Tower Defense
/tower-defense
Build a tower defense: enemies pathing along lanes, wave spawning, towers that auto-target and fire, an economy, and lives.
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- 2,085 (repository stars as of 2026-10-21)
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- Apache-2.0
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- 2026/10/09
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Awesome Gamedev Agent Skills
74 portable SKILL.md skills for Godot, Unity, Unreal, Phaser, PixiJS, three.js, Bevy, pygame, LÖVE and Roblox, with a router.
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 gamedev-skills/awesome-gamedev-agent-skills --skill tower-defenseInstalls 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
- Worked steps: Wave spawner; Tower targeting; "Can this lane hold?" sanity check
- A pitfalls section with the mistakes to avoid
- Bundled 1 reference doc the agent reads when needed
Good fit
- A tower-defense/wave-defense game, or balancing waves and economy
Try this prompt
Build a tower defense with lane pathing, wave spawning and a gold economy.About this skill
Build a tower defense: enemies pathing along lanes, wave spawning, towers that auto-target and fire, an economy, and lives. Use for a tower-defense/wave-defense game, or balancing waves and economy.
From the tower-defense SKILL.md in gamedev-skills/awesome-gamedev-agent-skills.
What's inside
- Core loop
- Must-have systems
- Design knobs
- Wave spawner (timed, data-driven)
- Tower targeting (filter to range, then pick by priority)
- "Can this lane hold?" sanity check (DPS vs. HP)
- Composition (build it from these skills)
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