Is this skill limited to Slay the Spire clones?

While it uses popular genre conventions as a baseline, the logic is flexible enough to accommodate unique resource systems, grid-based combat, or narrative-driven card mechanics.

What is the Deckbuilder Roguelike skill?

It is a specialized domain skill for Claude Code that provides expert-level guidance on designing, balancing, and documenting card-based Roguelike games.

Can I use this for balancing an existing card game?

Yes, the skill includes commands like /balance to check card values against established genre benchmarks for energy efficiency and power scaling.

Does it support different card archetypes?

Absolutely. The framework includes templates for Attacks, Skills, Powers, Status cards, and Curses, each with specific design goals and rarity weights.

Deckbuilder Roguelike Designer

Name: Deckbuilder Roguelike Designer
Author: miles990

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Game Development

Provides a comprehensive framework for designing card-based Roguelike games with balanced mechanics and deep synergy systems.

About

This skill empowers game designers and developers to architect complex 'Slay the Spire' style deckbuilders by providing a structured design methodology. It covers the entire design lifecycle, from defining energy costs and card rarities to establishing enemy intent systems and relic synergies. By utilizing mathematical benchmarks for damage-per-energy ratios and mapping out multi-act difficulty progressions, this skill ensures your game maintains high replayability, meaningful player choices, and consistent mechanical depth.

Key Features

1 GitHub stars
Enemy intent systems and combat loop orchestration patterns
Balanced card rarity distribution and archetype design templates
Standardized energy and resource management framework for card costs
Advanced relic and passive synergy logic implementation
Mathematical balance sheets for damage, block, and status effect scaling

Use Cases

Designing complex synergy trees between items, relics, and character powers
Prototyping new single-player card combat mechanics and keywords
Auditing existing card pools to detect power creep or weak archetypes

About

Key Features

1 GitHub stars
Enemy intent systems and combat loop orchestration patterns
Balanced card rarity distribution and archetype design templates
Standardized energy and resource management framework for card costs
Advanced relic and passive synergy logic implementation
Mathematical balance sheets for damage, block, and status effect scaling

Use Cases

Designing complex synergy trees between items, relics, and character powers
Prototyping new single-player card combat mechanics and keywords
Auditing existing card pools to detect power creep or weak archetypes