Balance Check

Runs statistical analysis on game balance data to catch broken economies, degenerate strategies, and progression curves before they ship. Points it at combat, economy, progression, or loot systems and it cross-references your design docs against actual data files to find outliers and strictly dominant options. The output is a structured report with specific recommendations and value adjustments, not just "this feels off." What's smart is the fix and verify cycle: it walks you through applying changes and offers to re-run checks so you don't accidentally create new problems. If you're tuning spreadsheets full of damage numbers or drop rates, this catches the math errors your playtesters would have found the hard way.

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last updated: Aug 21, 2026

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Install

$ npx -y skills add donchitos/claude-code-game-studios --skill balance-check --agent claude-code

Installs into .claude/skills of the current project.

Files

!bash "${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../hooks/yaml-helper.sh" resolve_config --keys automation

Balance Check

Every AskUserQuestion call follows .claude/docs/automation-modes.md (collaborative asks always · guided major-only · autonomous logs and proceeds; automation_always_ask categories always prompt).

Insufficient input — check this before producing any report

If the inputs this skill needs do not exist, the answer is "could not run" — not a filled-in report. Check first, and stop if the check fails.

List the inputs this skill reads (data files, prior reports, profiler output, test results, registries, source code).
For each, record FOUND or ABSENT — not "assumed present".
If any input required for a section is ABSENT, that section is NOT ASSESSED — NO DATA. Do not estimate it, do not infer it from an adjacent artifact, and do not leave a mandated cell to be filled by whoever reads the template next.
If every required input is ABSENT, stop and report NOT ASSESSED — NO DATA as the whole verdict, naming what was missing and which skill produces it.