Engineering menu: Build Facilities over the workshop

XCOM: Enemy Unknown · City & Base Management

Art style Realistic 3D

XCOM: Enemy Unknown - Engineering menu: Build Facilities over the workshop

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

Engineering does not replace the workshop, it hangs over it: the submenu (build/buy items, build facilities, the Foundry) floats on the room where the work happens, with Dr. Shen's portrait anchoring the department and the engineer count (23) and project state (none current) in the bottom bar. Hovering Build Facilities already explains itself, so the menu teaches before the player commits. Frame at about 5:07 in the XCOM EU The Story Trailer (Steam).

Patterns

How the screen is arranged.

top-bar detail-panel portrait-panel

Components

Parts on screen.

Tabs Menu Portrait Tooltip Resource bar

Screen inventory

  • ENGINEERING tab selected; submenu BUILD/BUY ITEMS, BUILD FACILITIES (hovered), THE FOUNDRY
  • Tooltip: Expand the XCOM base by building new facilities
  • DR. SHEN portrait top right; CREDITS $429, ELERIUM 148, ALLOYS 68
  • Workshop interior behind the menu: engineers, robot arms, forklift
  • Bottom bar: 23 ENGINEERS, NO CURRENT PROJECTS

Top 3 colors

#000000 32%#1a170a 28%#545030 19%

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; submenu, tooltip, portrait, resource counts, engineer count, and project state confirmed legible

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