How to make a Roblox tycoon (with AI)

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Sample output: ServerScriptService/FactoryTycoon/DropService.lua

--!strict
-- Droppers, belts, scanners, collectors. Server-authoritative end to end:
-- cubes are server-owned physics parts (SetNetworkOwner(nil)), the value
-- lives in an attribute the client never writes, and money moves only when a
-- cube touches a collector intake on the server.
--
-- Jam-proofing: cubes collide with the belt and rails only. They do NOT
-- collide with each other (no pile-ups) or with players (no blocking or
-- stealing), there is a per-plot cap, and every cube expires.

-- (excerpt: the collector intake, where money is made)

local function isOurCube(plot: PlotLike, hit: BasePart): boolean
	return hit.Name == "Drop" and hit:GetAttribute("Plot") == plot.index and hit:GetAttribute("Paid") ~= true
end

local function furnaceMult(owned: { [string]: boolean }, floor: number): number
	local m = 1
	for _, item in Config.Items do
		if owned[item.Id] and item.Floor == floor and item.Kind == "furnace" then
			m *= item.LineMult
		end
	end
	return m
end

local function wireIntake(plot: PlotLike, floor: number, intake: BasePart)
	intake.Touched:Connect(function(hit: BasePart)
		if not isOurCube(plot, hit) then
			return
		end
		hit:SetAttribute("Paid", true)
		local owned = plot.owned()
		local value = (hit:GetAttribute("Value") :: number?) or 0
		local amount = value * furnaceMult(owned, floor) * Shared.globalMult(owned) * Shared.rebirthMult(plot.rebirths())
		local probe = probes[hit]
		if probe then
			probes[hit] = nil
			local born = hit:GetAttribute("Born")
			probe(os.clock() - (if type(born) == "number" then born else os.clock()))
		end
		if plot.active() then
			onCollect(plot, amount, hit)
		end
		-- pop + sparkle; the "cha-ching" is throttled per plot so a busy belt hums instead of spamming
		local now = os.clock()
		if now - plot.lastCollectFx > 0.22 then
			plot.lastCollectFx = now
			Fx.sound(Config.Sounds.Collect, intake, 0.35, 0.95 + math.random() * 0.2)
			Fx.burst(hit.Position, hit.Color, 8, 10)
		end
		hit.CanTouch = false
		hit.Anchored = true
		TweenService:Create(hit, TweenInfo.new(0.15), { Size = CUBE_SIZE * 0.1, Transparency = 1 }):Play()
		Debris:AddItem(hit, 0.2)
	end)
end