Ant-farm base: Situation Room globe, credits, next event

XCOM: Enemy Unknown · City & Base Management

Art style Realistic 3D

XCOM: Enemy Unknown - Ant-farm base: Situation Room globe, credits, next event

About this game

Developer: Firaxis Games · Publisher: 2K · Platform: PC (Steam) · Art style: Realistic 3D · Screen type: City & Base Management

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What to study

The base is a dollhouse you manage, not a menu you leave: the tab bar names the five departments, the hologram globe is the Situation Room itself, and the bottom bar never lets you forget the clock (6:45 PM, 13 June 2015) or the next thing due (Light Plasma Rifle in 5 days). Credits and monthly income sit in the same corner as every department tab, so the whole economy is one glance away from any decision. Frame at about 4:54 in the XCOM EU The Story Trailer (Steam).

Patterns

How the screen is arranged.

top-bar status-row map-overlay

Components

Parts on screen.

Tabs Map Resource bar Clock Build queue

Screen inventory

  • Top tab bar: RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, BARRACKS, HANGAR, SITUATION ROOM
  • Situation Room hologram globe and wall world map over the ant-farm base cross-section
  • Resource readout top right: CREDITS $429, MONTHLY +$383
  • Bottom bar: MISSION CONTROL, 6:45 PM, 13 June 2015
  • NEXT EVENT panel: 5 Days, Light Plasma Rifle, EXPAND EVENT LIST button

Top 3 colors

#000000 44%#080606 16%#191c1a 15%

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

Source and credit

© Firaxis Games / 2K, XCOM: Enemy Unknown screenshot: XCOM EU The Story Trailer (Steam), shown for design study and commentary. PlayCraft is an unofficial fan project, not affiliated with or endorsed by 2K.

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

Source details

Fetched 2026-11-01. verified 2026-11-01: scene frame from the official Steam trailer, inspected visually at full resolution; all five tabs, globe, world map, credits, clock, date, and next-event panel confirmed legible

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