Novel to Game: World Design
/game-world-design
Design game experience, systems, and levels.
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Novel to Game
Agent skills for source-grounded adaptation of novels into games: cited design docs, target-runtime builds and evidence-based QA.
Listed from the author's README. GameSkill has not run this end to end yet. Agent support and install steps are as documented by the author.
Install
npx skills add zenstory-ai/novel-to-game --skill game-world-designInstalls only this skill. Add -a claude-code (puts it in .claude/skills/), -a codex or -a cursor (.agents/skills/) to choose the agent, and -g to install it for your user instead of the project.
Commands are copied from the project's README. Check the repository before running anything on your machine.
Install for a specific agent
| Agents | -a | Folder |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code | claude-code | .claude/skills/ |
| Codex | codex | .agents/skills/ |
| Cursor | cursor | .agents/skills/ |
| Gemini CLI | gemini-cli | .agents/skills/ |
| GitHub Copilot | github-copilot | .agents/skills/ |
| OpenCode | opencode | .agents/skills/ |
| Windsurf | windsurf | .windsurf/skills/ |
Add -a <flag> to the command. These are project folders; add -g to install for your user account instead.
What you get
- Bundled 1 supporting file and 3 reference docs the agent reads when needed
Good fit
- Design the game world, deepen the gameplay and levels, write the game design document, design the branching story structure, scenes, dialogue and consequences
Try this prompt
Write the game design document for the concept we picked.About this skill
Design game experience, systems, and levels. Converge the chosen concept into one GAME_DESIGN defining the player promise, core loop, how the world responds, the systems actually needed, level pacing, feedback, failure, and the specification for a complete playable slice. Use for design the game world, deepen the gameplay and levels, write the game design document, design the branching story structure, scenes, dialogue and consequences.
From the game-world-design SKILL.md in zenstory-ai/novel-to-game.
What's inside
- 设计原则
- 输出合同
- 完成检查
Good to know
One stage of the Novel to Game pipeline. Each stage writes a named document (SOURCE_BIBLE, GAME_DESIGN, ART_DIRECTION, BUILD_BRIEF) that the next stage reads.
Requirements
- Works best with the other Novel to Game skills, which pass documents to each other
FAQ
More from Novel to Game
See all 7Novel to Game: Art Direction
Direct game art and creative vision.
Novel to Game: Book Analysis
Deconstruct a novel for game adaptation.
Novel to Game: Build
Build a risk-matched whitebox or the approved production game for its target runtime.
Novel to Game: Concept
Design game concepts from a novel.
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