BMad Game Dev Studio

BMGD brings BMad's structured development to game development. Create working prototypes quickly in Unity, Unreal, Godot—or any engine you choose.

About BMGD

BMad Game Dev Studio (BMGD) adapts the BMad Method framework for game development. Developed by game industry veterans, BMGD guides you through product research, technical design, narrative design, and a full epic-driven production cycle.

Supported Engines

BMGD has first-class support for:

• Unity — C# scripting, industry-standard for many game types
• Unreal Engine — Blueprint and C++, AAA powerhouse
• Godot — Open-source, GDScript, rapidly growing

But you're not limited to these—BMGD works with any platform, from pure C to custom engines.

What You Can Create

BMGD supports 21 game types, including:

Genre	Examples
Action	Platformers, shooters, hack-and-slash
RPG	Action RPG, tactical RPG, dungeon crawlers
Strategy	Turn-based, RTS, tower defense
Simulation	Life sim, tycoon, management
Adventure	Visual novels, point-and-click, walking simulators
And more...	Survival, horror, puzzle, racing, etc.

What BMGD Does

• Product Research — Market analysis, competitor research, positioning
• Game Design Document — Comprehensive GDD with mechanics, progression, and balance
• Narrative Design — Story structure, characters, dialogue, world-building
• Technical Architecture — Engine patterns, performance considerations
• Production Planning — Epic-driven sprints, story tracking, retrospectives
• Quick Prototyping — Skip the planning, jump straight into building

What BMGD Doesn't Do

BMGD works with coding agents like Claude Code, Cursor, or GitHub Copilot—but it can't create everything:

• Art assets (models, textures, sprites)
• Animations
• Music and sound effects
• Full game implementation from scratch

Think of BMGD as your senior game dev colleague—not a replacement for your entire team.

Installation

BMGD is installed as a module during BMad Method setup:

npx bmad-method install

Select Game Dev Studio from the modules list.

Just a heads-up: if you’re only using Game Dev Studio (GDS), you don’t need to install the main BMM module. GDS runs on its own, but BMM gets updated more often, so you might want to use its workflows—they work together nicely!

Quick Start

After installing, run from your project root:

/bmad-help          # Get guided help for game development
/bmgd-quick-dev     # Jump straight into prototyping
/bmgd-gdd           # Create a Game Design Document
/bmgd-narrative     # Design your game's story

Two Ways to Work

Approach	When to Use	Workflow
Quick Flow	Rapid prototyping, small projects	/bmgd-quick-dev
Full Production	Full games, teams, long-term	/bmad-help for guided path

Example: Starting a New Game

You: /bmad-help
BMGD: What kind of game are you making?
You: A tactical sci-fi RPG
BMGD: Great choice! Here's what I recommend...
    [Guides you through genre-specific planning]
    [Helps select appropriate workflows]

Documentation

BMad Game Dev Studio Documentation — Tutorials, how-to guides, and reference

• Getting Started
• BMad Method Docs — Core framework documentation

Community

• Discord — Get help from other game devs
• YouTube — Tutorials, master class, and more
• X / Twitter
• Website
• GitHub Issues — Report bugs

Support BMad

BMad is free for everyone and always will be. Star this repo, buy me a coffee, or email contact@bmadcode.com for corporate sponsorship.

License

MIT License — see LICENSE for details.

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BMad Game Dev Studio — Part of the BMad Method ecosystem.

See CONTRIBUTORS.md for contributor information.

If you can dream it, you can build it.