Grotto skills

Start each pass with

The intended player experience, current rules and observations from recent play.

Work toward

A clear player fantasy, meaningful choices and a complete playable loop.

Carry into the next pass

A concise loop description, design hypotheses, observed player choices and the next experiment.

Workflow and references

• Repeatable workflow
• Brainstorm
• Feedback
• Loop
• Studio

Version 1.3.1

Start each pass with

The creator brief, current playable build, remaining budget and findings from the previous pass.

Work toward

A scoped playable slice, clear risks and an evidence-backed iteration plan.

Carry into the next pass

The scope decision, tested build revision, findings and one next learning question.

Workflow and references

• Repeatable workflow
• First playable
• Iteration and handoff

Version 1.0.3

Start each pass with

The level’s purpose, current controller and camera, layout and prior player observations.

Work toward

Readable spaces, purposeful encounters and reachable recovery paths.

Carry into the next pass

A route and teaching plan, pacing notes, observed failure points and replay scenarios.

Workflow and references

• Repeatable workflow
• Layout and learning
• Pacing and validation

Version 1.0.1

Start each pass with

Resource sources and sinks, representative player states, current parameters and prior tuning notes.

Work toward

Useful unlocks and resource rules tuned against representative play.

Carry into the next pass

A parameter snapshot, scenario results, reward invariants and the next balance hypothesis.

Workflow and references

• Repeatable workflow
• Economy and unlocks
• Tuning

Version 1.0.1

Start each pass with

Attack rules, enemy roles, the current encounter and the previous readability findings.

Work toward

Predictable hit rules and enemies with readable, purposeful behavior.

Carry into the next pass

Attack phase contracts, enemy-role decisions and reproducible encounter cases.

Workflow and references

• Repeatable workflow
• Combat contract
• Enemy decisions
• Game kits

Version 1.1.0

Start each pass with

The semantic action map, target devices, current controls and previous recovery cases.

Work toward

Keyboard, pointer and touch actions that recover cleanly after interruptions.

Carry into the next pass

Action bindings, device coverage, layout constraints and interruption replay cases.

Workflow and references

• Repeatable workflow
• Actions
• Layout and review
• Touch

Version 1.3.1

Start each pass with

The installed foundation, state owners, resource lifetimes and the last recovery checks.

Work toward

One owner for game state, consistent timing and clean restart lifecycles.

Carry into the next pass

An ownership map, transition decisions and reproducible lifecycle scenarios.

Workflow and references

• Repeatable workflow
• Lifecycle
• State and time

Version 1.0.1

Start each pass with

The current Phaser foundation, scene ownership, requested mechanic and prior playable scenarios.

Work toward

A working 2D game with deliberate scenes, physics and state ownership.

Carry into the next pass

Scene and physics decisions, asset bindings and a small playable regression route.

Workflow and references

• Repeatable workflow
• Architecture
• Recipes

Version 1.1.2

Start each pass with

The generator revision, RNG streams, movement rules and a retained seed corpus.

Work toward

Reproducible worlds validated against the actual movement rules.

Carry into the next pass

Generator/version decisions, seed coverage, validity constraints and failing seed cases.

Workflow and references

• Repeatable workflow
• Generation
• Validation

Version 1.1.2

Start each pass with

The installed 3D foundation, current camera/controller, representative scene and cost measurements.

Work toward

A readable 3D world with coherent cameras, collision and model placement.

Carry into the next pass

Spatial and collision conventions, model bindings and measured representative scene baselines.

Workflow and references

• Repeatable workflow
• Asset library
• Models and animation
• Scene and performance

Version 1.2.0

Start each pass with

The visual brief, representative gameplay view, approved assets and available asset budget.

Work toward

A consistent visual direction and a verified, budgeted asset set.

Carry into the next pass

A visual-system decision sheet, asset provenance and an updated asset plan.

Workflow and references

• Repeatable workflow
• Asset plan
• Visual system

Version 1.0.1

Start each pass with

Current assets, state transitions, anchor/scale conventions and prior timing observations.

Work toward

Stable pivots, responsive transitions and frame-rate-independent clips.

Carry into the next pass

An animation-state map, timing decisions, asset bindings and interruption scenarios.

Workflow and references

• Repeatable workflow
• Sprites
• State and timing

Version 1.1.3

Start each pass with

The source scene or FBX, bone names, action names, texture sizes and the last import result.

Work toward

A rigged humanoid GLB that passes World character admission and plays idle, walk, run and jump.

Carry into the next pass

The bone and clip mapping, exporter settings, file size and any admission messages to resolve.

Workflow and references

• Repeatable workflow
• Blender and mixamo
• Requirements

Version 1.0.0

Start each pass with

The intended sound or silence, event-to-cue map, current mix and available asset budget.

Work toward

Intentional sound with working mute, startup, mixing and teardown.

Carry into the next pass

The cue map, mix priorities, mute behavior and browser playback test cases.

Workflow and references

• Repeatable workflow
• Browser lifecycle
• Cues and mix
• Editable audio
• World audio

Version 1.1.0

Start each pass with

The visual rules, approved representative assets, asset roles and available budget.

Work toward

Consistent, readable sprites and textures connected to real asset files.

Carry into the next pass

Palette and scale conventions, reproducible asset recipes and integration/provenance notes.

Workflow and references

• Repeatable workflow
• Generated art
• Pixel frames
• Pixelify
• Procedural

Version 1.3.3

Start each pass with

The intended feel, current parameters, a representative action and prior player observations.

Work toward

Responsive actions and readable effects that fit the intended style.

Carry into the next pass

Parameter snapshots, feedback priorities and comparable action/recovery test cases.

Workflow and references

• Repeatable workflow
• Diagnosis
• Feedback and audio

Version 1.0.2

Start each pass with

Player tasks, actual gameplay views, the game's art direction, target inputs, available artwork and observed access barriers.

Work toward

A cohesive, compact game interface that keeps play visible and works across input and access preferences.

Carry into the next pass

UI visibility and style decisions, artwork bindings, focus rules, assist settings and reproducible playfield/access checks.

Workflow and references

• Repeatable workflow
• Accessibility
• Hud and menus
• Ui artwork

Version 1.1.0

Start each pass with

A playable revision, the creator’s intended experience, target devices and prior failing scenarios.

Work toward

Reproducible findings from actual play, recovery and measured performance.

Carry into the next pass

A scenario suite, evidence-linked findings, measured baselines and the next review scope.

Workflow and references

• Repeatable workflow
• Design observation
• Performance
• Playtest

Version 1.0.2

Start each pass with

The current game revision, creator request, prior release evidence and representative saves.

Work toward

A verified update that preserves game identity and existing progress.

Carry into the next pass

The change decision, save migration checks, accepted revision and verified publication state.

Workflow and references

• Repeatable workflow
• Iteration
• Save migration

Version 1.3.2