Research tooltip: Aquatic Deployment detail card over the tree

About this game

Developer: Triumph Studios · Publisher: Paradox Interactive · Platform: PC (Steam) · Art style: Stylized 3D · Screen type: Tech / Research

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What to study

The same research tree in its inspect state, and the reason to keep both tree frames: hovering a node opens a detail card that names exactly what the research unlocks (Water Base, Sea Transport, River Crossing Expertise), its tier and track, and its cost (100), with a Y prompt to add it to the queue, while the tree behind stays visible so the player never loses the path context. Frame at about 0:22 in the Release Trailer (Steam).

Patterns

How the screen is arranged.

tech-tree node-graph detail-card cost-label top-bar

Components

Parts on screen.

Tree / web Tooltip Card

Screen inventory

• research tree behind a detail card: Aquatic Deployment node highlighted orange with its icon ring
• detail card: 'Aquatic Deployment, Tier I - Energy', bullets Water Base, Sea Transport, River Crossing Expertise, Cost: 100, 'Y to add to queue'
• surrounding tree still legible: Frontier Policies, Frontier Facilities, Area Surveillance, Production Development I, Energy Development I, Food Development I, Research Development I, Covert Infiltration, Counter Ops, Operation Effectiveness I and II, Aquatic Development, Anthropologic Research, Environmental Conditioning
• tier costs 4 / 10 / 21 visible on the surrounding nodes, SPECIAL RESEARCH bar at the bottom

Top 3 colors

#072227 31%#00111b 18%#162f37 17%

Top three palette colors by share. The remaining colors make up the rest.

Source and credit

© Triumph Studios / Paradox Interactive, Age of Wonders: Planetfall screenshot: Steam trailers (Gameplay Trailer, Release Trailer, Tyrannosaurus Update Trailer), shown for design study and commentary. PlayCraft is an unofficial fan project, not affiliated with or endorsed by Paradox Interactive.

Source tier 2 (publisher-released) · screenshot: Steam store page · Steam page

Source details

Fetched 2026-11-04. verified 2026-11-04: scene-change candidate v1_0005.png at 22.017969s in the Release Trailer, inspected visually at full resolution; detail card text, cost, queue prompt and surrounding tree all settled and legible; no trailer caption in frame

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