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Browse 6,168 skills across 448 packs and 38 categories
Dialogue Systems
163LTrigger when building game dialogue systems, branching conversation trees, bark systems, or cinematic dialogue tooling. Use for dialogue data formats, conditional branching, localization pipelines, lip sync integration, or building author-friendly dialogue editors and runtime presentation layers.
Game Accessibility
170LTrigger when designing games for accessibility, implementing accommodations for visual, auditory, motor, or cognitive disabilities, or evaluating a game's inclusivity. Use for colorblind modes, remappable controls, subtitle systems, difficulty assists, screen reader support, or making a game playable by the widest possible audience without compromising core design.
Game Analytics Liveops
169LTrigger when designing game analytics systems, live operations strategies, A/B testing frameworks, or player behavior telemetry. Use for retention metrics, funnel analysis, cohort tracking, event schemas, feature flagging, seasonal content cadence, or using data to improve a live game without losing design vision.
Game Audio Design
168LTrigger when designing or implementing game audio, including sound effects, adaptive music, spatial audio, voice implementation, or audio middleware integration. Use for FMOD, Wwise, audio occlusion, dynamic mixing, sound design for gameplay feedback, or making a game sound as good as it plays.
Game Balancing
201LTrigger when balancing game economies, tuning difficulty, adjusting competitive balance, or iterating on progression pacing. Use when the user asks about mathematical models for balance, playtesting-driven tuning, economy simulation, DPS calculations, matchmaking, or how to make a game feel fair without being easy.
Game Design Philosophy
208LAdaptive game design philosophy coach that learns your design instincts and helps you think more clearly about mechanics, player experience, systems, and what makes games meaningful. Covers core loops, progression, feedback, narrative, player psychology, scope, and aesthetics.
Game Economy Design
168LTrigger when designing in-game economies, currency systems, crafting cost structures, marketplace dynamics, or resource flow models. Use for inflation control, sink-source balancing, dual currency systems, player trading, auction houses, or modeling and simulating an economy before shipping it.
Game Mechanics
165LTrigger when designing core game mechanics, gameplay loops, progression systems, resource economies, risk/reward structures, or feedback loops. Use when the user asks about how game systems feel, what makes gameplay satisfying, emergent behavior, or how to structure the moment-to-moment play experience.
Game UI UX
231LTrigger when designing game UI or UX, including HUD layout, menu systems, tutorial design, onboarding flows, feedback systems, or input considerations. Use when the user asks about controller vs keyboard+mouse design, accessibility in UI, how to teach players without tutorials, or how to make interfaces that enhance rather than obstruct gameplay.
Godot Development
165LTrigger when developing games in Godot Engine, writing GDScript or C# for Godot, working with nodes and scenes, configuring signals, or using Godot's physics, animation, and rendering systems. Use for Godot project structure, scene composition, export pipelines, or Godot-specific patterns and best practices.
Level Design
191LTrigger when designing game levels, spatial layouts, player flow paths, difficulty curves, or environmental guidance. Use when the user asks about blockouts, pacing within levels, guided exploration, landmark placement, combat arenas, puzzle rooms, or the pipeline from graybox to final polish.
Mobile Game Optimization
168LTrigger when optimizing games for mobile platforms, managing thermal throttling, battery consumption, memory constraints, or touch input design. Use for mobile GPU profiling, texture compression, draw call batching, asset streaming on limited bandwidth, or shipping a game that runs well on devices from three years ago.
Monetization
156LTrigger when designing game monetization strategies, free-to-play models, premium pricing, battle passes, cosmetic shops, or subscription systems. Use when the user asks about ethical monetization, player-first revenue models, loot box concerns, conversion funnels, or how to make money without destroying the player experience.
Multiplayer Netcode
167LTrigger when designing or implementing multiplayer networking for games, including client-server architecture, peer-to-peer topologies, state synchronization, lag compensation, or rollback netcode. Use for replication, network prediction, authoritative servers, matchmaking, or making online gameplay feel responsive despite latency.
Narrative Design
144LTrigger when designing game narratives, writing branching dialogue, building lore, structuring quests, or crafting environmental storytelling. Use when the user asks about player agency in stories, narrative pacing, dialogue systems, quest design, or how to integrate story with gameplay without cutscene overload.
Pixel Art Sprite Animation
170LTrigger when creating pixel art, animating sprites, designing tilesets, or building visual assets for 2D games with a pixel aesthetic. Use for pixel art techniques, color palette design, sub-pixel animation, sprite sheet organization, tileset design, or achieving expressive character animation within low-resolution constraints.
Player Psychology
231LTrigger when discussing player motivation, engagement frameworks, flow state, habit formation, or social dynamics in games. Use when the user asks about Self-Determination Theory, Bartle types, why players keep playing, how to design for different player types, accessibility, or the psychology behind fun.
Playtesting
297LTrigger when planning playtests, designing feedback collection methods, analyzing playtest data, or iterating based on test results. Use when the user asks about blind testing, observation techniques, metrics tracking, QA integration, test protocols, or how to turn player feedback into actionable design changes.
Procedural Generation
165LTrigger when designing or implementing procedural generation for games, including terrain, dungeons, loot, quests, or content generated algorithmically at runtime or build time. Use for noise functions, wave function collapse, L-systems, grammar-based generation, seeded randomness, or making generated content feel handcrafted.
Systems Design
223LTrigger when designing interconnected game systems such as crafting, skill trees, inventory management, combat systems, AI behavior, or simulation mechanics. Use when the user asks about how systems interact, emergent complexity, system coupling, or how to build deep gameplay from simple interacting rules.
Unity Development
165LTrigger when developing games in Unity, writing C# gameplay scripts, setting up scenes and prefabs, configuring physics, or building editor tools. Use for Unity project structure, MonoBehaviour lifecycle, ScriptableObjects, asset pipelines, or performance profiling within the Unity engine.
Unreal Development
169LTrigger when developing games in Unreal Engine, working with Blueprints or C++ gameplay code, configuring materials and rendering, or building levels with the Unreal editor. Use for Unreal project architecture, Gameplay Ability System, Niagara particles, Nanite, Lumen, or cross-platform packaging.
World Building
217LTrigger when building game worlds, creating lore systems, designing cultures or factions, establishing geography and history, or developing world bibles. Use when the user asks about environmental narrative, iceberg theory, faction design, consistency in fictional worlds, or how to build a world that feels lived-in and believable.
Esports and Competitive Game Design
67LExpert guidance on designing competitive games and building esports ecosystems including ranked systems, spectator tools, tournament infrastructure, anti-cheat, and competitive integrity
Game Community Management
76LExpert community management for games covering Discord operations, Steam forum management, player relations, crisis communication, moderation, and building healthy player communities
Game Localization
67LComprehensive game localization covering text translation, CJK and RTL support, voice localization, cultural adaptation, UI flexibility, and internationalization engineering
Game Marketing
69LStrategic game marketing covering community building, wishlist optimization, trailer production, influencer relations, launch campaigns, and long-tail visibility
Game Porting
68LExpert guidance on porting games between platforms covering PC, console, and mobile adaptation, performance optimization, input remapping, platform-specific features, and cross-platform architecture
Game Production Management
69LExpert game production management covering scheduling, milestone planning, team coordination, risk management, and shipping titles on time and on budget
Game Publishing
67LExpert guidance on working with publishers, platform submission processes, certification requirements, distribution deals, and navigating the business of shipping games
Game QA Testing
69LComprehensive game QA methodology covering test planning, bug tracking, regression testing, automation, compliance testing, and shipping quality software
Indie Game Development
68LPractical guidance for solo developers and small teams covering scoping, prototyping, wearing multiple hats, sustainable development practices, funding, and shipping on limited resources
Live Service Operations
68LExpert guidance on games-as-a-service operations including season passes, content drops, live events, monetization, player retention, and sustaining a game over years
Commercial Real Estate
313LUse this skill for commercial real estate questions covering office, retail, industrial, and multifamily asset classes. Triggers include "commercial real estate," "CRE," "NNN lease," "triple net," "gross lease," "tenant improvement," "CAM charges," "commercial valuation," and "commercial property." Activate for lease structure analysis, tenant evaluation, and commercial asset underwriting.
House Flipping
336LUse this skill for fix-and-flip real estate strategy including ARV calculations, renovation budgeting, contractor management, the 70% rule, deal sourcing, and timeline management. Triggers include "house flipping," "fix and flip," "ARV," "after repair value," "renovation," "rehab," "contractor," "70% rule," and "flip." Activate for any question about buying, renovating, and reselling residential properties for profit.
Investment Analysis
261LUse this skill when analyzing real estate investment opportunities, calculating cap rates, cash-on-cash returns, IRR, or NOI. Triggers include deal evaluation, pro forma modeling, investment property analysis, market comparisons, and return calculation. Activate when users mention "investment analysis," "cap rate," "cash flow," "deal analysis," or "pro forma."
Market Analysis Re
357LUse this skill for real estate market analysis including supply/demand dynamics, demographic analysis, comparable sales, rent surveys, and market cycle identification. Triggers include "market analysis," "real estate market," "comps," "comparable sales," "rent survey," "market cycle," "supply and demand," "absorption rate," and "emerging market." Activate for any question about evaluating a real estate market or submarket.
Property Management
301LUse this skill for property management operations including tenant screening, lease management, maintenance coordination, rent collection, and vacancy reduction. Triggers include "property management," "tenant screening," "lease agreement," "maintenance request," "rent collection," "eviction," and "vacancy." Activate for any landlord operational question.
Proptech
429LUse this skill for property technology questions including RE tech stacks, virtual tours, smart building technology, property data analytics, marketplace platforms, and construction technology. Triggers include "proptech," "property technology," "smart building," "virtual tour," "RE data analytics," "real estate software," "construction tech," "contech," "property data," and "RE marketplace." Activate for any question about technology applications in real estate.
Real Estate Development
308LUse this skill for real estate development questions including site selection, feasibility studies, zoning and entitlements, construction management, and development pro formas. Triggers include "development," "ground-up construction," "entitlements," "zoning," "feasibility study," "site plan," and "construction budget." Activate for any question about building or developing real estate from the ground up or major redevelopment.
Real Estate Financing
353LUse this skill for real estate financing questions including mortgage types, commercial lending, DSCR loans, LTV analysis, creative financing, syndication structures, and refinancing strategies. Triggers include "financing," "mortgage," "DSCR," "LTV," "syndication," "private money," "hard money," "refinance," "loan," and "creative financing." Activate for any RE capital structure or lending question.
Real Estate Investment
120LEvaluate and analyze real estate investment opportunities using financial metrics, market analysis, and risk assessment frameworks. Use this skill when the user asks about investing in property, analyzing rental yields, evaluating real estate deals, house flipping economics, commercial real estate analysis, or wants guidance on property investment strategy and due diligence.
Real Estate Negotiation
377LUse this skill for real estate negotiation tactics including purchase agreements, contingency strategies, seller motivation assessment, multiple offer handling, creative deal structures, and wholesaling. Triggers include "negotiation," "purchase agreement," "contingency," "offer," "seller motivation," "wholesale," "creative deal," "assignment," "subject to," and "deal structure." Activate for any question about negotiating real estate transactions.
Rental Strategy
341LUse this skill for rental property strategy including long-term and short-term rental optimization, Airbnb/VRBO management, rental pricing, tenant retention, cash flow analysis, and portfolio scaling. Triggers include "rental property," "rental strategy," "Airbnb," "short-term rental," "cash flow," "tenant retention," "rental portfolio," "VRBO," "STR," and "long-term rental." Activate for any question about building or optimizing a rental property business.
Carbon Accounting
384LUse this skill when measuring carbon footprints, calculating Scope 1/2/3 emissions, applying the GHG Protocol, selecting carbon accounting tools, or setting emissions reduction targets. Trigger keywords include carbon footprint, greenhouse gas inventory, science-based targets, SBTi, emission factors, and decarbonization baseline.
Circular Economy
354LUse this skill when designing circular economy strategies, rethinking product lifecycles, developing waste reduction programs, or building circular business models. Trigger keywords include circular design, cradle-to-cradle, product-as-a-service, waste hierarchy, material flow analysis, extended producer responsibility, and upcycling.
Climate Risk
422LUse this skill when conducting climate risk assessments, analyzing physical vs transition risks, performing scenario analysis, building climate resilience plans, or preparing TCFD-aligned climate disclosures. Trigger keywords include climate risk, scenario analysis, physical risk, transition risk, stranded assets, climate resilience, adaptation strategy, and TCFD disclosure.
DEI Social Impact
404LUse this skill when working on the social pillar of ESG, developing diversity and inclusion metrics, designing community engagement programs, conducting human rights due diligence, or measuring social impact. Trigger keywords include DEI metrics, social impact, S-pillar, human rights due diligence, community engagement, social license, pay equity, diversity reporting, and workforce wellbeing.
ESG Strategy
288LUse this skill when developing ESG strategy, conducting materiality assessments, selecting ESG frameworks (GRI, SASB, TCFD, ISSB), or integrating sustainability into business strategy. Trigger keywords include ESG roadmap, stakeholder engagement, materiality matrix, double materiality, ESG governance, and sustainability strategy.
Green Finance
364LUse this skill when working with green bonds, sustainable investing, ESG integration in investment decisions, impact investing, green loans, or climate risk assessment for financial portfolios. Trigger keywords include green bond, sustainable finance, ESG investing, impact fund, climate risk, TCFD recommendations, taxonomy alignment, and financed emissions.
Impact Measurement
429LUse this skill when measuring social or environmental impact, building theories of change, selecting impact metrics and indicators, calculating social return on investment, or preparing impact reports. Trigger keywords include impact measurement, theory of change, IRIS+ indicators, SROI, impact-washing, impact framework, logic model, and outcome measurement.
Net Zero Planning
451LUse this skill when developing net zero strategies, building decarbonization pathways, evaluating renewable energy procurement options, assessing carbon offsets vs insetting, or setting interim reduction targets. Trigger keywords include net zero, decarbonization, renewable energy, energy efficiency, carbon offsets, carbon removal, insetting, net zero roadmap, and interim targets.
Sustainability Reporting
353LUse this skill when preparing sustainability or ESG reports, navigating GRI Standards, complying with CSRD/ESRS, building data collection systems, or comparing reporting frameworks. Trigger keywords include sustainability report, GRI disclosures, CSRD compliance, integrated reporting, materiality matrix, ESG data verification, and assurance readiness.
Sustainable Supply Chain
360LUse this skill when managing sustainable supply chains, assessing supplier ESG performance, implementing ethical sourcing programs, ensuring supply chain transparency, or calculating Scope 3 supply chain emissions. Trigger keywords include supplier assessment, ethical sourcing, supply chain due diligence, modern slavery, conflict minerals, supply chain traceability, and responsible procurement.
Client Acquisition
276LUse this skill when advising on finding freelance clients, building a client pipeline, or developing outreach strategies. Trigger keywords include client acquisition, finding clients, freelance outreach, inbound leads, referral systems, Upwork strategy, Toptal, direct clients, cold outreach, and freelance marketing.
Client Management
386LUse this skill when advising on managing freelance client relationships, setting expectations, handling difficult clients, or maintaining long-term accounts. Trigger keywords include client management, client communication, difficult clients, expectation setting, scope management, client retention, and client boundaries.
Freelance Contracts
425LUse this skill when advising on freelance contracts, payment terms, intellectual property ownership, or legal protections for independent contractors. Trigger keywords include freelance contract, SOW, MSA, payment terms, kill fee, IP ownership, NDA, liability, late payment, dispute resolution, and contract template.
Freelance Finances
367LUse this skill when advising on freelance financial management, taxes, invoicing, business entity selection, or retirement planning for self-employed professionals. Trigger keywords include freelance finances, quarterly taxes, self-employment tax, invoicing, expense tracking, emergency fund, LLC, S-Corp, retirement, and freelance bookkeeping.
Freelance Pricing
326LUse this skill when advising on freelance pricing strategies, rate setting, value-based pricing, retainer structures, or handling scope creep. Trigger keywords include pricing, rates, hourly vs project, value-based pricing, retainer pricing, scope creep, price increase, packaging services, and freelance revenue.
Job Hunter
133LStrategic job hunting methodology that treats the job search as a sales process rather than a lottery. Covers company research, contact discovery, material customization, multi-channel outreach, and follow-up cadence.