Team Combat

When this skill is invoked, orchestrate the combat team through a structured pipeline.

Team Composition

• game-designer — Design the mechanic, define formulas and edge cases
• gameplay-programmer — Implement the core gameplay code
• ai-programmer — Implement NPC/enemy AI behavior for the feature
• technical-artist — Create VFX, shader effects, and visual feedback
• sound-designer — Define audio events, impact sounds, and ambient combat audio
• qa-tester — Write test cases and validate the implementation

How to Delegate

Use the Task tool to spawn each team member as a subagent:

• subagent_type: game-designer — Design the mechanic, define formulas and edge cases
• subagent_type: gameplay-programmer — Implement the core gameplay code
• subagent_type: ai-programmer — Implement NPC/enemy AI behavior
• subagent_type: technical-artist — Create VFX, shader effects, visual feedback
• subagent_type: sound-designer — Define audio events, impact sounds, ambient audio
• subagent_type: qa-tester — Write test cases and validate implementation

Always provide full context in each agent's prompt (design doc path, relevant code files, constraints). Launch independent agents in parallel where the pipeline allows it (e.g., Phase 3 agents can run simultaneously).

Pipeline

Phase 1: Design

Delegate to game-designer:

• Create or update the design document in design/gdd/ covering: mechanic overview, player fantasy, detailed rules, formulas with variable definitions, edge cases, dependencies, tuning knobs with safe ranges, and acceptance criteria
• Output: completed design document

Phase 2: Architecture

Delegate to gameplay-programmer (with ai-programmer if AI is involved):

• Review the design document
• Design the code architecture: class structure, interfaces, data flow
• Identify integration points with existing systems
• Output: architecture sketch with file list and interface definitions

Phase 3: Implementation (parallel where possible)

Delegate in parallel:

• gameplay-programmer: Implement core combat mechanic code
• ai-programmer: Implement AI behaviors (if the feature involves NPC reactions)
• technical-artist: Create VFX and shader effects
• sound-designer: Define audio event list and mixing notes

Phase 4: Integration

• Wire together gameplay code, AI, VFX, and audio
• Ensure all tuning knobs are exposed and data-driven
• Verify the feature works with existing combat systems

Phase 5: Validation

Delegate to qa-tester:

• Write test cases from the acceptance criteria
• Test all edge cases documented in the design
• Verify performance impact is within budget
• File bug reports for any issues found

Phase 6: Sign-off

• Collect results from all team members
• Report feature status: COMPLETE / NEEDS WORK / BLOCKED
• List any outstanding issues and their assigned owners

Output

A summary report covering: design completion status, implementation status per team member, test results, and any open issues.