Roblox-BallparkDefender

Developer: Aaron Prill

Summary

This repo serves as the backup location for the Roblox game Ballpark Defender - a Tower Defense game I created with a baseball theme. Mobs invade a local ballpark and you have to strategically place 10 defenders and equip them with weapons to keep the ballpark from being destroyed.

Credits

Credit to Youtuber GnomeCode for his excellent 22 Video Tutorial on how to build a complete Tower Defense game on Roblox. I learned almost everything in this codebase from that tutorial, and tailored it to fit my needs for this game.

Project Structure

The relevant items of how I have Ballpark Defender setup in Roblox Studio are listed below. I’ve included links where source code exists in this repo.

**Key:** -- = Folder | ... = Other misc items not shown

• Workspace
  • – GUIData
    • #Inning (NumberValue)
    • #Message (StringValue)
  • – Maps
    • – GrassLand
      • – BaseballField
      • – DefPositions
      • – MobPath
        • – Waypoints (includes objects named as “1, 2, 3, etc” to “steer” the Mob around the map)
      • Ballpark
        • Head (HealthGui attached to this in code)
        • Humanoid
        • …
      • …
  • – Mobs (empty folder that Mobs are spawned into during Gameplay)
  • – Squad (empty folder that Defenders are spawned into during Gameplay)
  • …
  • Baseplate
• ReplicatedStorage
  • – Events
    • AnimateDefender
    • EquipDefender
    • SpawnDefender
  • – Functions
    • RequestDefender
  • – GUIs
    • HealthGui
  • – Modules
    • Health.lua (dynamic re-usable Health bars)
  • – Squad (stores all the Defender characters used by the game)
  • – Weapons (Each Group represents an “Upgrade Path” of Weapons. Defenders are assigned a Group)
    • – Group1
      • Slingshot (EquipOrder = 1)
      • Crossbow (EquipOrder = 2)
    • – Group2
      • Black Baseball Bat (EquipOrder = 1)
      • Large Wood Bat (EquipOrder = 2)
    • – Group3
      • Baseball (EquipOrder = 1)
• ServerScriptService
  • – Game (includes scripts that run immediately as game loads)
    • Main.lua
    • PlayerAdded.lua
  • – Modules (module scripts referenced throughout game)
    • Defender.lua
    • Mob.lua
• ServerStorage
  • – Various Backup Folders for Characters and Other items that might be needed
• StarterGui
  • – Billboards (stores all HealthGui billboards created on Mobs/Ballpark during the game)
  • GameController.lua (the main script that handles user interaction/input)
  • GameGui (all the visual frames, etc. on the screen)
    • DefendersList (Scrollable Frame: menu of Defenders on the Left)
      • TemplateButton (used to dynamically generate Defender buttons)
        • Price (Textlabel)
    • Info (Top of screen info area)
      • Health (Frame)
        • CurrentHealth (Frame)
        • MaxHealth (Frame)
        • Title
      • Stats (frame)
        • Inning (TextLabel)
        • Gold (TextLabel)
      • Message (TextLabel - display messages to user)
• StarterPlayer
  • – StarterPlayerScripts
    • Animations.lua

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License

TO DO…