Interactive Film Authoring
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Method for writing interactive film and game scripts with branching story trees, state variables, producible nodes, multiple endings and consistent assets.
Compares game concepts for adapting a novel, rules out weak ones with hard vetoes and writes the chosen playable direction to a CONCEPT.md file.
SKILL.md written in Chinese; this summary is our English description.
Install Novel-to-Game Concept Design
$ npx skills add zenstory-ai/novel-to-game --skill game-concept -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install zenstory-ai/novel-to-game game-concept --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/zenstory-ai/novel-to-game.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/game-concept .claude/skills/game-concept && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "game-concept" agent skill from https://github.com/zenstory-ai/novel-to-game/tree/main/skills/game-concept into .claude/skills/game-concept/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "game-concept", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/zenstory-ai/novel-to-game/tree/main/skills/game-conceptType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add zenstory-ai/novel-to-game --skill game-concept -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install zenstory-ai/novel-to-game game-concept --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/zenstory-ai/novel-to-game.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/game-concept .agents/skills/game-concept && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "game-concept" agent skill from https://github.com/zenstory-ai/novel-to-game/tree/main/skills/game-concept into .agents/skills/game-concept/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "game-concept", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add zenstory-ai/novel-to-game --skill game-concept -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install zenstory-ai/novel-to-game game-concept --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/zenstory-ai/novel-to-game.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/game-concept .cursor/skills/game-concept && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "game-concept" agent skill from https://github.com/zenstory-ai/novel-to-game/tree/main/skills/game-concept into .cursor/skills/game-concept/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "game-concept", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/zenstory-ai/novel-to-game.git --path skills/game-concept--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add zenstory-ai/novel-to-game --skill game-concept -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install zenstory-ai/novel-to-game game-concept --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/zenstory-ai/novel-to-game.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/game-concept .gemini/skills/game-concept && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "game-concept" agent skill from https://github.com/zenstory-ai/novel-to-game/tree/main/skills/game-concept into .gemini/skills/game-concept/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "game-concept", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install zenstory-ai/novel-to-game game-conceptInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add zenstory-ai/novel-to-game --skill game-concept -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/zenstory-ai/novel-to-game.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/game-concept .github/skills/game-concept && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "game-concept" agent skill from https://github.com/zenstory-ai/novel-to-game/tree/main/skills/game-concept into .github/skills/game-concept/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "game-concept", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add zenstory-ai/novel-to-game --skill game-concept -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install zenstory-ai/novel-to-game game-concept --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/zenstory-ai/novel-to-game.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/game-concept .opencode/skills/game-concept && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "game-concept" agent skill from https://github.com/zenstory-ai/novel-to-game/tree/main/skills/game-concept into .opencode/skills/game-concept/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "game-concept", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
game-concept- GitHub stars
- 841
- Token cost
- ~423 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 66 words
- Files
- 3 (incl. references)
- Skills in repo
- 7
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
Compares game concepts for adapting a novel, rules out weak ones with hard vetoes and writes the chosen playable direction to a CONCEPT.md file.
- Works in 7 steps: brief 锁定值与开放维度； → 体验承诺及其可观察现象和失败现象； → 紧凑先例说明； → …
- Deciding what game a novel could become
- SKILL.md covers 决策边界, 比较范围, 选择 and 输出
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
The skill decides what kind of game a novel should become. It writes no code, balance tables or level scripts. It needs `SOURCE_BIBLE.md` and `PRODUCT_BRIEF.md` as input and stops with a note about the gap if either is missing, rather than inventing the upstream material. Values the brief has locked, such as platform, audience, rating, length and target market, are inherited as they are.
Only dimensions that are still open get compared, and only directions that show a real trade-off. Candidates are eliminated by the hard vetoes in `references/concept-method.md`, without adding up scores. In `quick` mode the skill picks the direction with the strongest evidence; in `director` mode it recommends one and waits for you. The result is `concepts/CONCEPT.md`, with the experience promise, candidate concept cards, veto results, trade-offs, the player agency contract and the smallest validation questions. Interactive narrative is treated as a full game form.
When your agent uses it
- Deciding what game a novel could become
- Comparing candidate game directions for a book adaptation
- Judging whether a novel suits an interactive story
Example prompts
- “Compare game concepts for my fantasy novel using SOURCE_BIBLE.md and PRODUCT_BRIEF.md.”
- “Pick a playable direction for this book, in director mode so I make the final choice.”
- “Decide whether this novel should become an interactive story or a different kind of game.”
Requirements
- SOURCE_BIBLE.md and PRODUCT_BRIEF.md in the project
Workflow steps
7 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- brief 锁定值与开放维度；
- 体验承诺及其可观察现象和失败现象；
- 紧凑先例说明；
- 候选概念卡：主类型、experienceProfile、借用/拒绝的玩法先例、核心动作与循环、压力、失败、
- 硬否决结果、关键取舍、推荐与选择状态；
- 选定方向的玩家能动性合同、不可妥协体验承诺；
- 最小验证问题与开放问题。
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 03feee9. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Context cost
Novel-to-Game Concept Design loads about 423 tokens when it runs, and up to ~1.2k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 126 tokens; SKILL.md has 66 words of instructions outside code blocks.
Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.
Safety
Auto-check passed
The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.
Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.
SKILL.md
The full file from zenstory-ai/novel-to-game at commit 03feee9, republished under its MIT licence (© zenstory-ai). 66 words, ~423 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/game-concept/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 2 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.- name
- game-concept
- description
- Design game concepts from a novel. From SOURCE_BIBLE and PRODUCT_BRIEF, compare meaningful alternatives on the dimensions still unlocked, then select a playable direction using hard vetoes and explicit trade-offs. Use for what game should this novel become, compare game concepts, choose a game direction for this book, decide whether this novel should become an interactive story. 小说游戏概念设计。根据 SOURCE_BIBLE 与 PRODUCT_BRIEF 比较未锁定维度上的有效替代方案，用硬否决和关键取舍选择可玩方向。用于判断小说适合做成什么游戏、该不该做成互动叙事、比较游戏方案等需求。
游戏概念设计
决定做成什么游戏，不写代码、数值表或逐场关卡脚本。
读取 concept-method.md。输入必须包含 SOURCE_BIBLE.md 与
PRODUCT_BRIEF.md；缺任一项就停止并说明缺口，不代替上游补写。
产物语言由 PRODUCT_BRIEF.md 锁定；未锁定时跟随对话语言，不默认产出中文。
决策边界
直接继承 brief 已锁的平台、输入、受众、分级、时长、目标市场和非目标；发现它们与原作明显冲突 时回总入口修订，不在概念阶段静默改值。原作语言、文化语境、目标市场和界面语言分别处理，不从 其中一个自动推出另一个。
互动叙事是成熟玩法，不因以阅读和对白承载就降低标准；它的动词可以是读局面、追问、比对信息、 表态、隐瞒、交出与承担回响。
概念还要判断验证形态：可用成熟交互语法表达时说明“已有语法 + 原作如何改变它”；核心依赖实时手感、 空间、视线、物理或独特操作时明确走自定义灰盒。不要把文本原型当所有体验的统一前置层，也不要因有 模板可用就让模板替原作决定玩法。
比较范围
先列 brief 的锁定维度和仍开放的维度，只比较能揭示真实取舍的方向，不凑概念数量或差异维度。 仅在方向仍开放时考察可信替代；用户已选定方向或不存在有效替代时说明原因，改为验证该方向的风险， 不重开选择。
选择
先按 concept-method 的硬否决逐个淘汰，不计算总分，再按其比较维度选择。quick 自动选证据最强的
方向；director 只对尚未决定的方向给出推荐并等待用户选择。
输出
生成一个 concepts/CONCEPT.md，只含：
- brief 锁定值与开放维度；
- 体验承诺及其可观察现象和失败现象；
- 紧凑先例说明；
- 候选概念卡：主类型、
experienceProfile、借用/拒绝的玩法先例、核心动作与循环、压力、失败、 世界响应；说明玩家身份如何形成反复行动、执行阻力与可观察变化，不要求独立的固定键名。signature_command按方法「身份专属命令」写值或N/A；最后说明原作张力如何由玩家亲手 enact、 招牌画面、最小验证切片、最大风险和否决观察； - 硬否决结果、关键取舍、推荐与选择状态；
- 选定方向的玩家能动性合同、不可妥协体验承诺；
- 最小验证问题与开放问题。
narrative-led 或 hybrid 的叙事层还要选择一种分支结构语法并说明内容预算。交接前确认选定方向
可在 brief 范围内做成完整切片。
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Files
SKILL.md and 2 other files (references) in skills/game-concept of zenstory-ai/novel-to-game.
- SKILL.md
- agents/openai.yaml
- references/concept-method.md
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 03feee9
Used in 1 other repository
We found 1 copy of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders. This page covers the copy in zenstory-ai/novel-to-game, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.
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What does Novel-to-Game Concept Design do?
Compares game concepts for adapting a novel, rules out weak ones with hard vetoes and writes the chosen playable direction to a CONCEPT.md file. The skill decides what kind of game a novel should become. It writes no code, balance tables or level scripts.
When should I use Novel-to-Game Concept Design?
Novel-to-Game Concept Design fits situations like: deciding what game a novel could become; comparing candidate game directions for a book adaptation; judging whether a novel suits an interactive story.
How do I install Novel-to-Game Concept Design in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add zenstory-ai/novel-to-game --skill game-concept -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/game-concept in zenstory-ai/novel-to-game) into .claude/skills/game-concept in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Novel-to-Game Concept Design in Codex?
Run `npx skills add zenstory-ai/novel-to-game --skill game-concept -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/game-concept in zenstory-ai/novel-to-game) into .agents/skills/game-concept in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Novel-to-Game Concept Design in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add zenstory-ai/novel-to-game --skill game-concept -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/game-concept, .gemini/skills/game-concept, .github/skills/game-concept and .opencode/skills/game-concept in your project.
What does Novel-to-Game Concept Design need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Novel-to-Game Concept Design is instructions for the agent only. Our summary lists: SOURCE_BIBLE.md and PRODUCT_BRIEF.md in the project.
Does Novel-to-Game Concept Design access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Novel-to-Game Concept Design safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.
What licence does Novel-to-Game Concept Design use?
Novel-to-Game Concept Design is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Novel-to-Game Concept Design use?
About 423 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.7k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 735 tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
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Who maintains Novel-to-Game Concept Design?
zenstory-ai (a GitHub organization) maintains it in zenstory-ai/novel-to-game, which has 841 GitHub stars. The repository holds 7 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 3, 2026.
Source: zenstory-ai/novel-to-game on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.