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[joshking518]

Hey guys,
I am making a roguelike with GameMaker and I am trying to do realtime collision based combat. EG: if you run into an enemy it will take health off the enemy based on your damage. The enemy has a timer(say 20 steps) when ever the timer goes off, if he is touching you, he strikes at you and does damage based on his damage stat. The problem I am having is when you are standing still, an enemy can run into you repeatedly and he will just lose health till he dies. how do I make it so that you have to be pressing the button, running into HIM to do damage. If you're standing still, I don't want the player to do damage at all, just take damage.
Thanks guys

[joshking518]

Ok I just added some code to check if a key is pressed, then it will do damage. Else it won't do any. My next question is when I attack the monster, I can just hit it over and over in rapid succession. How can I make the monster bounce away fast or run in the opposite direction for a second?

[slayer 64]

add motion to the monster or something