@gamedev-skills

Build a PixiJS v8 render layer: create the async Application, load textures with Assets, compose the scene graph with Container and Sprite, drive the ticker…

Add AI navigation in Unity 6.3 LTS: bake a NavMesh with the AI Navigation package (NavMeshSurface), move agents with NavMeshAgent.SetDestination, and handle…

Build and script 2D tilemaps in Unity 6.3 LTS: the Grid + Tilemap components, the Tile Palette, tilemap colliders, rule tiles, and runtime SetTile/GetTile…

Persist player data in Roblox with DataStoreService: GetDataStore, GetAsync/ SetAsync/UpdateAsync/IncrementAsync wrapped in pcall, load-on-join and…

Stand up a three.js scene: import maps and the three/addons path, the Scene/PerspectiveCamera/WebGLRenderer trio, the setAnimationLoop render loop, responsive…

Light and shade a three.js scene: choose materials (MeshStandardMaterial PBR vs unlit MeshBasicMaterial), add ambient/hemisphere/directional/point/spot lights,…

Use Phaser 4 Arcade Physics: enable the world, give sprites bodies, set velocity/acceleration/gravity, and resolve collisions with colliders, overlaps, groups,…

Build and ship Unity 6.3 LTS players: build settings and scenes, player/quality settings, the IL2CPP vs Mono scripting backend, managed code stripping,…

Set up 3D physics in Unity 6.3 LTS: Rigidbody movement and forces, colliders, triggers vs collisions, layer-based collision, raycasts, and joints. Use when…

Load glTF/GLB models in three.js with GLTFLoader and play their skinned animations with AnimationMixer, including DRACO/Meshopt-compressed meshes and KTX2…

Publish and update a game on itch.io: create the project page and upload builds with the butler CLI (butler push) to named channels. Use for itch.io…

Wire player input in Unity 6.3 LTS with the Input System package: Input Actions, action maps, the PlayerInput component, and reading values via callbacks or…

Architect Unity 6.3 LTS data and decoupling with ScriptableObjects: config/data assets, shared runtime variables, event channels, and runtime sets/registries.…

Plan and ship a game under a jam deadline: lock scope to the clock, schedule the hours, cut features, and submit on time. Use for a game jam (Ludum Dare, GMTK…

Set up and debug a Phaser 4 game: the Game config, the Scene lifecycle (init/preload/create/update), the asset loader, cameras, and cross-scene communication.…

Drive Unity 6.3 LTS character animation with Animator Controllers: states, transitions, parameters, blend trees, animation layers, and humanoid Avatar IK. Use…

Use C#/.NET in Godot 4.7: partial classes extending nodes, the PascalCase lifecycle (_Ready/_Process/_PhysicsProcess), [Export] fields, [Signal] delegates as…

Build networked games with Godot 4.7 high-level multiplayer: set up an ENetMultiplayerPeer server/client, define RPCs with the @rpc annotation (call via…

Publish or update a game on Steam with Steamworks and SteamPipe: configure depots and packages, upload builds with steamcmd, set a build live on a branch, and…

Build a visual novel: a branching script, character and background display, a text box with choices, save/load, backlog, and skip/auto. Use for a VN, dating…

Build a tower defense: enemies pathing along lanes, wave spawning, towers that auto-target and fire, an economy, and lives. Use for a…

Write Unity 6.3 LTS C# gameplay scripts: the MonoBehaviour lifecycle (Awake/OnEnable/Start/Update/FixedUpdate/LateUpdate), GameObject and component access,…

Build a survival-crafting game: resource gathering, inventory, crafting and a tech tree, needs (hunger/thirst/temperature), and base building. Use for a…

Script a Roblox experience in Luau: get services, create and parent Instances, connect events, run server Scripts vs client LocalScripts, and communicate…

Plan, generate, source, normalize, and validate cohesive visual game assets. Use for art direction, style bibles, sprites, tilesets, backgrounds, UI art,…

Build a puzzle game: grid/board state, move input, rule-based resolution (match-3 cascades, sokoban pushes, tile logic), scoring, and undo. Use for a match-3,…

Build a 2D platformer: run/jump control with coyote time, jump buffering, and variable jump height, plus tiled levels and hazards. Use for a platformer or…

Build and edit tile-based 2D levels in Godot 4.7 with TileMapLayer and TileSet: paint layers, set up collision/navigation/custom-data on tiles, autotile with…

Build a card game: card data, deck/hand/discard zones, draw/shuffle/reshuffle, a turn structure, costs, and effect resolution. Use for a deckbuilder, TCG/CCG,…

Implement 2D kinematic character movement in Godot 4.7 with CharacterBody2D and move_and_slide(): platformer run/jump with gravity, top-down 8-direction…

Set up a Godot 4.7 3D scene: Node3D transforms, Camera3D, lighting (DirectionalLight3D/OmniLight3D), WorldEnvironment for sky/ambient/tonemap/post,…

Build a first-person shooter: move+mouse-look controller, hitscan or projectile shooting, weapons, health, and enemy AI. Use for an FPS, or tuning aim feel,…

Export and build a Godot 4.7 project for distribution: install export templates, define export presets (Windows/macOS/Linux/Web/Android), run headless…

Build a roguelike: turn-based grid movement, procedural dungeons, permadeath, field-of-view, and loot tables. Use for a roguelike/roguelite or turn-based grid…

Play and mix audio in Godot 4.7: AudioStreamPlayer (2D/3D variants), audio buses with volume/mute and effects, music vs SFX routing, db/linear volume, and…

Build event-driven, decoupled Godot 4.7 gameplay with signals and node groups: declare and emit custom signals, connect with Callables (incl. bind/one-shot),…

Design data-driven Godot 4.7 games with custom Resource classes: define typed data with class_name + @export, save/load .tres/.res files, instance and…

Build a playable prototype in about an hour to answer one question — is it fun? — with greybox primitives, a hard timebox, and explicit keep/kill criteria. Use…

Use Godot 4.7 physics bodies and detection in 2D and 3D: RigidBody, StaticBody, Area, and CharacterBody; collision layers vs masks; contact/overlap signals;…

Structure a Godot 4.7 project with the scene tree and node composition: build reusable scenes, instance PackedScenes at runtime, navigate the tree safely, and…

Write idiomatic GDScript for Godot 4.7: static typing, the node lifecycle (_ready/_process/_physics_process), @export/@onready/@tool annotations, signals, and…

Write Godot 4.7 shaders in the Godot Shading Language: canvas_item shaders for 2D and spatial shaders for 3D, with vertex/fragment functions, uniforms…

Build an RPG: stats and leveling, inventory and equipment, quests, branching dialogue, save/load, and combat. Use for an RPG/JRPG, or designing stat,…

Animate in Godot 4.7 three ways: AnimationPlayer for keyframed clips (incl. call and signal tracks), AnimationTree with state machines and blend spaces for…

Build Godot 4.7 user interfaces with Control nodes: anchors and offsets for responsive layout, Container nodes (VBox/HBox/Grid/Margin) for automatic…

Routes any game-development request to the right specialized skill(s): it detects the engine (Godot, Unity, Unreal, Bevy, Phaser, PixiJS, three.js, LÖVE,…

Build branching dialogue and narrative — a node/choice graph with conditions, variables, and localization hooks — and choose between authoring tools Ink and…

Write game shaders from cross-engine fundamentals — the vertex→fragment pipeline, coordinate spaces, UV math, and common 2D/3D effects (tint, UV scroll,…

Tune game physics for stable, good-feeling motion — fixed vs variable timestep, render interpolation, mass/gravity/drag, continuous collision detection (CCD)…

Architect game input — action mapping (abstracting keys into named actions), rebinding with conflict detection and persistence, multi-device support (keyboard,…

Generate game content procedurally — seeded deterministic RNG, value/Perlin/ Simplex noise for terrain and heightmaps, grid dungeon generation (rooms +…

Design save/load for game state — choosing what to serialize, file formats, save slots, atomic crash-safe writes, schema versioning and migration, and…

Build game cameras that feel good — 2D follow with a deadzone, look-ahead, smoothing, and level-bounds clamping; 3D third-person orbit with collision and…

Implement game audio practice — bus/mixer architecture and gain in decibels, ducking (sidechain), adaptive/dynamic music via layering and re-sequencing, SFX…

Find and fix game performance problems methodically — measure with the engine profiler first, reason about the frame-time budget, locate the CPU-vs-GPU…

Design NPC and enemy decision-making with finite state machines, behavior trees, steering behaviors, and A* pathfinding — engine-neutral algorithms that pair…

Design and build playable levels — the blockout/whitebox-to-playable workflow, player metrics and grid layout, pacing and flow (tension/rest curve), gating and…

Design and build game UI/UX — HUDs, menus, and overlays — that survive every screen: anchor- based responsive layout, resolution/aspect scaling and safe areas,…

Add "juice" and game feel that makes actions satisfying — screen shake, hit-stop/freeze frames, tweened/eased motion, squash & stretch, knockback, and layered…