Block

Lesson 10 of 20 in Coddy's Roblox Game: Battlegrounds course.

F blocks: for Settings.BlockTime seconds every hit you take does only a share of its damage, Settings.BlockMultiplier. Whether someone is blocking is an attribute of their character, Blocking, so anything can read it.

Because every hit goes through hurt, the rule is written once:

if character:GetAttribute("Blocking") then
	amount *= Settings.BlockMultiplier
end

Bots will hit you in chapter 4, and the same lines will protect you then.

Challenge

Medium

Add abilities.Block: set the character's Blocking attribute, and remove it after Settings.BlockTime (if the character is still there).
In hurt, multiply the amount by Settings.BlockMultiplier when the character is blocking.
In BattleClient, bind "Block" to F and show it in the display.

Press Play, then Check.

Try it yourself

local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local ServerStorage = game:GetService("ServerStorage")
local Settings = require(game.ReplicatedStorage.Settings)

local remotes = game.ReplicatedStorage.Remotes
local lastSwing = {} -- player -> when they last swung

-- Roblox's own sword animations
local slash = Instance.new("Animation")
slash.AnimationId = "rbxassetid://522635514"

print("Swords deal " .. Settings.SwordDamage .. " damage")

-- Every hit in the game goes through here
local function hurt(humanoid, amount)
	if humanoid.Health <= 0 then
		return
	end
	local character = humanoid.Parent
	humanoid:TakeDamage(amount)
end

-- A swing: the animation, then everyone in the box in front of you is hit
local function swing(player)
	local character = player.Character
	local root = character and character:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart")
	if not root or character.Humanoid.Health <= 0 then
		return
	end
	local now = time()
	if lastSwing[player] and now - lastSwing[player] < Settings.SwingCooldown then
		return
	end
	lastSwing[player] = now
	character.Humanoid.Animator:LoadAnimation(slash):Play()
	-- the box in front of you, never your own body
	local params = OverlapParams.new()
	params.FilterDescendantsInstances = { character }
	local box = root.CFrame * CFrame.new(0, 0, -3)
	local hit = {} -- each humanoid once per swing
	for _, part in workspace:GetPartBoundsInBox(box, Settings.HitboxSize, params) do
		local humanoid = part.Parent:FindFirstChildOfClass("Humanoid")
		if humanoid and not hit[humanoid] then
			hit[humanoid] = true
			hurt(humanoid, Settings.SwordDamage)
		end
	end
end

-- The abilities, by name: what each one does
local abilities = {}

function abilities.Dash(player, character, root)
	root.AssemblyLinearVelocity = root.CFrame.LookVector * Settings.DashSpeed + Vector3.new(0, 15, 0)
end

-- everyone around you is hit and thrown away from you
function abilities.Slam(player, character, root)
	local params = OverlapParams.new()
	params.FilterDescendantsInstances = { character }
	local hit = {}
	for _, part in workspace:GetPartBoundsInRadius(root.Position, Settings.SlamRadius, params) do
		local humanoid = part.Parent:FindFirstChildOfClass("Humanoid")
		local theirRoot = part.Parent:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart")
		if humanoid and theirRoot and not hit[humanoid] then
			hit[humanoid] = true
			hurt(humanoid, Settings.SlamDamage)
			local away = (theirRoot.Position - root.Position) * Vector3.new(1, 0, 1)
			if away.Magnitude > 0 then
				away = away.Unit
			end
			theirRoot:ApplyImpulse((away * Settings.SlamKnockback + Vector3.new(0, 40, 0)) * theirRoot.AssemblyMass)
		end
	end
end

-- The client asks for an ability by name. The server checks it: a real
-- ability, a living player, and its cooldown over. When it is ready again
-- is an attribute of the player, so their screen can show it.
remotes.Ability.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player, name)
	if typeof(name) ~= "string" or not abilities[name] then
		return
	end
	local character = player.Character
	local root = character and character:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart")
	if not root or character.Humanoid.Health <= 0 then
		return
	end
	local now = workspace:GetServerTimeNow()
	if now < (player:GetAttribute(name .. "ReadyAt") or 0) then
		return
	end
	player:SetAttribute(name .. "ReadyAt", now + Settings.Cooldowns[name])
	abilities[name](player, character, root)
end)

-- Every player gets Kills on the leaderboard, and a sword every life
Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
	local leaderstats = Instance.new("Folder")
	leaderstats.Name = "leaderstats"
	leaderstats.Parent = player

	local kills = Instance.new("IntValue")
	kills.Name = "Kills"
	kills.Parent = leaderstats

	player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function()
		local sword = ServerStorage.Sword:Clone()
		sword.Parent = player.Backpack
		sword.Activated:Connect(function()
			swing(player)
		end)
	end)
end)

-- The training dummy: its health bar follows its health, and a beaten
-- dummy comes back after a moment, a fresh copy in the same place
local function setupDummy(dummy)
	local humanoid = dummy.Humanoid
	humanoid.HealthChanged:Connect(function(health)
		dummy.HealthBar.Back.Fill.Size = UDim2.fromScale(health / humanoid.MaxHealth, 1)
	end)
	humanoid.Died:Connect(function()
		local spot = dummy:GetPivot()
		task.wait(0.5)
		dummy:Destroy()
		task.wait(Settings.DummyRespawn)
		local fresh = ServerStorage.Dummy:Clone()
		fresh:PivotTo(spot)
		fresh.Parent = workspace
		setupDummy(fresh)
	end)
end
setupDummy(workspace.Dummy)