How do I bounce from collision of swords?

Hello all, im currently creating a game that is inspired by the classic zelda games.

In that regard im trying to program a way for the main character to bounce off of enemy's when weapons collide.

sort of like when players weapon on collision with enemy's weapon- bounce the character backwards, also bounce the enemy backwards. enemy's and the main character are using the 8 direction function since this is top down view.

any thoughts?

I havent' been able to get a reply since the spam bots showed up. anyone have any idea's?

Add a bullet behaviour to both but disable by default.

Then on collision..

local anglePlayerEnemy

anglePlayerEnemy = angle( Player.X, Player.Y, Enemy.X, Enemy.Y )

Player 8direction disable

Player bullet set angle of motion to anglePlayerEnemy + 180

Player bullet enable

Enemy 8direction disable

Enemy bullet set angle of motion to anglePlayerEnemy

Enemy bullet enable

Wait 0.5

Player bullet disable

Player 8direction enable

Enemy bullet disable

Enemy 8direction enable

Set the bullet speed to something like 30.. you'll need to tweak this and the wait 0.5s to get the result you're after.

This is perfect! the local Variable wouldnt work but a global one worked just fine, Thanks so much!