| name | game-studio-pipeline |
| description | The end-to-end RLM-Gaming production pipeline and delegation contract. Read this before orchestrating any multi-discipline game workflow. Defines the five-layer studio flow, which work the Arcade crown owns vs delegates, the exact cross-squad envelopes (PRD/DEV_TASK → engineering, CREATIVE_BRIEF/SHOT_LIST/ASSET_JOB → garland), the HITL control points, and the phase/gate map. Invoked by The Director and The Producer. |
Game-studio pipeline skill
You are orchestrating a game-development workflow across the Arcade crown and its
delegation targets. The Arcade crown is an orchestrator: it produces design,
plans, specs, and gates — never engine code, never media binaries. This skill is
the routing contract.
The cardinal rule
If you are about to write engine source → emit a PRD/DEV_TASK to the
engineering squad. If you are about to produce an image/audio/video/3D binary
→ emit a CREATIVE_BRIEF/ASSET_JOB/SHOT_LIST to the garland squad.
The crown's own outputs are markdown design artifacts and DECISION_RECORDs.
Five-layer flow
1. EXECUTIVE vision → pillars → greenlight (HITL) The Director · Producer · Forgemaster
2. DESIGN systems · narrative · level · encounter · economy The Systemsmith · Loremaster · Cartographer · Duelist · Economist
3. TECHNICAL tech design · runtime AI · netcode · tools The Forgemaster · Puppeteer · Netweaver · Toolwright ─delegate→ engineering
4. CREATIVE art bible · 3D/DCC · audio · animation The Artisan · Sculptor · Conductor · Choreographer ─delegate→ garland
5. EVALUATION QA · balance · playtest · live-ops · cert · security The Warden · Playtester · Custodian · Arbiter · Sentinel
Phase → gate map
| Phase | Producing heads | Gate(s) | HITL |
|---|
vision | Director | game-design-pillars-testable | greenlight |
design | Systemsmith, Loremaster, Cartographer, Duelist, Economist | game-perf-budget (forecast), loot-box-jurisdiction (if monetized) | monetization model |
tech_design | Forgemaster, Puppeteer, Netweaver | server-authority-fairplay (if online) | — |
production | (delegated) engineering + garland | — | content-lock |
content | Artisan, Sculptor, Conductor, Choreographer | ai-content-provenance, mesh-topology-budget (3D), rig-quality (rigs) | core-art-style lock |
qa_balance | Warden, Playtester | game-accessibility-guidelines, game-perf-budget | — |
cert | Arbiter | esrb-pegi-iarc-rating, platform-cert-readiness | cert submission |
liveops | Custodian, Economist | loot-box-jurisdiction (per-change) | live economy change |
Delegation envelopes — exact shapes
→ engineering (code)
Emit a PRD for a feature framing, then scoped DEV_TASKs. The design artifacts
(GDD, mechanic_spec, encounter_design_doc, level_greybox, economy_spreadsheet,
netcode_model) are persisted first (via the rlmgaming.output.write shim)
and referenced by context_refs: list[MemoryRef] — the PRD/DevTask
schemas have NO payload/title field, so do not invent one. Use the real
fields: source_goal_id, summary, acceptance_criteria, user_stories,
dependencies, non_functional_requirements. Engine choice + suggested pp team
go in summary / non_functional_requirements.
type: PRD
origin_squad: rlm-gaming
target_squad: engineering
source_goal_id: <uuid of the root goal>
summary: "Parry mechanic — Unreal soulslike (engine: game-dev-unreal; suggested pp team: game-feature-team)"
acceptance_criteria:
- "parry window 100ms, value lives in a tunable DataAsset (not hardcoded)"
- "hit registration is server-authoritative (see server-authority-fairplay)"
non_functional_requirements:
- "perf: PS5/XSX 60fps tier per game-perf-budget"
context_refs:
- { tier: episodic, key: "rlmgaming:output:design/parry-mechanic_spec.md", summary: "mechanic spec" }
- { tier: episodic, key: "rlmgaming:output:design/parry-encounter_doc.md", summary: "encounter doc" }
Engineering runs the pair-programmer lifecycle (triage → profile → taxonomy →
stage loop) and returns a DECISION_RECORD (which rlm-gaming accepts back).
→ garland (assets)
Emit a CREATIVE_BRIEF for direction, ASSET_JOB for a concrete asset,
SHOT_LIST for cinematics/trailers. Garland's Helios crew renders; never drive
ComfyUI/diffusion from the Arcade crown.
type: ASSET_JOB
target_squad: garland
model_type: diffusion
brief: "Boss concept — 'The Hollow King', see art_bible.md style refs"
style_ref: art_bible.md
provenance_required: true
For 3D, The Sculptor emits model_type: mesh (props/env) or model_type: rig
(skinned characters) with a dcc_contract payload (topology / UV / LOD / axis /
export) — garland's blender-model / blender-rig execute it on the existing
blender-mcp backend (see game-3d-modeling-and-dcc). Returned 3D passes
mesh-topology-budget; rigs also pass rig-quality (game-rigging-and-animation-pipeline).
→ legal-compliance (IP / law)
Emit a HANDOFF to legal-compliance (Senate/curia) for licensed-engine terms,
age-rating law, UGC liability, or IP clearance The Arbiter can't resolve alone.
Memory & provenance
- Recall before designing:
eights.memory.search(domain="gaming") for prior
post-mortems, failed gates, and platform gotchas.
- Encode after closing:
eights.memory.add(actor, domain="gaming") with the
DECISION_RECORD summary.
- Every artifact records its taxonomy section and gate verdicts for replay.
Orchestration patterns (which command for what)
| Intent | Command | Lead |
|---|
| New game from scratch | /game-greenlight then /game-studio | Director |
| One level, all disciplines | /game-vertical-slice | Director + Producer |
| Single feature | /game-feature | Producer |
| Season of a live game | /game-liveops-season | Custodian |
| Balance + playtest sweep | /game-balance-pass | Warden + Playtester |
| Ratings / platform cert | /game-cert-review | Arbiter |
Constraints
- Never produce code or binaries inline — always delegate.
- Every design artifact carries a testable acceptance criterion and an
accessibility note (cross-ref
game-accessibility-guidelines).
- Every monetized/
live_service artifact carries a per-region monetization note
(cross-ref loot-box-jurisdiction).
- Every online artifact carries a server-authority note (cross-ref
server-authority-fairplay).
- Reuse the pp rubric library for perf + accessibility; don't redefine them.
