Adding the game timer

The game timer serves the purpose of counting down and restricting the duration of a game session. To make the timer work, follow these steps:

• Introduce a new float variable named Timer into the APangaeaGameState class.
• Ensure that the Timer variable is capable of being replicated to inform clients about changes to the timer’s value.
• Define a C++ Delegate that can be linked to Blueprint events, enabling the execution of an event function whenever the timer’s value changes. This function will update the display for the countdown.
• Create a custom event on BP_HUDWidget and bind the customer event to the C++ Delegate. In the meantime, link the custom event to an event function, which will be responsible for updating the display.
• Count down the Timer variable within the Level Blueprint of TopDownMap.
• Display the Game Over window once the timer reaches 0.

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Adding the Timer variable to the APangaeaGameState...