Production panel: Recon build with unit tooltip

Homeworld 3 · Battle / Tactics

About this game

Developer: Blackbird Interactive · Publisher: Gearbox Publishing · Platform: PC (Steam) · Art style: Realistic 3D · Screen type: Battle / Tactics

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What to study

Unit production is a right-side panel, not a separate screen: the build list stays docked while the battle continues behind it, with a blueprint preview of the selected unit class on top and per-unit cost chips (60, 200, 300, 800, 50) running down the panel edge. Hovering a unit opens a tooltip that teaches the counter system in plain language (Recon: 'High speed, cheap harassment scout', strong vs. Utility and low-hull-integrity opponents, weak vs. weaponized opponents) plus its cost, build time, and mouse-button legend. Frame at about 0:45 in the Overview Trailer (Steam).

Patterns

How the screen is arranged.

side-panel detail-card cost-list stat-panel

Components

Parts on screen.

List Tooltip Button prompts

Screen inventory

unit class preview blueprint
collapse panel button
strikecraft section
Recon row with cost 60 and count 2/45
x1 build queue badge
Upgrade buttons
Recon tooltip: cost 60, build time 0:03, role text
strengths and weaknesses lines
mouse-button begin/pause/cancel legend

Top 3 colors

#100e26 25%#3e354f 21%#53475f 17%

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

Source and credit

© Blackbird Interactive / Gearbox Publishing, Homeworld 3 screenshot: Overview Trailer (Steam), shown for design study and commentary. PlayCraft is an unofficial fan project, not affiliated with or endorsed by Gearbox Publishing.

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

Source details

Fetched 2026-10-31. verified 2026-10-31: frame extracted from the official Overview Trailer (Steam) and inspected visually at full resolution; real game UI (production panel and unit tooltip) confirmed visible

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