Looking for a simple active battle system like zelda but not as complex as the current active battle

I basically need  a active battle system where i can slash my word to hurt enemies i have already made my health bar and evented the health

system i just need my character to slash enemies with a sword

So basically all you need is the ability to display a slash animation when you hit a button, and nothing else.

Basically and it needs to hurt the enemies to

oh and it needs to show the sword to

So enemies are just going to stand around waiting to get slashed.

yeah basically

that sounds boring and easy...

you need to program movment into the enemies. Random, moving towards the player, and moving away from the player are good options. Also, enemies that mirror your movment opposite are good options too.

some of the enemies that move away from you could also shoot projectiles to make them difficult. although you'll have to give the player an item that either shoots projectiles, has a long reach, or can deal with them in some way. the ones that move away from the player can also add a depth of intelegence to the game if there's pits around, or other objects that can hurt them. same with the mirror oppisite, although with that one, you'll have to find a way to discourage the player from using there sword.

statinary enemies can make the game fun, only if there done right. shooting projectiles is one option, but overdone. reversing gravity or messing with the players controls when they get into a certain radius can be an interesting option. spawning smaller enemies can also be another option for statinary enemies, they would have to destroy the spawner before they could take care of the spawn. heck, that could be an idea for a "beat all enemies" kind of room. another option could be reducing walking speed, that could be used in a room with projectiles and/or fast enemies. one last option for statinary enemies i can think of is whack-a-mole type enemies. ones that disappear underground, and pop up in another place. they have sevral options for what they could do to make things hard for the player

Go into google and search Falcao's Pearl ABS V3. It can be hard at first but I picked it up in less than two days. Just be sure to use his demo as a reference for how to set things up. It uses icons as the weapon graphics and you can also use bows, hookshots, etc. If you are looking for something similar to zelda this is what you need. Also when setting it up in your game since I assume you already have your hud picked. Make sure to disable the hud in the kernel script and make an event at the start of your game with autorun and a script call with (PearlSkillBar.show) Without the brackets. Hope this helps!