[Game Release] Lightcore Guardians - A Tactical Roguelike Built With Solar2D

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#1

Hi everyone!

I’m excited to share that Lightcore Guardians, my latest project built entirely with Solar2D, is now live on the App Store!

:hammer_and_wrench: Engine: Solar2D (formerly Corona SDK)
:video_game: Genre: Turn-based tactical roguelike
:iphone: Platform: iOS
:inbox_tray: Download: ‎Lightcore Guardians on the App Store

:flashlight: About the Game

In Lightcore Guardians, you lead a squad of 3 heroes to protect the Lightcore Tower against waves of enemies. Inspired by games like Into the Breach, it blends classic tactics gameplay with a roguelike upgrade system.

:brain: Key Features:

  • Turn-based chain-attack mechanics with deep positioning strategy
  • Over 50 handcrafted levels and countless random events
  • 9 hero classes, 100+ skills, and roguelike upgrades
  • Beautiful pixel art & intuitive UI
  • Built completely in Solar2D :bulb:

:dart: Why Solar2D?

As a solo developer, Solar2D allowed me to:

  • Rapidly prototype and refine the game’s core mechanics
  • Deploy with great performance on iOS
  • Use Lua’s flexibility for creating chain-attack systems, level generation, and UI

I’m really thankful for the power and simplicity this engine offers — I couldn’t have finished this game without it.

:pray: I’d love your feedback!

Any comments, bug reports, or thoughts are welcome — especially from fellow Solar2D devs. If you like the game, a review or rating would mean a lot!

Let me know if you’d like to know more about how specific systems were implemented — I’m happy to share code or breakdowns.

Thanks, and happy coding!

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#2

Congratulations, looks so amazing!

Love pixel style.

#3

Thank you :slight_smile:

#4

It looks really nice @iamjet ! Congrats!

Disclaimer: I’m not a heavy player so the feedback may be stupid, especially I’ve played only tutorial

Confirming every action seems to be… iritating a bit :wink: Maybe an option to speed it up in settings?

Also after my hero moves towards enemy I automatically tap on the enemy to kill him… but it doesn’t work that way, I have to choose attack type first. If I have only one attack type maybe I could just tap the enemy?

Something seems to be off on the right side of the top bar, especially the “eye” numbers.

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If you’re open to questions… as a beginner I have few beginner questions:

  • how do you cope with iphone/ipad resolutions, do you use “adaptive” scale configuration?
  • what is the folder structure for your code?
  • what is your approach to “classes”? metatables?
  • what external libraries/tools do you use? do you use something like SSK2 or everything is custom code?
  • do you keep state in some module required everywhere or use properties on scenes (assuming you’re using composer)?
  • do you use widget.* library?
  • why “buy me a coffe” costs more than “unlock full game”? :wink:

probably too many questions…

#5

Looks very cool! I would really like to play it, isnt there an Android version?