# Level Design

> Design a level that teaches, challenges, and paces the player toward the game's pillars.

- Skill: `tinyhumansai/level-design` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add tinyhumansai/level-design`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/tinyhumansai/level-design/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: tinyhumansai (https://skillmd.com/u/tinyhumansai)
- Updated: 2026-09-22
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/tinyhumansai/level-design

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# Level Design

Lay out a level that teaches a mechanic, tests it, and keeps the player in flow.

## When to use

- A new mechanic needs a space to live in.
- A level plays flat and needs a paced rework.

## Steps

1. **Pick** the one mechanic or beat this level is about.
2. **Introduce** it safely, then complicate it, then test it.
3. **Pace** tension and release across the level's length.
4. **Guide** the player with layout, light, and landmarks.
5. **Block out** the level and note the intended difficulty.

## Output

A level blockout with an annotated beat map — teach, test, reward — and its
target difficulty, following the [[Design pillars]]. Ready to build and test.