⚔️ Trench Defense
Hold the Line
Wave-based trench warfare defense game for Roblox. Build your fortifications, manage your ammunition, and repel wave after wave of advancing AI enemies across escalating difficulty. A father-son learning project — code clarity over clever tricks, always.
The Project
This one's personal. Trench Defense is a father-son project — a way to learn game development together by building something real. The code prioritizes readability and clear reasoning over performance tricks, because the goal isn't just a working game, it's a first coder who actually understands why things work. Every script is commented to explain the reasoning, not just the mechanics. Every architectural decision is documented so the lessons stick.
We chose Roblox because it lowers the barrier to actually seeing something run — no Unity licensing, no build pipelines, no packaging hell. You write Lua, hit Play, and your game runs. The platform handles multiplayer, physics, and rendering. That lets us focus on game logic, system design, and the fundamentals of programming without drowning in infrastructure.
The Core Loop
Game Systems
Building System
Place sandbags, bunkers, barbed wire entanglements, and gun emplacements to customize your defensive line. Each structure has health, cover value, and resource cost.
Combat System
Rifles, grenades, mortars. Each weapon has distinct range, damage, and ammo economy. Resource management — running out of ammunition mid-wave is a real consequence.
Enemy AI
Wave-based spawning with increasing difficulty. Enemies pathfind around obstacles, target weakened defenses, and scale in number and health as waves progress.
Resource Management
Ammunition, building materials, and reinforcement call-ins are finite. Spend wisely between waves. Hoard supplies or build heavy — both are valid strategies.
Progression
Earn points to unlock better weapons and defensive structures as waves advance. Early waves teach mechanics; later waves demand mastery.
Cross-Platform
Roblox runs on PC, Mac, iOS, and Android. The game is designed for both mouse-and-keyboard and touch controls.
Code Philosophy
The architecture follows Roblox best practices — server logic in ServerScriptService, client UI and input in StarterPlayerScripts, shared modules in ReplicatedStorage. Important game logic like enemy health and combat resolution runs on the server where it can't be tampered with.
Every system is modular and independently testable. Game balance values live in config tables — tweaking difficulty never requires touching game logic. Comments explain why decisions were made, not just what the code does.
"The best way to learn programming is to build something you actually want to play. Everything else is secondary to that." — Uncle Grimmy