Overseer Mode

Overseer mode gives you an RTS-like top-down view with floating dark-themed panels. Pan the camera, select units, issue commands, and manage your colony through the Settlement Bar, Toolbar, Unit List, and Unit Detail panels.

Settlement Bar

A persistent bar at the top of the screen showing:

• Settlement label
• Population count (Colony faction units)
• Day and Season

Camera Controls

Action	Input
Pan	WWWWWW AAAAAA SSSSSS DDDDDD or Arrow keys
Free pan	Middle mouse drag
Change z-level	Scroll wheel
Jump z-level	PageUpPageUpPageUpPageUpPageUpPageUp / PageDownPageDownPageDownPageDownPageDownPageDown

The camera is detached from the player — you can scroll freely across the map and through z-levels.

Unit Selection

Action	Input
Select single unit	Left click on unit
Box select	Left click + drag
Add to selection	ShiftShiftShiftShiftShiftShift + left click
Deselect all	Left click on empty space

Selected units are highlighted and ready to receive commands.

Issuing Commands

Right-click to issue a smart command to all selected units. The action depends on what’s under the cursor:

Priority	Condition	Action
1	Item on tile	Pick up
2	Solid block	Demolish
3	Hotbar has block item	Build
4	Default	Move to

Command colors: green = move, blue = build, red = demolish, yellow = pickup.

Hold ShiftShiftShiftShiftShiftShift + right-click to queue a command (append to the unit’s command queue instead of replacing it).

Toolbar

A bottom-center toolbar with 5 buttons that override the smart action:

Button	Mode	Effect
Dig	ForceDemolish	Always demolish at cursor
Build	ForceBuild	Always build at cursor (opens Build Menu)
Pickup	ForcePickup	Always pick up at cursor
Cancel	ForceCancel	Cancel commands at cursor
Auto	Auto	Smart action resolution (default)

Each button displays a live badge with the number of pending tasks of that type (e.g. “Dig (5)”). The active tool is highlighted. Press EscapeEscapeEscapeEscapeEscapeEscape to reset to Auto.

Build Menu

Selecting the Build tool opens a two-level menu at the bottom of the screen:

Categories:

Category	Contents
Walls	Stone walls, wood walls, glass walls
Stairs	Stairs up, stairs down
Stations	Workbench, Furnace, Sawmill, Crusher
Light	Lanterns
Plants	Trees, bushes, tall grass
Resources	Ores, clay, coal
Water	Water blocks
Terrain	Other terrain blocks

Each item card shows the block name and count from your inventory. Items with zero count are dimmed. Click a card to select it for placement, click again to deselect.

Unit List

Press NNNNNN to toggle the Unit List panel on the left side of the screen. It shows a scrollable list of all Colony units.

Each unit card displays:

• Name and Race
• Current status (Moving/Working/Idle) and coordinates
• Level badge, HP bar, EP bar

Action	Effect
Single click	Select unit (camera follows)
Double click	Possess unit (switch to Adventure mode)

Unit Detail

When a unit is selected, a detail panel appears on the right side showing:

• Unit name
• Level badge with HP and EP bars
• Race and trait pills (colored tags for each trait)
• Current task description
• Command queue preview (first 5 entries)

Task System

Commands issued to units are backed by a global TaskQueue. Tasks have types:

Task	Description
Build	Place a block at a tile
Demolish	Remove a block at a tile
Pickup	Pick up an entity

Idle units with the Colony faction automatically pick up pending tasks from the queue. Units pathfind to the target using A* and execute the command on arrival.

Zone Operations

For large-scale operations, use kinswardctl zone commands to issue bulk build/demolish orders across rectangular areas.

Switching Back

Press BBBBBB to return to Adventure Mode.