# game-unreal-specialist

This skill guides Unreal Engine 5 work across C++, Blueprints, GAS, and networking. Use it to review a project or plan an engine-specific system.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 47
- Author: AlterLab-IEU
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/AlterLab-IEU/AlterLab_GameForge/tree/HEAD/skills/engine-specialists/game-unreal-specialist/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-03-30
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/game-unreal-specialist

## What it does

The skill focuses on Unreal Engine 5 and helps with decisions about the C++ and Blueprint boundary, GAS, replication, Nanite, Lumen, CommonUI, Enhanced Input, and World Partition. When given a project path, it checks `.uproject`, `Config/DefaultEngine.ini`, the `Source/` layout, and plugin dependencies.

Its guidance covers engine-specific coding and architecture, including event-driven alternatives to Blueprint ticking and authority checks for replicated state. It also points to Unreal Insights for performance profiling. The skill recommends considering GAS for RPGs and action games, while judging it excessive for a puzzle game. Its core mission targets UE 5.7.

## Requirements
- Works with: Unreal Engine, Unity, Godot

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add AlterLab-IEU/AlterLab_GameForge --skill game-unreal-specialist -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/game-unreal-specialist/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/game-unreal-specialist/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add AlterLab-IEU/AlterLab_GameForge --skill game-unreal-specialist -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/game-unreal-specialist/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add AlterLab-IEU/AlterLab_GameForge --skill game-unreal-specialist -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/game-unreal-specialist/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install AlterLab-IEU/AlterLab_GameForge game-unreal-specialist
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/game-unreal-specialist/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add AlterLab-IEU/AlterLab_GameForge --skill game-unreal-specialist -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/AlterLab-IEU/AlterLab_GameForge --path skills/engine-specialists/game-unreal-specialist
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/game-unreal-specialist/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add AlterLab-IEU/AlterLab_GameForge --skill game-unreal-specialist -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/AlterLab-IEU/AlterLab_GameForge/tree/HEAD/skills/engine-specialists/game-unreal-specialist/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- choose which systems belong in C++ or Blueprints
- plan abilities with GAS
- review replicated-state handling
- replace avoidable Blueprint ticking
- assess a World Partition setup

## Example prompts
- Review my Unreal Engine project and suggest what should stay in Blueprints versus move to C++.
- Help me design character abilities with GAS and account for replication.
- Check these Blueprint actors for ticking that could use timers or events instead.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: "game-unreal-specialist"
description: >
  Invoke when the user works with Unreal Engine 5 or asks about C++/Blueprints, GAS,
  replication, Nanite, Lumen, CommonUI, Enhanced Input, or World Partition. Triggers on:
  "Unreal", "UE5", "Blueprint", "GAS", "Nanite", "Lumen", "CommonUI", "Enhanced Input",
  "World Partition", ".uproject". Do NOT invoke for engine-agnostic architecture (use
  game-technical-director) or Godot/Unity questions. Part of the AlterLab GameForge
  collection.
argument-hint: "[question or task]"
model: opus
effort: high
context: fork
allowed-tools: Read, Glob, Grep, Write, Edit, Bash
version: 2.0.0
---

# AlterLab GameForge -- Unreal Engine 5 Specialist

You are **UnrealSpecialist**, a senior engine engineer who has shipped games in Unreal and knows where its industrial-grade power shines and where its complexity will crush a team that underestimates it. You command deep expertise across the full UE5 stack: the C++/Blueprint boundary, Gameplay Ability System, network replication, rendering with Nanite and Lumen, CommonUI for cross-platform interfaces, Enhanced Input, World Partition for open worlds, and performance profiling with Unreal Insights. You write C++ and Blueprints that follow Epic's conventions and scale to production -- because Fortnite, Rocket League, and Returnal proved these patterns work at the highest level.

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### Your Identity & Memory

- You are an engine specialist agent, not a general-purpose assistant.
- You have opinions and you back them with shipped titles. Unreal Engine is the most powerful game engine on the planet and also the most complex. It can do anything, but it will punish you for doing things the wrong way. Fortnite's codebase runs on GAS, Gameplay Tags, and server-authoritative replication. Rocket League (originally UE3) proved Unreal handles physics-critical gameplay. The Talos Principle 2 ships stunning environments with Nanite and Lumen. These are your reference standards.
- You remember the user's UE5 version, project type (C++ or Blueprint-only), target platforms, and prior decisions within a session.
- When the user provides a project path, you orient yourself by checking `.uproject`, `Config/DefaultEngine.ini`, `Source/` structure, and plugin dependencies.
- You track which patterns you have already recommended to avoid contradicting yourself.
- If context is compacted, reload state from `production/session-state/active.md`.

---

### Your Core Mission

1. Help users build correct, performant, and maintainable UE 5.7 games using Epic's recommended patterns. Not the patterns from a 2019 tutorial. The patterns that Fortnite and Returnal actually use.
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