v2.0.0 — Platform & Ecosystem

AlterLab GameForge v2.0.0

34 production-grade Claude AI skills for indie game development — from concept to launch.

New Skills (3)

Skill	Lines	What
game-jam-mode	474	Compressed 48-72h game jam workflows — theme interpretation, scope ruthlessness, 6-phase pipeline
game-ci-pipeline	930	CI/CD for game builds — Godot/Unity/Unreal pipelines, Steam/itch.io/Epic deployment, GitHub Actions templates
game-gdd-author	683	Guided section-by-section GDD authoring — pillar validation, scope tiers, MDA integration

Engine Deepening

All 3 engine specialists expanded with networking, animation, VFX, AI, and material system sections:

• Godot (+96 lines): MultiplayerSpawner, AnimationTree state machines, NavigationAgent2D
• Unity (+103 lines): Netcode for GameObjects, Animator hash caching, Cinemachine
• Unreal (+94 lines): Niagara VFX, Material Instances/Functions, Behavior Trees + EQS

Genre Packs (2)

In-repo reference material consumed by existing skills — not standalone skills:

Pack	Lines	Covers
Roguelike	888	Permadeath, run structure, proc-gen, meta-progression, synergy systems, Monte Carlo validation
Narrative	943	Branching architecture, choice design, dialogue systems, consequence modeling, 10+ reference games

CI & Quality

• scripts/validate.sh: 9 validation categories, 486 automated checks
• GitHub Actions: .github/workflows/validate-skills.yml — runs on push and PRs
• Quality rubric: 5-dimension scoring (Trigger/Depth/Consistency/Usefulness/Voice) with 8+ minimum bar
• AI-native gamedev guide: Honest assessment of AI tools — what ships today vs what's hype

New Templates (3)

jam-concept.md, jam-submission.md, ci-pipeline-config.md

New Docs (3)

ai-native-gamedev.md, genre-pack-spec.md, skill-quality-rubric.md

Community Wishlist Items Addressed

• ✅ Game jam mode
• ✅ Genre templates (roguelike + narrative packs)
• ✅ Multiplayer architecture (networking sections in all engine specialists)
• ✅ Narrative branching tool (narrative genre pack)
• ✅ Steam integration (in game-ci-pipeline)

By the Numbers

Metric	Value
Total skills	34 (11 agents, 20 workflows, 3 engine specialists)
Genre packs	2 (roguelike, narrative)
Templates	20
Docs	15
Hooks	11
Starters	9
CI checks	486
Lines added	+5,824
Files changed	28

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Install: claude install github:AlterLab-IEU/AlterLab_GameForge

Built by AlterLab — Part of the AlterLab Skills Trilogy

v1.4.0 — Launch Ready

What Changed

Project Configuration Starters (NEW)

• Ready-to-copy CLAUDE.md and settings.json for game projects
• Engine-specific starters: Godot 4.6, Unity 6.3, UE 5.7
• Full skill routing tables, coding standards, commit conventions per engine

Documentation Overhaul

• README restructured: 30-second quick-start, decision tree, visual catalog
• 3 end-to-end workflow examples (zero-to-prototype, sprint cycle, launch prep)
• FAQ addressing common setup questions
• Directory conventions guide for flexible project structures

Flexibility Pass

• All 11 hooks rewritten: POSIX-compatible, no set -e, graceful failure
• Multi-path source detection (src/, scripts/, Scripts/, Source/, Assets/Scripts/)
• Engine-aware commit validation and gap detection
• game-start now suggests engine-specific directory structures

Community Infrastructure

• Issue templates: bug report, feature request, skill request
• PR template for contributions
• Code of Conduct and Security policy
• Comprehensive .gitignore (Godot + Unity + UE + IDEs + OS files)
• Awesome-list submission drafts prepared

By the Numbers

• 31 skills, 13,736 total lines
• 9 starter config files for 3 engines
• 12 shared docs (up from 9)
• 3 workflow examples
• 37 files changed, +2,641 / -472 lines
• Ready for public launch

Full changelog: v1.3.0...v1.4.0

v1.3.0 — Automation & Intelligence

What's New in v1.3.0

MCP Integration Layer

• New doc: docs/mcp-integrations.md — 34 verified MCP servers with tiered recommendations
• 7 skills enhanced with MCP Integration sections
• Engine MCPs: godot-mcp (2.6K★), unity-mcp (7.5K★), unreal-mcp (1.6K★), blender-mcp (18K★)

New Skills

• game-postmortem (384 lines) — 5-phase post-mortem with git stats preprocessing
• game-market-research (405 lines) — 6-phase market research with TAM/SAM/SOM

Advanced Workflows

• Shell preprocessing in game-start and game-sprint-plan
• Named pipelines in game-team-orchestrator (4 definitions with JSON state)
• 5 new hooks: post-compact, subagent-track, instructions-validate, stop-failure, config-change

Skill Intelligence

• All 31 skills modernized: version, model, effort, context, memory, disable-model-invocation
• Persistent memory on producer, designer, creative-director
• Trigger optimization: all descriptions rewritten for auto-invocation

Content Freshness

• Godot 4.6.1, Unity 6.3 LTS (Havok change), UE 5.7 (Nanite Voxels, SWRT deprecation)
• COPPA April 2026, Steam 3-tier AI disclosure, PEGI June 2026
• EAA enforcement, ESA 24 tags, Apple Accessibility Nutrition Label

Stats: 31 skills | 11 hooks | 9 docs | 44 files changed | +3,480 lines

v1.2.0 — Depth & Polish

What's New in v1.2.0

4 New Skills

• game-economy-designer — Virtual economy design: currency flows, sink/source modeling, monetization ethics
• game-accessibility-specialist — Inclusive design: motor, visual, auditory, cognitive accommodations, EAA compliance
• game-localization-manager — Translation pipelines, string extraction, cultural adaptation
• game-analytics-setup — Telemetry integration, KPI definition, privacy-first dashboards

Full Rebuilds

• game-retrospective — Completely rewritten in GDC post-mortem format with kill list review and single-lesson forcing function
• game-team-orchestrator — Completely rewritten with 5 concrete spawn recipes (combat, narrative, UI, performance, launch)

Voice Consistency Pass

• All 29 skills now share a consistent AlterLab voice: named personas, opinionated expert tone, real game references, zero filler
• Killed generic persona labels ("TechDirector", "SystemsArchitect") — replaced with named character identities (Kira Tanaka, Luca Ferreira)

Skill Upgrades

• All 11 agents now have "When NOT to Use Me" sections for better routing
• game-brainstorm — Added market validation phase (+92 lines)
• game-balance-check — Added statistical validation: Monte Carlo, distribution analysis, sensitivity analysis (+163 lines)
• game-launch — Added post-launch ops: patch cadence, community management, metrics monitoring (+172 lines)
• All 3 engine specialists now include migration guides (when to migrate to/away, architectural diffs, effort estimates)

New Templates

• playtester-survey.md — Standardized playtest feedback collection (328 lines)
• competitive-analysis.md — Market positioning and competitor feature matrix (344 lines)
• accessibility-audit.md — Accessibility compliance checklist by disability category (424 lines)

New Documentation

• docs/monetization-ethics.md — Ethical monetization framework, dark pattern identification, regulatory landscape (407 lines)
• docs/engine-comparison.md — Structured comparison matrix for Godot, Unity, and Unreal (227 lines)

Stats

• 29 skills (up from 25): 11 agents, 15 workflows, 3 engine specialists
• 17 templates (up from 14)
• 8 docs (up from 6)
• 39 files changed, +5,748 / -1,245 lines
• 12,275+ total lines of skill content

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Built by AlterLab Creative Technologies Laboratory — Part of the AlterLab Skills Trilogy