How do I Block

Hello, I'm coming up with a beat em' up type game and need to know how to block. Seems like something pretty easy but I cant seem to figure it out. I have animations and buttons down I just cant get it to not affect the characters health when the enemy hits you. Thank you, hoping for a fast reply

Please help anyone

So, you have the animations. And you have choosen a key. I suppose you play the animation when the key is pressed.

I suppose you have some variable that gets set when the key is pressed, so when a 'block' happens

Do you check that variable when the thing hits the player before drawing health.

For how much time is that variable set to block ? One tick ? As long as the animation ? As long as the key pressed ?

When and how is that variable resetted ?

Add an exception to the damage collision check you do when testing to see if the enemy has hit you? Something like:

• Enemy collides with player, Player animation "block" is NOT playing = damage the player

Thank you mikehive! Huge help