Gamecraft Agent Overview

Gamecraft Agent is an AI-powered autonomous coding assistant built directly into the Gamecraft IDE.

Designed specifically for Unity game development, it provides intelligent assistance for building, testing, and deploying games with unprecedented speed and efficiency.

What is Gamecraft Agent?

Gamecraft Agent is a sidebar-based conversational AI that serves as your intelligent coding companion throughout the game development process. Unlike generic coding assistants, Gamecraft Agent has deep, specialized knowledge of Unity's ecosystem, including:

• Unity Scripts: C# MonoBehaviour scripts, ScriptableObjects, and custom tools

• Scene Management: GameObject hierarchies, component configurations, and scene optimization

• Prefab Systems: Prefab creation, variants, and asset management

• Asset Pipeline: Texture settings, audio clips, animations, and asset organization

• Build Systems: Platform-specific builds, optimization, and deployment strategies

Key Features

🤖 Autonomous Code Generation

• Intelligent Script Creation: Generate complete Unity scripts with proper inheritance, serialized fields, and Unity-specific patterns

• Component Integration: Automatically wire up components and references between GameObjects

• Scene and Prefab Understanding: Gamecraft's custom Unity Tilde file format optimizes the AI agent's understanding of your game and ability to create, edit, and improve scenes, prefabs, and other assets

• Performance Optimization: Suggest and implement performance improvements specific to Unity's rendering pipeline

📁 File System Navigation

• Project Structure Understanding: Navigate complex Unity project hierarchies with ease

• Asset Discovery: Quickly locate and reference assets across your project

• Dependency Tracking: Understand relationships between scripts, prefabs, and scenes

🎯 Unity-Specific Intelligence

• Component Knowledge: Deep understanding of Unity's built-in components and their interactions

• Best Practices: Enforce Unity coding conventions and performance best practices

• Platform Awareness: Consider target platform limitations and optimizations

🔧 Real-Time Assistance

• Live Code Analysis: Analyze code as you work and provide immediate feedback

• Error Resolution: Debug Unity-specific errors and compilation issues

• Refactoring Support: Safely restructure code while maintaining Unity references

Interface Layout

Sidebar Panel

The Gamecraft Agent interface is located in the IDE's sidebar and consists of several key areas:

┌──────────────────────────────┐
│        Chat Interface        │
│  ┌─────────────────────────┐ │
│  │ Toolbar  [+][🕓][⚙️][🚪] │ │
│  └─────────────────────────┘ │
│  ┌─────────────────────────┐ │
│  │   Conversation History  │ │
│  │                         │ │
│  │   [User Message]        │ │
│  │   [Agent Response]      │ │
│  │   [Code Edits]          │ │
│  │                         │ │
│  └─────────────────────────┘ │
│                              │
│  ┌─────────────────────────┐ │
│  │     Input Field         │ │
│  │  Type your request...   │ │
│  └─────────────────────────┘ │
│  [Mode]              [✨][➤] │
└──────────────────────────────┘

Toolbar

• + New Task: Open a new task for the agent to work on

• 🕓 History: View previous tasks and re-open if necessary

• ⚙️ Settings: Change the details of how the agent works

• 🚪 Sign In / Out: Easily switch accounts with your team members

Control Bar

• ❓Mode: Select Ask mode to learn or Agent mode to take actions and edit code

• ✨ Enhance Prompt: Improve your prompt using AI

• ➤ Send: Send a message to the agent

How to Use Gamecraft Agent

Getting Started

1. Open the Agent Panel: Click the Gamecraft tab in the right-hand sidebar or use Ctrl+Alt+B (Windows/Linux) or Cmd+Option+B (macOS)

   1. You can also use the Command Palette (Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + P) and search for "Gamecraft: Focus on Gamecraft Agent View"

2. Set Project Context: The agent automatically analyzes your Unity project structure as you go and builds an understanding of your game

3. Start Conversing: Begin with natural language requests about your game development needs

Common Use Cases

Creating New Scripts

"Create a player controller script for a 2D platformer with jump mechanics"

The agent will generate a complete script with:

• Proper component requirements

• Serialized fields for customization

• Unity-specific input handling

• Physics-based movement

Scene Management

"Help me organize my main menu scene with proper UI hierarchy"

The agent can:

• Analyze current scene structure

• Suggest improvements for UI organization

• Create missing GameObjects and components

• Configure Canvas settings appropriately

Debugging Assistance

"My player character is falling through platforms intermittently"

The agent will:

• Analyze collision detection code

• Check physics settings and layer configurations

• Suggest fixes for common Unity physics issues

• Implement solutions directly in your code

Asset Optimization

"Optimize my texture settings for mobile deployment"

The agent can:

• Review current texture import settings

• Suggest platform-specific optimizations

• Batch apply settings across multiple assets

• Estimate performance impact

Best Practices

Effective Communication

• Create Project-Specific Rules: This will improve the context of each request to the agent

• Be Specific: Include details about your game genre, target platform, and specific requirements

• Provide Context: Share relevant existing code or describe your current project structure

• Iterate: Break complex requests into smaller, manageable tasks

Project Organization

• Maintain Structure: Keep your project organized for better agent understanding

• Use Descriptive Names: Clear naming helps the agent understand your intentions

• Document Goals: Share your game's vision and technical requirements

• Commit Often: Commit changes to version control (eg. Git) often to better organize changes

Performance Considerations

• Test Suggestions: Always test agent-generated code in your specific context

• Monitor Performance: Use Unity's profiler to validate optimization suggestions

• Iterate Gradually: Implement changes incrementally for easier debugging

Limitations and Considerations

Current Limitations

• Complex Visual Effects: Advanced shader work may require manual implementation

• Platform-Specific Code: Some native platform integrations need manual coding

• Large Refactoring: Massive codebase changes should be approached incrementally

Security and Privacy

• Code Privacy: Your code remains private and stored on your local machine

• Telemetry: Gamecraft analytics can be disabled for maximum privacy

• Local Processing: Sensitive operations are processed locally when possible

• Data Encryption: All communications are encrypted and secure

Getting Help

Community Support

• Discord Community: Join other developers using Gamecraft Agent Report bugs and request features in our Discord

• Reddit Community: Share your progress and workflows with the community

• Video Tutorials: Visual guides for complex workflows (Coming Soon)

Improve Agent Success

The best way to improve your success while coding with AI assistants is to improve the context provided to the agent in each request. We've provided some resources to help you improve your prompts and improve agent context:

• Understanding Context: The better you understand context, the better context you will provide

• Prompt Engineering Guide: Our hand-crafted guide to improving prompts for AI coding assistants

• Unity Tilde Files: The secret sauce that makes Gamecraft Agent work so well with Unity

Prompting is a Learnable Skill: The more time you spend prompting agents, the better you will get at it

Troubleshooting

Unity Files are Not Compiled to Gamecraft Format (or vice versa)

• Cause: Plugin not properly installed or loaded

• Solution:

  1. Verify the Gamecraft plugin is installed

  2. Ensure the project is open with Unity

  3. If still not working, restart Unity

AI Agent Not Responding

• Cause: Network connectivity or authentication issues

• Solution:

  1. Check your internet connection

  2. Restart Gamecraft

  3. Re-authenticate if prompted

  4. Contact support in Discord if issues persist

Performance Issues

• Cause: Insufficient system resources

• Solution:

  1. Close unnecessary applications

  2. Increase virtual memory/swap space

  3. Consider upgrading RAM if consistently running low on memory

Next Steps

Now that you understand the AI agent, it's time to get started with Gamecraft

1. Unity Tilde Files - Learn about Gamecraft's custom Unity format for improved AI integration

2. Your First Task - Start your first AI-assisted coding session

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Ready to revolutionize your Unity development workflow? Start chatting with Gamecraft Agent and experience the future of AI-assisted game development!