:
WHAT? Another MEGA CHAOS TEAM GAME?? This time it's 3 teams! Thursday, April 16th, 7pm UTC / 3pm EDT. Be here at the specified time and click the join button appearing when the countdown reaches 0. Pick your team, Purple, Lime or Turquoise and join the chaos!
2020-04-11:
Oh YEAH! Another MEGA CHAOS TEAMS GAME Monday, April 13th, 7pm UTC / 3pm EDT. 250 players total. 125 per team. USE Server. Be here at the specified time and click the join button when the countdown reaches 0. Pick your team, Sky Blue or Green and join the chaos!
2020-04-07:
Who's ready for a MEGA CHAOS TEAM GAME?? Thursday, April 9th, 7pm UTC / 3pm EDT.
Be here on defly.io at the specified time and click the join button appearing when the countdown reaches 0. Pick your team, Red or Blue and join the chaos!
2020-03-31:
Here's another Special MEGA FFA Tournament game! Thursday April 2nd, 7pm UTC / 3pm EDT. HEX MAP.
Players will start with full levels, tower shield duration will be half of usual value, spawn distance to territory will be lowered and repairing towers have a 5s cooldown. Players will be ranked by kills - deaths after 1 hour and the winner gets 5000 coins! Server is US East.
2020-03-19: Special FFA Tournament game #2 on Friday March the 20th, 6pm UTC / 2pm EDT. Players will start with full levels, tower shield duration will be half of usual value, spawn distance to territory will be lowered and repairing towers have a 5s cooldown. Players will be ranked by kills - deaths after 1 hour and the winner gets 5000 coins!
2020-03-17: Special FFA Tournament game on Thursday March the 19th, 6pm UTC / 2pm EDT. Players will start with full levels, tower shield duration will be half of usual value. Players will be ranked by kills after 1 hour and the winner gets 5000 coins!
2020-02-06: New skins! A whole Insects category, and 7 new Premium skins. Check out another awesome work by @Beepbop! Also, the Valentines skin has been unlocked, grab it before it's too late.
2019-12-26: Special Winter FFA Game #2, on Friday, Dec. 27th at 4pm EDT / 22:00 CET / 21:00 UTC (US East server). The map will have unbreakable walls like in DEFUSE mode, and will be different from previous game. King of The Hill: the Tourney Skin + 15k coins will be awarded to the player that owns a target patch of land in the map center after 1h. Secondary Prizes: 5k coins for most kills, 5k coins for most owned land after 1h. Be here at the specified time and click the join button appearing when the countdown reaches zero.
2019-12-20: Special Winter FFA Game, on Monday, Dec. 23th at 2pm EDT / 20:00 CET / 19:00 UTC (US East server). The map will have unbreakable walls like in DEFUSE mode. King of The Hill: the Tourney Skin + 15k coins will be awarded to the player that owns a target patch of land in the map center after 1h. Secondary Prizes: 5k coins for most kills, 5k coins for most owned land after 1h. Be here at the specified time and click the join button appearing when the countdown reaches zero.
2019-12-11: Mega-CHAOS 2-Teams Tournament game - Red vs Green, on Friday, Dec. 13th at 5pm EDT / 23:00 CEST / 22:00 UTC (US East server). Be here at the specified time and click the join button appearing when the countdown reaches 0
2019-09-27: Experimental FFA Tournament game, today at 4pm EDT / 22:00 CEST / 20:00 UTC. Maximum 200 players... Check out the detailed rules
2019-09-12: New Experimental FFA gamemode! Check out the detailed rules
2019-09-06: Lots of updates: Share link to invite friends, Win screen has a surprise animation, Fix issues with tower shields so they now appear accurately.... (see full changelog)
- The game URL now contains the server when you are in a game - you can share it to friends for them to join you
- Yellow color has been removed, replaced by purple in TEAM mode
- Win screen has a surprise animation! Also shows your stats and a button to go back to homepage
- Minimap shows your lost territory blinking for a few seconds
- Fix: fast bullets can penetrate walls sometimes (eg defuse sniper)
- Censor now applies to join and leave messages
- Last selected gamemode is saved
- Chat history has been limited to 10 messages
- Skin editor now supports tinted rotors
- New maps are opened earlier when players fail to spawn and the map is full
- Network optimizations for crowded screens with shoots and buildings - should help for dense battles
- The stats screen shows your coin earnings
- Fix multiple issues with tower shields so that they are now shown accurately (no more shown within captured areas + no more reset when you break nearby walls + no more reset when you split an enclosed area)
- New: Tower shields blast animation when shield is deactivated
- Tower shield duration has been lowered a bit in TEAM mode
2019-08-29: free-for-all tournament fun game #3 will occur on Friday, Aug 30, 20:00 UTC / 4pm EDT / 22:00 CET.
To participate, just be here at the given time and click the join button. The server will be a big hexagon map on US East with 200 players max
To participate, just be here at the given time and click the join button. The server will be a big hexagon map on US East with 200 players max
2019-08-23: a free-for-all tournament fun game will occur on Saturday, Aug 24, 16:00 UTC / 12pm EDT / 18:00 CET.
To participate, just be here at the given time and click the join button. The server will be a circle map on US East with 200 players max
To participate, just be here at the given time and click the join button. The server will be a circle map on US East with 200 players max
2019-08-08: mega 2-TEAMS tournament fun game #4 will occur on Friday, Aug 16, 20:00 UTC / 4pm EDT / 22:00 CET.
To participate, just be here at the given time, click the join button and choose your team, red or blue. The server will be a square map on US East with 100 players per team
To participate, just be here at the given time, click the join button and choose your team, red or blue. The server will be a square map on US East with 100 players per team
2019-08-08: mega 2-TEAMS tournament fun game #3 will occur on Satuday, Aug 10, 16:00 UTC / 12pm EDT / 18:00 CET.
To participate, just be here at the given time, click the join button and choose your team, red or blue. The server will be a square map on US East with 100 players per team
To participate, just be here at the given time, click the join button and choose your team, red or blue. The server will be a square map on US East with 100 players per team
2019-06-18: mega 2-TEAMS tournament fun game #2 will occur on Satuday, June 22, 4pm UTC / 12pm EDT / 18:00 CET.
To participate, just be here at the given time, click the join button and choose your team, red or blue. The server will be a square map on US East with 100 players per team
To participate, just be here at the given time, click the join button and choose your team, red or blue. The server will be a square map on US East with 100 players per team
2019-06-10: A mega 2-TEAMS tournament fun game will occur on Friday, June 14th at 16:00 EST / 20:00 UTC / 22:00 CET.
To participate, just be here at the given time, click the join button and choose your team, red or blue. The server will be a square map on US East with a high limit of players
To participate, just be here at the given time, click the join button and choose your team, red or blue. The server will be a square map on US East with a high limit of players
2019-05-09: The MYTHICAL skins from @Beepbop have been released, along with a special BLACK skin reserved to premium accounts
2019-05-01: 7 new DEFUSE MAPS from the contest have been added. Bomb spots are also marked on the minimap, enjoy!
2019-04-25: Free-for-all tournament on Saturday the 27th. Just be here at 12 pm (noon) EDT and click the join button.
Players will be ranked by total kills after 1 hour. Prizes: #1 = Exclusive Tourney Skin + 10k coins, #2 = 10k coins, #3 = 5k coins. Bonus prize for player with highest territory at any time = 10k coins.
Note: the server will be located in US East
Players will be ranked by total kills after 1 hour. Prizes: #1 = Exclusive Tourney Skin + 10k coins, #2 = 10k coins, #3 = 5k coins. Bonus prize for player with highest territory at any time = 10k coins.
Note: the server will be located in US East
2019-04-24: Defuse map contest winners announced! Congrats to 1. Dorgiot 2. Nathan 3. OBLIVION. Winning maps can be seen on discord here and all selected submissions in #defuse-map-contest-entries on discord
2019-04-15: Full rankings for last FFA tournament are here
2019-04-10: Free-for-all tournament on Friday the 12th. Just be here at 4 pm EDT and click the join button.
Players will be ranked by max score after 1 hour. Prizes: #1 = 15000 coins, #2 = 10000 coins, #3 = 5000 coins.
Note: the server will be located in US East
Players will be ranked by max score after 1 hour. Prizes: #1 = 15000 coins, #2 = 10000 coins, #3 = 5000 coins.
Note: the server will be located in US East
2019-04-01: Happy April Fool's Day! New BLADE skins from @Beepbop have been released
2019-03-29: New DEFUSE map editor! (scroll below for button)
DEFUSE Map Design Contest - design an original, complete and playable map
Prizes: 1st = 20k coins, 2nd = 15k coins, 3rd = 10k coins
Submit your map file before April 7th. (by submitting an entry you allow me to use your creation later in the game) Open Defuse Map editor
DEFUSE Map Design Contest - design an original, complete and playable map
Prizes: 1st = 20k coins, 2nd = 15k coins, 3rd = 10k coins
Submit your map file before April 7th. (by submitting an entry you allow me to use your creation later in the game) Open Defuse Map editor
2019-03-02: The new BEAST SKINS from @Beepbop have been released
2019-0-02: The new JET SKINS from @Beepbop have been released, along with the seasonal (time-limited) Valentine's skin
2019-01-31: A really BIG UPDATE has been released with many changes (see details in full changelog): show colors in leaderboard, more advices for beginners, do not flashbang teammates, kill counter, coins earnings in DEFUSE, bug fixes, lag improvements...
Full list:
- player stops moving when internet is temporary lost (to avoid crashing in walls) with informative popup
- browser lag optimization for really big areas (eg 100%)
- fix some wrong score/area update when splitting/merging capturing areas (resulting for instance in negative scores)
- splitting areas don't remove points in teams, merging areas give points to the player who created the biggest area (makes it easier to earn coins in TEAM)
- destroying towers now gives XP in FFA, shots on strong towers now gives XP for every hit
- crashing into a line gives kills/points to the nearest player within a small circle (which radius = max wall length)
- clone superpower: clone now aims towards the cursor
- stats recording are more reliable
- no ads on respawn for tournament games
- show player colors on the leaderboard
- minor UI improvements on the statistics page
- flashbang does not flash teammates anymore
- kill counter in informative (chat) messages
- advices appearing for first-time players
- fix: entering game when bomb is planted in DEFUSE should make player spectator
- earn coins in DEFUSE mode: 5 coins per player kill and 1 coin every 20 towers destroyed
- add kills, deaths and rounds won to DEFUSE buy screen
2019-01-21: TEAM tournament season 2 is on track. To participate, join discord and check the pinned messages in channel #tournament
2019-01-14: The results for the 1-year anniversary Free-for-all tournament are here. Congrats to unteamer, Djm, and winner! (Prizes have been awarded)
2019-01-09: We celebrate the 1 year anniversary with a Free-for-all tournament game on Friday the 11th. Just be here at 1 pm EST and click the join button.
Players will be ranked by kills after 1 hour. Prizes: #1 = 20000 coins, #2 = 10000 coins, #3 = 5000 coins.
Note: the server will be located in US East
Players will be ranked by kills after 1 hour. Prizes: #1 = 20000 coins, #2 = 10000 coins, #3 = 5000 coins.
Note: the server will be located in US East
2019-01-05: Happy new year everyone! The new Space skins have been released!
2018-12-18: A special Winter Tournament Game - TEAM MODE - will occur next Saturday (December the 22nd) from 2 to 4 pm EST. To participate, join discord and contact one of the team captains.
2018-12-06: @Beepbop strikes again with almost 50 new skins! Have a look at his amazing work! Some will be released over the next months so keep an eye on it!
2018-11-24: the tournament is now over as Pinks won their 3rd game yesterday: Congrats to them and all participants who fought well for 5 games!
2018-11-12: The 3rd game for the tournament will be held on Friday. Join discord in #tournament to offer your services ;)
2018-11-09: The second game for the tournament is today at 5pm GMT. Watch it live on youtube!
2018-11-09: The first game for the tournament is today at 10pm GMT. Watch it live on youtube!
The next game is tomorrow, there will be a match every week! To participate, join discord
The next game is tomorrow, there will be a match every week! To participate, join discord
2018-10-31: Happy Halloween! Hope you like the change ,-) Big thanks to @Beepbop again for the help with visuals.
2018-10-27: @Harry is organizing the first TEAM mode defly.io tournament. Interested? Join discord and look at the rules pinned in the #tournament channel.
2018-09-12: Better support for trackpad: you can now turn with LEFT/RIGHT arrow keys and shoot with UP (enable in settings), and activate your Superpower with SHIFT (or E)
2018-09-08: - New SKINS made by @Beepbop, big thanks to him! 
- A WIKI has been initiated by @hb_desiato, big thanks to him too! The New User Guide is especially worthwhile, check it out and feel free to contribute too :)
- A WIKI has been initiated by @hb_desiato, big thanks to him too! The New User Guide is especially worthwhile, check it out and feel free to contribute too :)
2018-06-04: New SKINS from the skin contest have been made available, check them out!
2018-05-23: New DEFUSE game mode, round based - read the rules & give feedback
2018-05-22: Skin contest results are here!
Congrats to the winners, 1st: King Stripes, 2nd: MallluS, 3rd: rjt
Congrats to the winners, 1st: King Stripes, 2nd: MallluS, 3rd: rjt
2018-05-14: Skin contest ongoing:
- Vote for you favorite skin from Tuesday 15th to Monday 21th: click here
Prizes - 1st: 10k coins, 2nd: 5k coins, 3rd: 2k coins. Top 3 winners also get their skin for free permanently, and exclusivity for 1 week (they will be the only one that can use it).
- Vote for you favorite skin from Tuesday 15th to Monday 21th: click here
Prizes - 1st: 10k coins, 2nd: 5k coins, 3rd: 2k coins. Top 3 winners also get their skin for free permanently, and exclusivity for 1 week (they will be the only one that can use it).
2018-05-07: Announcing the 1st defly.io skin contest!
- Post your skin art (animated gif recommended) on imgur and send me the link before Tuesday 15th 00:00 CET, via the feedback form or on discord (you can submit up to 5 entries).
- Vote for you favorite skin from Tuesday 15th to Monday 21th (selected submissions will be posted here)
Prizes - 1st: 10k coins, 2nd: 5k coins, 3rd: 2k coins. Top 3 winners also get their skin for free permanently, and exclusivity for 1 week (they will be the only one that can use it).
By submitting an entry to the contest, you agree to grant a free, permanent and non-conditional right to use your entry in the game
- Post your skin art (animated gif recommended) on imgur and send me the link before Tuesday 15th 00:00 CET, via the feedback form or on discord (you can submit up to 5 entries).
- Vote for you favorite skin from Tuesday 15th to Monday 21th (selected submissions will be posted here)
Prizes - 1st: 10k coins, 2nd: 5k coins, 3rd: 2k coins. Top 3 winners also get their skin for free permanently, and exclusivity for 1 week (they will be the only one that can use it).
By submitting an entry to the contest, you agree to grant a free, permanent and non-conditional right to use your entry in the game
2018-03-02: TEAM MODE! Read the rules.
Also fix: build distance should be limited by cursor position ; bullets bouncing through lines ; can't shoot near map borders ; players can have the same color in PvP. [1.8]
Also fix: build distance should be limited by cursor position ; bullets bouncing through lines ; can't shoot near map borders ; players can have the same color in PvP. [1.8]
2018-02-20: you can now create an account to store your game stats, and earn coins. New unlockable SKINS with account creation or coins. Towers in captured areas are weakened (1-shot kill) [1.7]
2018-02-02: The game can now be played on mobile/tablet. Watch the tutorial video! [1.6]
2018-01-30: Minimap is now updated with your own territory [1.5]
2018-01-26: Added spinner for respawn and fix respawn not completing. Prevent from losing focus when typing certain keys. [1.4]
2018-01-24: Many visibility fixes (ghost lines, invisible lines). Avoid appearing inside existing big areas. [1.3]
2018-01-20: Many fixes related to closing areas (blank territory). Improved/fixed bullet positions. Stability/lag improvements. [1.2]
2018-01-16: Tower shield is a now bit less strong, only active for complete areas, and make bullets bounce. Repairing towers is possible by building on damaged tower. Lots of bugfixes for zone building. [1.1]
2018-01-11: Official release of the beta version [1.0]