[[TOC]] Part of the [wiki:0adManual 0 A.D. Gameplay Manual]
= GUI Overview =

[[Image(http://wildfiregames.com/images/0ad_gameplay_manual/basic_gameplay_overview.jpg, nolink)]]

== 1. Ribbon ==
=== Resources ===
[[Image(http://wildfiregames.com/images/0ad_gameplay_manual/GUI_Overview/top_resources.png, nolink)]]
''From left to right: Food, Wood, Stone, and Metal.''

=== Faction icon ===
[[Image(http://wildfiregames.com/images/0ad_gameplay_manual/GUI_Overview/top_civ_icon.png, nolink)]]

''The Hellenic shield.''

Each civilization has a corresponding shield, which appears in the middle of the ribbon when you play as that civilization.

=== Menu ===
[[Image(http://wildfiregames.com/images/0ad_gameplay_manual/GUI_Overview/top_menu.png, nolink)]]

''Click to open the in-game menu''


== 2. Game View ==
Displays the part of the in-game world that you're currently looking at and interacting with. It's here most of the actual game is played.

== 3. Bottom area ==
The bottom area is where you get an overview of the game world, information on the current object, and can interact with the currently selected object.
=== Minimap ===
[[Image(http://wildfiregames.com/images/0ad_gameplay_manual/GUI_Overview/bottom_minimap.png, nolink)]]

''The minimap is a small-scale representation of the in-game world.''

Dots are used to represent units, buildings, and other in-game objects. Your units are displayed as dots in your player colour, the enemy units in their colours. Water is blue, and ground is a shade of green/grey etc depending on the ground texture.

==== View rectangle ====
The reddish rectangle displays what area of the map the "camera" is currently looking at, in other words: what area of the in-game world is currently displayed in the middle area.

==== The black area ====
The black represents the area you have yet to explore and that is covered by [wiki:Manual_Terminology#Shroud-of-darknessSODShroudofDarkness Shroud-of-Darkness].

==== The dimmed area ====
The dimmed area represents the area covered by [wiki:Manual_Terminology#Fog-of-WarFoWFogofWar Fog-of-War].