Nuggets are certainly the most fragile and whacky creatures on Mother Planet. They’re awfully similar to humans, in regards to their dominance over the natural world but apparent inability to preserve the planet or themselves. They’re not a very clever or logical bunch, despite whatever amazing gadgets they come up with. That’s why you’re here. Without your guidance, they can be somewhat of a loose cannon. However, thanks to our latest (and upcoming) updates, they will require far less micromanagement than before! Now you can focus on other, more interesting godly duties, instead of the usual babysitting.

In our next few updates, we’ll be introducing those major Nugget AI improvements we’ve been threatening those simpletons with since last month. We’ll finally put that large cranial cavity of theirs to better use. As you know, we want to make Nuggets as self-sustaining as possible. Right now, you have a few tools that allow you to control them directly by changing their priorities. The reason we initially incorporated these tools was because the AI was simply not advanced enough to make its own decisions. Let’s all pretend that it was due to the low intelligence associated with the Stone Age population, though. Agreed?

We already have a more advanced AI system in testing that ensures you will have to do far fewer boring tasks. In today's update, we’re going to cover what you can expect to see in the upcoming patches. Please keep in mind that this is quite a challenging process and we’ll be needing your feedback and bug reports on our forums here.

The primary focus at this moment is to ensure that the most menial of tasks are automated, which implies an AI overhaul for resource collection, construction, job assignment, and reproduction. From now on, Nuggets will understand their needs better and act accordingly. Most of a Nugget’s day-to-day activities will have a weighting. This way, Nuggets will be able to prioritize their actions. For example, food collection is more important than wood collection. We’ll also be teaching them a few fundamental points about logic, such as ‘collecting food may not be all that important if your stashes are all filled to the brim!’


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Up until now, the Priority Panel has been the primary way in which to engage with the Nuggets and assign jobs. The update will ensure that available Nuggets on the planet will be assigned to tasks by the system without players needing to explicitly assign them. When a player places a building on the planet, the Nuggets will automatically prioritize that building for construction and take on the necessary roles to get that job done.

After researching the Stash building type, a player will be able to build Stashes for each resource type. Nuggets will try to fill a stash when they’re out of tasks to perform.

After researching the Distribution Center, a player will be able to place a building that will manage resources saved in stashes. Any Nugget assigned to a Distribution Center will take on the role of the Courier. Due to their higher carrying capacity and a slightly faster travel speed; Couriers will take on the job of delivering resources for under-construction building, while the regular Nuggets (Laborers) will work on constructing the building. If there are not enough resources in the stash/storage, or if there simply are no Couriers, Nuggets that were chosen for construction duty will instead begin collecting resources for themselves.



Players can place as many Blueprints as they want, since we are removing the need to reserve resources for constructions.

Prioritizing certain buildings over others can be done via Creator Powers. Nuggets will by default construct buildings in the order they were placed by the player. Players can prioritize the construction of certain buildings by using Creator Points and the Influence Creator Power to shift the focus onto these buildings. If a player places too many buildings and they feel that Nuggets aren’t constructing the buildings they want quickly enough, or if they want to save resources, they can always demolish or cancel buildings that are still under construction.

A maximum of 3 Nuggets can work on one building at a time. If you have more than 3 Nuggets available to start construction, Nugget number 4 will be assigned to the next building in the queue.

FAMILY ESTATE

Every Nugget needs a hut in which to live. A male Nugget’s main priority when they reach adulthood is to build a hut for their family. Sure, females could do this too, but they’re clever enough to let the men have their macho moment and live out their DIY fantasies. The system will prioritize this task over any other non-vital tasks. Nuggets rest and mate in their own huts. This means that if there isn’t a hut assigned to a family, the Nuggets can die from cold temperatures or pass out where they are standing when they’re tired.

CONSTRUCTOR'S HUTS

Constructor’s Huts essentially supply tools to Nuggets (turning them into ‘Engineers’). When a Nugget is assigned (by the player, or automatically) to the Constructor’s Hut, they gain tools which increase their construction ‘strength’, allowing them to build faster.
Nuggets can build without the constructor hut tools, but they will not have the advantage of the greater building ‘strength’ and will thus work much slower.



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