Bowser's Inside Story: Turn-based Combat

This is a remake (kinda) of Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story's turn-based combat system.

Controls:

• The UP and DOWN arrow keys are used to navigate through the menus.
• The TAB key is used to return to a previous menu.
• The SPACE BAR is used:
  • To select attacks, items, and targets.
  • For the hammer attack. After Luigi does his preparation animation 3 times, he'll attack the goomba with his hammer. If the player presses SPACE BAR closer to the exact moment of impact, they can do more damage to the goomba!
    • EXCELLENT has a frame perfect window; it's the exact moment of impact.
    • GREAT has a 3-frame window, around the exact moment of impact.
    • GOOD has a 5-frame window, around the GREAT frame window.
    • OK is any other frame.

Items:

• The MUSHROOM gives Luigi 12 health points.
• The SUPER MUSHROOM gives Luigi 16 health points .
• The NUT gives Luigi 8 health points.
• The TIME MUSHROOM increases the size of the hammer attack’s frame windows, making it easier to do more damage to the goombas. This only lasts 1 round.
  • EXCELLENT has a 3-frame window.
  • GREAT has a 5-frame window, around the EXCELLENT frame window.
  • GOOD has a 7-frame window, around the GREAT frame window.
  • OK is any other frame.

Honestly, I don't like turn-based combat, but there was something so compelling about developing a game with it just for fun. This is especially because the Mario & Luigi games have timing elements that make the combat system so much more interesting in my opinion. I wanted to implement that in particular, so I did it with the hammer mechanic.

Anyway, if you decide to give it a shot, thanks in advance for playing! I hope you enjoy it!