For day 1140 of coding, I have found where the infinite loop is happening through GMS2's debug mode. I haven't been a able to fix it yet unfortunately

For day 1138 of coding, I think I got the speed and distance right for the knockback. There is an issue where the game goes into an unbreakable loop at certain collisions

For day 1145 of coding, I've added the invulnerability time to the lower left portion of the debug screen

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For day 1143 of coding, I've set up an invulnerability timer after the player gets hurt. I don't have any other indicators set up yet

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For day 1147 of coding, I put a red shader on the player when the knockback happens. I'll need to see if I can apply a similar shader during the invulnerability period

For day 1139 of coding, I've done some testing and found the collision that caused the infinite loop

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For day 1144 of coding, I've set the player sprite to flash in and out during the time of invulnerability. It's not great, but it can serve as a base for something better