STEP 18 OF 67 · YOU ARE THE GAMEPLAY PROGRAMMER

Make one combat interaction work

Attack input, timing, hit detection, damage and recovery. The animation is only the picture; code decides when the hit lands and what it does.

How to do it

1. Press attack, play the swing, check for a hit during the active frames only.
2. Apply damage, then a short recovery before the next attack.
3. Test it on a simple target dummy.

Before you move on

In Duke Forger, this step's gate checks:

• You confirm itAn attack hits only during its active frames
• You confirm itDamage and recovery follow your step 5 rules

Words to know

Hit detection

The code that decides whether an attack actually touched its target.

Hitbox

An invisible shape used to detect hits.