so this would be how the battles would be like

the background is a mix of purple, blue and green squares

the enemies are facing your characters

their hps are always in the sides

so like

theres the fight button that will do the shit mother 2-3 did

act makes you interact with the character (acting is the only way to sparing characters)

goods is your items, equip or just heal with food (beef jerky heals yo ahh 80 hp be sure to search for it)

defend is basically uh

defending.

and run

you just flee

fighting

fighting in this game is different, as instead of having to spam buttons and stuff to dodge attacks or sum, instead you can dodge them by pressing the arrow keys, as the characters will charge towards you in-sprite and try to attack you

so like

when junior attacks you

his sprite

changes

and animates attacks

you dodge them with arrow keys

btw if you die theres an animation

of you falling

and everything becomes dark except your character on the floor

acting

man, fuck undertales acting, here you can act by hitting them even harder like mother 3, or just talk with them til you can spare them (only through acting)

idk if i should make it a voice acting thingy or dialogue like undertale

goods

instead of undertale and deltarune healing you with goods

this is more like mother 3

each character has their own list of hp-healing items

and even weapons to make you stronger if you find them or buy them.

defend

so if you defend three times

this appears in front of your characters

as long as this is in front of your characters, the enemy cant hurt you, and instead will be breaking the box in front of you

it takes 5 tries to break it

but you can only summon that thing in boss battles, since if it happens in normal battles the enemys just fucked (or i could just give them a lot of hp but they would count as bosses too i guess??)

run

run away coward. you dont level up, you just run lol.

(you cant run in boss battles, so if youre fighting junior with level 1 youre screwed and have to reset your save file lol)

cards

this concept has been around for a year now

so

when you attack and defend

the cards start to glow

when they glow alot it means youve maxed them out

so you can either do a final attack with one character, two, or the whole fucking party

if you max these cards up in ANY battle

no matter the enemys hp

they are fucked

cuz it does 9999 damage lol

only one boss fight doesnt let you max out your cards

and thats