Game Design
ericrisco/rsc-harnessUse when designing or repairing what makes a game fun — verbs and mechanics, moment-to-moment/session/meta loops, progression, economy faucets and sinks, difficulty curves, dominant strategies, juice, prototyping and scope. NOT engine code (that is `godot`), NOT story (that is `game-storytelling`), NOT level layout (that is `level-design`).
At a glance
This skill is for Design and helps you design game mechanics and systems, balance progression and economy loops, and prototype and scope game features.
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ericrisco/rsc-harness
cp -r rsc-harness/skills/game-design ~/.claude/skills/game-design
Setup, runtime and requirements describe ericrisco/rsc-harness, the repo this skill ships in.
Game MechanicsSystems DesignBalancingeconomyDifficulty TuningPrototyping
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