unikit-gd-explore
SolidResearch and ideation partner for GAME DESIGN — think through design ideas before writing them into the GDD; produces a brief, never edits the GDD itself. Use to assess a genre or market for viability, dissect a reference game (mechanics → dynamics → aesthetics), explore how to improve or extend an existing system, flow, or content type, research new mechanics the design lacks, investigate a part of the GDD in code, or develop the research bucket of a /unikit-gd-review report into decided edits. Trigger on "explore how to improve the flow", "ways to improve the combat system", "is this genre saturated", "break down the combat of Hades", "work out the review's open questions". GAME-DESIGN research only — for CODE or technical research use /unikit-explore; to reconstruct a design from code use /unikit-gd-recon; to write a change into the GDD use /unikit-gd-system or /unikit-gd-spec; to apply edits you know use /unikit-gd-apply; to invent a new game use /unikit-gd-brainstorm.
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- Author
- NintendaDev
- Repository
- NintendaDev/unikit-ai
- Created
- 3 months ago
- Last Updated
- 4 days ago
- Language
- Shell
- License
- MIT
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unikit-gd-brainstorm
Ideate a brand-new game concept with the user, from a blank page or a one-line hint to a finished CONCEPT card. Use it whenever the user wants to come up with a new game — whether the project has no design document yet, or already has one and they're exploring a fresh idea. Through a structured divergence/convergence dialogue it explores ideas, frames the hook, generates and scores concepts (market validation delegated to /unikit-gd-explore), and settles pillars, loops, motivation, and a pre-mortem. Trigger whenever the user wants to make or invent a game, doesn't know where to start, or gives a genre/theme hint, e.g. "let's come up with a game", "I don't know what game to make", "I want to make a roguelike", "a game about zombies", "a farming game", "help me come up with a concept". For researching or dissecting existing games use /unikit-gd-explore; to write an already-chosen concept as the master GDD use /unikit-gd-spec.
unikit-gd-system
Author and own ONE system's design document (the A–K SYSTEM GDD) at .unikit/gamedesign/systems/SYS-<slug>.md — the depth layer of the GDD, single-system scope. Create the skeleton and walk the collaborative section-cycle to write its parameters, rules, formulas, and acceptance criteria ("detail the combat system", "write the GDD for the inventory system", "fill in the rest of this system doc", "spec out the parameters of X"), AND revise it after approval under the delta discipline ("raise the damage by 10%", "tune the economy", "rework the status system", "nerf X", "change this rule") — a number change is Tuning, a small rule a Tweak, restructuring a Rework; each bumps the version and logs the delta. To add a NEW system or restructure the system map use /unikit-gd-spec; to edit GAME.md content use /unikit-gd-spec; the moment an edit also touches a second system, a content type, a flow, or GAME.md (two or more zones) use /unikit-gd-apply; to invent a brand-new game concept use /unikit-gd-brainstorm.
unikit-explore
Enter explore mode for technical work — a thinking partner for {{engine_name}} code, architecture, and implementation decisions before you write any code. Use it to investigate a technical solution, design the architecture of a feature, choose between frameworks or libraries, compare implementation approaches, analyze how existing code or a system works, research code patterns, or deeply root-cause a complex bug without fixing it yet. Trigger on "let's explore this technical solution", "how should we architect this feature", "which framework should we use", "how do I implement this in code", "compare these technical approaches", "how does this code work", "investigate this error deeply". Research and analysis only — it never writes code. This is the CODE / engineering explorer — for GAME-DESIGN, GDD, mechanics, or balance research (no code) use /unikit-gd-explore.