Claude Skills by gamedev-skills

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 adding a Rigidbody, handling OnCollisionEnter/OnTriggerEnter, tuning collision layers, casting rays, or when the user mentions Unity physics, AddForce, isKinematic, or linearVelocity.

Architect Unity 6.3 LTS data and decoupling with ScriptableObjects: config/data assets, shared runtime variables, event channels, and runtime sets/registries. Use when designing data-driven systems, replacing singletons/managers, creating .asset data with CreateAssetMenu, or when the user mentions ScriptableObject, SO architecture, or data assets.

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 painting. Use when painting tile levels, adding a TilemapCollider2D, using rule or animated tiles, generating tilemaps from code, or when the user mentions Unity tilemap, tile palette, rule tile, or Grid.

Build NPC AI in Unreal Engine 5 with Behavior Trees and Blackboards: composites (Selector/Sequence), tasks, decorators, services, and running the tree from an AIController. Use when creating enemy/NPC AI, BT_/BB_ assets, custom BTTask or BTService nodes, or when the user mentions Behavior Tree, Blackboard, AIController, BTTask, decorator, or service.

Build Unreal Engine 5 gameplay with Blueprint visual scripting: Blueprint Classes, the Event Graph and Construction Script, variables/functions/macros, and Blueprint communication (Cast, Interfaces, Event Dispatchers). Use when working in Blueprints, wiring an event graph, deciding how Blueprints talk to each other, or when the user mentions Blueprint, BP, event graph, construction script, or a Blueprint .uasset.

Write Unreal Engine 5 C++ gameplay code: the UCLASS/UPROPERTY/UFUNCTION reflection macros, the Gameplay Framework (GameMode, Pawn, Character, PlayerController, Actor components), and the module Build.cs. Use when writing or debugging UE C++, deriving from AActor/ACharacter/ AGameModeBase, exposing properties to the editor or Blueprints, or when the user mentions Unreal C++, UCLASS, GENERATED_BODY, GameMode, ACharacter, or .Build.cs.

Set up player input in Unreal Engine 5 with Enhanced Input: Input Actions, Input Mapping Contexts, modifiers and triggers, adding the mapping context, and binding actions by ETriggerEvent. Use when wiring movement/look/jump input, creating IA_/IMC_ assets, binding in C++ or Blueprints, or when the user mentions Enhanced Input, Input Mapping Context, Input Action, IA_/IMC_, or ETriggerEvent.

Create and control VFX in Unreal Engine 5 with Niagara: systems and emitters, modules and the spawn/update stages, exposed User parameters, and spawning or driving effects from Blueprints or C++. Use when building particle effects, NS_/NE_ assets, spawning a Niagara system at runtime, setting User parameters, or when the user mentions Niagara, VFX, or a particle system in Unreal.

Package and ship an Unreal Engine 5 project: the Platforms menu Package Project flow, build configurations (Development vs Shipping), cooking content, packaging settings and the Game Default Map, and command-line builds with RunUAT BuildCookRun. Use when packaging a build, making a shipping build, cooking content, configuring packaging settings, or when the user mentions package Unreal, cook content, shipping build, or BuildCookRun.

Use Phaser 4 Arcade Physics: enable the world, give sprites bodies, set velocity/acceleration/gravity, and resolve collisions with colliders, overlaps, groups, and world bounds. Use when a Phaser game needs movement or collisions — when the user mentions Arcade Physics, this.physics, setVelocity, collider, overlap, gravity, onFloor, or a platformer/top-down controller. For game config, scenes, and the loader use phaser-core.

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. Use when building or debugging a Phaser game — when the user mentions Phaser, Phaser.Game, Phaser.Scene, preload/create/update, this.load, this.add, or scene transitions. For Arcade Physics movement/collisions use phaser-arcade-physics.

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 loop, wire pointer events, and group draws with render groups. Use when building or debugging PixiJS v8 — when the user mentions PixiJS, Pixi, Application, app.stage, Container, Sprite, Assets.load, app.ticker, or eventMode. Pins the v8 async init() API.

Load glTF/GLB models in three.js with GLTFLoader and play their skinned animations with AnimationMixer, including DRACO/Meshopt-compressed meshes and KTX2 textures. Use when importing 3D models into three.js — when the user mentions glTF, GLB, GLTFLoader, AnimationMixer, animation clips, DRACOLoader, or "load a 3D model". For scene/camera/renderer setup use threejs-scene-setup; for materials and lights use threejs-materials-lighting.

Light and shade a three.js scene: choose materials (MeshStandardMaterial PBR vs unlit MeshBasicMaterial), add ambient/hemisphere/directional/point/spot lights, turn on shadow maps, and use an environment map (IBL) for realistic reflections. Use when a three.js model looks black, flat, or wrong — when the user mentions three.js materials, MeshStandardMaterial, lights, shadows, envMap, or PBR. For renderer/loop setup use threejs-scene-setup; for loading models use threejs-gltf-loading.

Stand up a three.js scene: import maps and the three/addons path, the Scene/PerspectiveCamera/WebGLRenderer trio, the setAnimationLoop render loop, responsive resize, and OrbitControls. Use when starting or debugging a three.js app — when the user mentions three.js, THREE.Scene, WebGLRenderer, PerspectiveCamera, the render loop, resizing, or OrbitControls. For models use threejs-gltf-loading; for materials/lights use threejs-materials-lighting.

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 Jam, Global Game Jam), a 48-hour or weekend build, or scoping and submitting a jam entry.

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 publishing, butler push, channel naming for Windows/macOS/Linux/HTML5, versioning uploads, or shipping a jam or release build to itch.io.

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 when prototyping a mechanic, making a vertical slice or MVP, greyboxing/blockout, or judging throwaway vs keep.

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 run the release checklists. Use for Steam publishing, app_build.vdf/steamcmd uploads, depots, beta branches, or a store page release.