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Game Concept Design (Novel → Game)

Turns a novel bible and product brief into three genuinely divergent game concepts, then picks the strongest playable prototype via hard vetoes and explicit trade-offs.

Design & UIIntermediate★ 690⑂ 102AI score 7/10Last updated: Aug 22, 2026

What it does

  • Requires SOURCE_BIBLE.md and PRODUCT_BRIEF.md; if either is missing it stops and names the gap instead of inventing upstream content.
  • Lists locked vs. still-open design dimensions, then generates three concepts that differ on at least three open dimensions (player identity, subgenre, core loop, pressure source, chosen source material, art direction, etc.).
  • Each concept card covers 3–5 core verbs, the loop, failure and world response, a three-stage arc, one signature shot, a minimum validation slice, the biggest risk, and what observation would veto it.
  • Selection uses hard vetoes first (no score-summing), then compares source fidelity, player agency, cultural accuracy, shareability and completion risk. quick mode auto-picks; director mode recommends and waits.
  • Emits a single concepts/CONCEPT.md. Explicitly refuses damage formulas, stat tables, code structure or scene-by-scene scripts.

Who it's for

  • Game designers and IP leads adapting novels or web fiction into games or interactive narrative.
  • Narrative designers who want source-specific rules enacted by the player, not shown in cutscenes.
  • Small teams that need a documented, comparable set of directions before prototyping.

Examples

  1. "What game should this fantasy novel become?" → three divergent directions plus a reasoned recommendation.
  2. "Should this mystery novel be an interactive story at all?" → hard-veto results and minimum validation questions.
  3. Comparing two existing pitches → experience pillars with observable success/failure signals and key trade-offs.

· · · Install guide · · ·

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git clone https://github.com/worldwonderer/novel-to-game.git && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r novel-to-game/skills/* ~/.claude/skills/

⚠ This is a third-party skill. Check the source repository before installing.

  1. Open a terminal.
  2. Clone the repo: git clone https://github.com/worldwonderer/novel-to-game.git
  3. Create the skills folder: mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
  4. Copy the skills in: cp -r novel-to-game/skills/* ~/.claude/skills/
  5. Verify ~/.claude/skills/game-concept/references/concept-method.md came along — the skill reads it for the veto rules.
  6. Prepare SOURCE_BIBLE.md and PRODUCT_BRIEF.md in your project folder first; without both, the skill halts.
  7. Restart Claude Code and ask something like "Give me three game concept directions for this novel."
View source on GitHub ↗License: MIT