Design Character Development System
This prompt is designed for game developers, narrative designers, and creative teams who want to create a structured character development system for their games. Whether you are building an RPG, action-adventure, or narrative-driven title, character progression is essential for player engagement and immersion. This prompt guides the AI to generate a comprehensive framework that outlines growth mechanics, skills, abilities, emotional arcs, and player-driven choices. By using this prompt, teams can save time in brainstorming, avoid design pitfalls, and create consistent systems that balance gameplay mechanics with storytelling depth. It ensures that characters evolve meaningfully—both in terms of gameplay attributes (skills, stats, upgrades) and narrative (backstory, motivations, relationships). The benefits include streamlined development, innovative progression mechanics, and the ability to align character growth with player expectations. This is particularly useful in multi-disciplinary teams where designers, writers, and developers must collaborate effectively. Ultimately, this prompt helps professionals transform vague ideas into clear, actionable systems that can be integrated directly into a game’s design document or development workflow.
AI Prompt
How to Use
1. Copy the prompt into your AI tool.
2. Replace \[genre/type of game] with the specific style you’re designing for.
3. Specify additional constraints (e.g., "focus on multiplayer," "low-fantasy setting") if needed.
4. Review the AI’s output and refine it by asking for more depth in sections you need expanded.
5. Avoid leaving placeholders blank; the AI works best with clear context.
6. Use the structured output as part of your game design documentation.
Use Cases
Designing RPG character leveling systems
Creating branching character arcs in narrative-driven games
Developing skill trees for action-adventure titles
Balancing player motivation and difficulty curves
Building upgrade and equipment systems
Aligning gameplay mechanics with character growth in story-rich games
Generating design documents for development teams
Pitching a character system to stakeholders or publishers
Pro Tips
Add world-specific details (e.g., magic system, sci-fi technology) for more immersive results.
Ask the AI to generate balancing spreadsheets for progression pacing.
Iterate by focusing separately on mechanics and narrative, then merging them.
Use follow-up prompts like “expand skill tree for endgame progression” to refine.
Avoid overloading the AI with too many unrelated genres at once; focus the request.
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