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TLDR

A set of 18 Claude skills that impose a structured, gated game development pipeline, from concept and design docs through architecture, stories, and code review.

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    What it does
      Structured game dev pipeline
      Design doc consistency checks
      Gated stages with checkpoints
    Tech stack
      Claude Cowork
      Unity
      Skill files
    Use cases
      Plan a solo game project
      Catch design drift early
      Review Unity code for architecture issues
    Audience
      Solo game developers
      Small game studios

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What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Run a structured brainstorming session that produces a real game concept document instead of vague notes.

USE CASE 2

Check all your game design documents against each other to catch contradicting numbers or entities.

USE CASE 3

Verify a development story is actually ready before implementation starts, with a clear READY or BLOCKED verdict.

USE CASE 4

Trace a gameplay bug back to the original design decision that caused it instead of just patching the symptom.

What is it built with?

Claude CoworkUnity

How does it compare?

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LanguageGoTypeScript
Setup difficultymoderateeasyhard
Complexity3/52/55/5
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How do you get it running?

Difficulty · moderate Time to first run · 30min

Requires access to Claude Cowork and a connected Unity project folder to install and run the skills.

In plain English

Claude Cowork Game Studio is a collection of 18 predefined skills meant to bring a structured, professional studio process to solo or small team game development done with AI help through Claude Cowork. The problem it aims to fix is a common one when building a game with an AI assistant: it is easy to hardcode a number instead of pulling it from a design document, skip writing a proper design doc entirely, end up with tangled systems nobody actually planned, or drift away from the original game vision without anyone noticing until the mess has spread across many files. Each skill covers one stage of a game development pipeline, and the stages are meant to run in order, with a checkpoint before moving to the next. The pipeline starts with brainstorming a game concept, then breaking that concept down into individual systems, writing a full design document for each system, checking all the design documents against each other for contradictions, building a technical architecture plan, turning approved designs into development epics and stories, checking whether a story is ready to be worked on, implementing it test first inside Unity, reviewing the resulting code, and finally confirming the story is complete. A few extra skills work outside that fixed order, such as one that flags outdated architecture decisions after a design document changes, one that writes documentation backwards from existing code, and one that traces a gameplay bug back to the design decision that originally caused it. Every skill bundles its own reference files, role descriptions, and document templates, so nothing extra needs to be installed beyond the skill files themselves. Some of the newer skills ship with draft template files that the maintainer notes have not been used in a real production project yet and should be reviewed before relying on them. To use it, you connect your game project's folder inside Claude Cowork, install the individual skill files you want, and then invoke them by name or through short slash style commands.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
Help me connect my Unity game project folder to Claude Cowork and install the ccgs-start skill.
Prompt 2
Walk me through running the brainstorm and map-systems skills to plan out my game's core systems.
Prompt 3
Use the consistency-check skill to find contradictions between my game's design documents.
Prompt 4
Help me use unity-tdd-workflow to implement a story test first in Unity EditMode.

Frequently asked questions

What is claude-cowork-game-studio?

A set of 18 Claude skills that impose a structured, gated game development pipeline, from concept and design docs through architecture, stories, and code review.

How hard is claude-cowork-game-studio to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated moderate, with roughly 30min to a first successful run.

Who is claude-cowork-game-studio for?

Mainly developer.

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