For day 1215 of coding, I did some tests with pushing and found this interesting error

For day 1211 of coding, I tried to allow the player to still move to the side while pushing to some interesting results

For day 1219 of coding, I tried using collision_rectangle() instead of place_meeting() for the block's collision. It seems to be working better so far

For day 1217 of coding, I changed the collision target to NPC to see if it works with that. It did not

For day 1213 of coding, I tried changing some of the conditions to no avail

For day 1208 of coding, I've corrected the collision on horizontal pushing. I just need to apply the code to vertical pushing and test it

For day 1214 of coding, I got the pushing to go as intended now.

For day 1216 of coding, I am working on a collision function for the pushable objects. It doesn't appear to be working quite yet

For 1209 of coding, I've applied the collision and movement to vertical pushing as well

For day 1210 of coding, I made it where the player is only able to move one direction while pushing