Validate game concepts with timeboxed prototypes and PROCEED/PIVOT/KILL reports.
npx skills add https://github.com/easonlao/jiazi-game --skill prototype-easonlao
Please help me install this Agent Skill. Skill: prototype Source: https://github.com/easonlao/jiazi-game/tree/main/.claude/skills/prototype Command: npx skills add https://github.com/easonlao/jiazi-game --skill prototype-easonlao
It solves the problem of uncertainty in whether a game concept or mechanic will work, by helping you validate the core question quickly with a timeboxed, throwaway implementation and an evidence-based report.
Use case: You want to validate a new turn-based trading mechanic in jiazi-game without committing production time—this skill generates a focused prototype, measures how it feels/behaves, and recommends the next step.
Run the prototype skill with the concept description and choose review mode lean (for speed) by passing the command: prototype "Describe the mechanic and the core question to validate" --review lean.
High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.
Game prototyping isolates new mechanics in a throwaway implementation to test a specific hypothesis, collecting observable metrics to produce an evidence-based decision report with a clear proceed, pivot, or kill recommendation.
Timeboxed iteration is a rapid prototyping approach that enforces strict time limits on throwaway implementations to test a clear hypothesis, preventing aimless experimentation and ensuring focused mechanic validation before production effort.
You generate an evidence-based recommendation by running a focused prototype, measuring observable metrics during testing, and outputting a structured Prototype Report that advises whether to proceed, pivot, or kill the concept.
Game prototyping requires reading project context from a CLAUDE.md file to align the prototype with your current engine and language stack, so running it without this file prevents proper context-aware implementation and code isolation.
You should avoid throwaway prototypes when you lack a clear hypothesis to test, because the workflow relies on question-driven prototyping to prevent aimless experimentation and requires measurable metrics to inform a proceed, pivot, or kill decision.
Rapid prototyping can escalate to a creative-director review in full mode, producing a structured Prototype Report containing the hypothesis, approach, measurable metrics, and a recommendation suitable for GDD handoff and production planning.
MileniumTickDetect project tech stack and generate a local skill registry.
XGanQAQPrototype game mechanics in timeboxed experiments and generate a REPORT.md with a PROCEED/PIVOT/KILL decision.
pixel-cellarGenerate disposable game prototypes and structured REPORT.md files.
striderZATest a game concept with a timeboxed throwaway prototype and report results.
