Use this skill when an operator wants an agent to adapt a source novel into a playable game through a controlled, source-grounded workflow. NovelToGame breaks the work into analysis, concept selection, world and art direction, build planning, implementation, and runtime QA instead of asking a coding agent to improvise the entire adaptation in one prompt.

Invoke this instead of using the product or a general coding agent normally when the task needs repeatable adaptation artifacts: `PRODUCT_BRIEF.md`, a source bible, concept notes, game design, art direction, build brief, playtest notes, and verified run evidence. The workflow is useful when the operator wants to preserve source fidelity while still producing a real playable build.

The scope is novel-to-game adaptation through the upstream seven-skill workflow. It is not a generic game engine, a writing assistant, a static template pack, or a hosted game product listing. Keep the boundary on source-backed adaptation stages, selected target runtime, generated project artifacts, and runtime QA evidence.

Source-backed installer path from the upstream README: `npx skills add worldwonderer/novel-to-game -g -y -a claude-code -s ‘*’`, `npx skills add worldwonderer/novel-to-game -g -y -a codex -s ‘*’`, or the matching Kimi Code target.

Source-backed native plugin paths include Claude Code marketplace installation with `/plugin marketplace add worldwonderer/novel-to-game` and `/plugin install novel-to-game@novel-to-game-skills`, plus Codex plugin installation with `codex plugin marketplace add worldwonderer/novel-to-game` and `codex plugin add novel-to-game@novel-to-game-skills`.

After installation, invoke the orchestrated workflow with `/novel-to-game`, `$novel-to-game`, or the target runtime’s skill command and keep the run bounded to one source text and one target build platform.