Update #2: Challenging AI and Speed Boosts! — Automata Empire Steam update #282254

I'm happy to finally announce that the second major update to Automata Empire is live! While I originally intended to complete this update within a few weeks, it took 2 months. The update ended up being particularly large because of the scope of the changes I made to the enemy's AI, making it much more strategic while also making Hard difficulty harder and Easy difficulty easier. It took 2 complete rewrites of the AI code to get it right. I'll explain in more detail at the bottom of this post. I also spent the last several weeks doing major performance overhauls to eliminate lag when there are thousands of monsters moving around the screen, which will be especially important for multiplayer. Here's what's new in this update: added a fourth "Challenging" difficulty option improved difficulty scaling so Easy is easier and Hard is harder AI is more strategic about achieving primary objectiv...