game-design-brainstorm-methods

Name: game-design-brainstorm-methods
Author: Stanestane

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How to install game-design-brainstorm-methods?

stanestane/game-design-skills-bundle/game-design-brainstorm-methods

$npx -y skills add Stanestane/game-design-skills-bundle --skill game-design-brainstorm-methods

Installs into the current project.

Summary

Apply established brainstorming and ideation methodologies to game design problems, features, systems, UX flows, live-ops ideas, content concepts, and stuck team discussions. Use when the user wants a specific brainstorming method rather than generic ideation, or when you should

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SKILL.md

1	# Game Design Brainstorm Methods
2
3	Use named brainstorming methods, not generic idea spray.
4
5	This skill helps choose and run a well-known ideation methodology that fits the design problem. The goal is not to mention frameworks for show. The goal is to use the right method to unlock better game design options, surface hidden assumptions, and produce a practical shortlist worth exploring next.
6
7	Read `references/method-selection.md` when choosing a method.
8	Read `references/method-patterns.md` when you need the exact structure for a method output.
9
10	## What to produce
11
12	Produce:
13	1. Problem frame - what the team is trying to solve
14	2. Method choice - which brainstorming method is best and why
15	3. Method run - the actual brainstorm output in that method's format
16	4. Idea clusters - themes, repeated patterns, or promising directions
17	5. Shortlist - strongest candidates to pursue next
18	6. Next move - recommendation, prototype, or follow-up question
19
20	## Process
21
22	### 1. Frame the ideation problem
23	Clarify:
24	- what design problem, feature, or system is under discussion
25	- whether the need is divergence, reframing, critique, or narrowing
26	- what constraints matter most
27	- whether the user wants novelty, structure, speed, or alignment
28
29	### 2. Choose the right method
30	Pick one primary method. Use a second method only when it adds clear value.
31
32	Typical fits:
33	- SCAMPER - improve or mutate an existing feature
34	- How Might We - turn fuzzy problems into opportunity prompts
35	- Crazy 8s - force fast variation and volume
36	- Six Thinking Hats - structure discussion across multiple lenses
37	- Brainwriting 6-3-5 - generate many ideas without one dominant voice
38	- Worst Possible Idea - break fixation by inverting bad ideas into useful principles
39	- Forced connections - inject novelty through random or adjacent stimuli
40	- Lotus Blossom - expand one central idea into adjacent branches
41	- Morphological matrix - combine dimensions systematically into new concepts
42
43	### 3. Run the method properly
44	Do not collapse the method into generic bullets.
45	Preserve the logic of the method.
46	For example:
47	- SCAMPER should actually walk through substitute, combine, adapt, modify, put to other use, eliminate, reverse/rearrange
48	- Six Thinking Hats should clearly separate hat modes
49	- Brainwriting should show rounds, seeds, or parallel idea contributions
50	- Morphological matrix should define dimensions before combining them
51
52	### 4. Extract the design value
53	After the method run, identify:
54	- repeated themes
55	- strongest directions
56	- strange but interesting outliers
57	- weak ideas worth discarding
58	- what should be prototyped, discussed, or parked
59
60	### 5. Convert brainstorm into action
61	End with one of these:
62	- best 3 candidates
63	- one recommended direction and why
64	- next prototype question
65	- follow-up method if the first method created useful ambiguity but not enough convergence
66
67	## Response structure
68
69	### Problem Frame
70	- ...
71
72	### Chosen Method
73	- Method: ...
74	- Why this method fits: ...
75
76	### Method Run
77	- ...
78
79	### Idea Clusters
80	- ...
81
82	### Strongest Candidates
83	1. ...
84	2. ...
85	3. ...
86
87	### Recommended Next Move
88	- ...
89
90	## Fast mode
91	- What kind of ideation problem is this?
92	- Which method fits best?
93	- Run that method clearly.
94	- Pull out the 3 strongest design directions.
95	- Recommend what to do next.
96
97	## Working principle
98
99	Different brainstorming problems need different tools.
100	Do not default to freeform ideation when a specific method would produce better thinking.

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How to install game-design-brainstorm-methods?

stanestane/game-design-skills-bundle/game-design-brainstorm-methods

$npx -y skills add Stanestane/game-design-skills-bundle --skill game-design-brainstorm-methods

Installs into the current project.

Summary

Files · 1

View on GitHub

SKILL.md

1	# Game Design Brainstorm Methods
2
3	Use named brainstorming methods, not generic idea spray.
4
5	This skill helps choose and run a well-known ideation methodology that fits the design problem. The goal is not to mention frameworks for show. The goal is to use the right method to unlock better game design options, surface hidden assumptions, and produce a practical shortlist worth exploring next.
6
7	Read `references/method-selection.md` when choosing a method.
8	Read `references/method-patterns.md` when you need the exact structure for a method output.
9
10	## What to produce
11
12	Produce:
13	1. Problem frame - what the team is trying to solve
14	2. Method choice - which brainstorming method is best and why
15	3. Method run - the actual brainstorm output in that method's format
16	4. Idea clusters - themes, repeated patterns, or promising directions
17	5. Shortlist - strongest candidates to pursue next
18	6. Next move - recommendation, prototype, or follow-up question
19
20	## Process
21
22	### 1. Frame the ideation problem
23	Clarify:
24	- what design problem, feature, or system is under discussion
25	- whether the need is divergence, reframing, critique, or narrowing
26	- what constraints matter most
27	- whether the user wants novelty, structure, speed, or alignment
28
29	### 2. Choose the right method
30	Pick one primary method. Use a second method only when it adds clear value.
31
32	Typical fits:
33	- SCAMPER - improve or mutate an existing feature
34	- How Might We - turn fuzzy problems into opportunity prompts
35	- Crazy 8s - force fast variation and volume
36	- Six Thinking Hats - structure discussion across multiple lenses
37	- Brainwriting 6-3-5 - generate many ideas without one dominant voice
38	- Worst Possible Idea - break fixation by inverting bad ideas into useful principles
39	- Forced connections - inject novelty through random or adjacent stimuli
40	- Lotus Blossom - expand one central idea into adjacent branches
41	- Morphological matrix - combine dimensions systematically into new concepts
42
43	### 3. Run the method properly
44	Do not collapse the method into generic bullets.
45	Preserve the logic of the method.
46	For example:
47	- SCAMPER should actually walk through substitute, combine, adapt, modify, put to other use, eliminate, reverse/rearrange
48	- Six Thinking Hats should clearly separate hat modes
49	- Brainwriting should show rounds, seeds, or parallel idea contributions
50	- Morphological matrix should define dimensions before combining them
51
52	### 4. Extract the design value
53	After the method run, identify:
54	- repeated themes
55	- strongest directions
56	- strange but interesting outliers
57	- weak ideas worth discarding
58	- what should be prototyped, discussed, or parked
59
60	### 5. Convert brainstorm into action
61	End with one of these:
62	- best 3 candidates
63	- one recommended direction and why
64	- next prototype question
65	- follow-up method if the first method created useful ambiguity but not enough convergence
66
67	## Response structure
68
69	### Problem Frame
70	- ...
71
72	### Chosen Method
73	- Method: ...
74	- Why this method fits: ...
75
76	### Method Run
77	- ...
78
79	### Idea Clusters
80	- ...
81
82	### Strongest Candidates
83	1. ...
84	2. ...
85	3. ...
86
87	### Recommended Next Move
88	- ...
89
90	## Fast mode
91	- What kind of ideation problem is this?
92	- Which method fits best?
93	- Run that method clearly.
94	- Pull out the 3 strongest design directions.
95	- Recommend what to do next.
96
97	## Working principle
98
99	Different brainstorming problems need different tools.
100	Do not default to freeform ideation when a specific method would produce better thinking.

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