Game Design

claude-game-studiokit

A Claude Code plugin marketplace for game design skills — covering mechanics, programming, narrative, art, audio, and everything in between. Engine-agnostic.

Install

/plugin marketplace add tielur/claude-game-studiokit

Plugins

game-design

/plugin install game-design@claude-game-studiokit

game-design plugin includes the following skills:

Skill	Description
fun-review	Evaluate mechanics and ideas for fun, including incentive loops, tension, clarity, surprise, and flow.
playtest-plan	Plan a playtesting approach, including testing types, observation methods, structured feedback, and tester recruitment.
randomness-review	Evaluate how randomness is used, including input vs output, controlled variance, info flow, and fairness.
appeal-engagement-review	Evaluate whether a game has both appeal (why someone clicks) and engagement (why they keep playing).
cursed-problems	Identify design conflicts that cannot be solved, including conflicting player promises and workaround strategies.
idea-validation	Evaluate whether a game idea is worth pursuing, including the Idea Iceberg, fantasy-first thinking, and pitch testing.
level-design-review	Evaluate level designs for player flow, challenge pacing, environmental storytelling, and teaching through play.
playtesting-strategy	Plan or evaluate playtesting approaches, including Kleenex vs deep testing, feedback methods, and finding testers.
polish-review	Evaluate visual identity, audio design, typography, and overall aesthetic coherence.
scope-review	Evaluate whether a game's scope is achievable, including feature cuts, team capabilities, and risk factors.
economy-review	Evaluate resource systems, currency design, crafting, and loot tables for meaningful decisions and balanced flow.
design-discovery	Guide emergent design through rapid prototyping, including following the fun, recognizing bugs-as-features, and pivot decisions.
feedback-loop-review	Evaluate how feedback loops work in a game design, including positive/negative loops, snowballing, rubber-banding, and mixed incentives.
tutorial-review	Evaluate how a game teaches players, including tutorial design, onboarding flow, environmental teaching, and implicit vs explicit systems.
mechanics-review	Evaluate whether a game mechanic is well-designed, including depth, interaction quality, isolation testing, and transplant risks.
balance-review	Evaluate game balance, including interpreting balance data, the warping effect test, and whether a balance problem is actually a design problem.