Tackle for Brainrots

Tackle for Brainrots is a multiplayer PvP collection game for Roblox. Players hunt collectible “brainrots” across eight biomes, carry them home for passive income, and raid each other’s bases — every base is always open to raids, so the loop stays tense. The core mechanic is a skill-shot tackle: a physics-based lunge with real aim, knockback, and a self-stun penalty for whiffing. No auto-targeting, real counterplay.

Engineering highlights

• Server-authoritative architecture — all game state (positions, inventory, cash) lives server-side and every action is validated before it executes, which shuts down the classic Roblox exploits: teleport cheating, infinite cash, item duplication.
• Persistence done right — DataStore saves with session locking to prevent duplication exploits, autosave every 60 seconds plus on-disconnect, and offline earnings calculated on return.
• Progression through physics, not level gates — zones are separated by physical gaps you can only cross if your glove tier gives you enough lunge distance, so traversal itself is the progression system.
• Procedural animation — every dive, knockback, steal channel, and deposit celebration is Motor6D manipulation in code. Zero uploaded animation assets.
• Live-ops tooling — custom analytics instrumentation for economy monitoring and funnel analysis, feeding balance changes.

Scale

About 20,000 lines of typed Luau across 96 modules: 18 server systems (tackling, carrying, base raids, spawning, rebirth prestige, shops, leaderboards) and 17 client systems (HUD, collection index, tutorial, VFX/SFX feedback). Built in VS Code and synced into Roblox Studio with Rojo.

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