AI and Material gathering



Some major improvement to the game. Added a new AI and material gathering.


Image1: The difference between Builder AI and Worker AI.


Image2: The selection area for gathering materials.

Features:

 1. Worker AI.
2. Material gathering.
3. UI improvement.

   1. Worker AI: This AI is a new addition to the game. This AI's job is to bring materials to the placed buildings and gathering materials. This AI is basically kind of a helper AI. Also whenever any AI is carrying materials then their back pack becomes visible which gives a visual representation that the AI is carrying something. In future will allow clicking the AI and seeing its information.

   2. Material gathering: For now the only AI that can gather materials is the worker AI. The player gets to select which materials to collect by clicking the gather material button and selecting an area to be gathered, Image2. As of now any materials with in the selected area will be gathered. In future I will let the player decided which type of materials are to be collected and showing how much can be gathered from the selected area.

   3. UI improvement: The only improvement to the UI is that the material info can be opened and closed.


Notes:

    So far the development is going good. I think next week I will focus on the UI part a bit and possibly try to add more materials and AI.

K Out!

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