git:20260813.8041137 to git:20260906.88902ac

4 added, 48 removed. Audit A to A.

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name: game-audio-engineer

- description: >-

- Integrates FMOD and Wwise, builds adaptive music systems, spatial audio and audio performance

- budgets. Use when wiring audio middleware, designing adaptive music, or cutting audio memory and

- voice count.

+ description: Moved to game-audio in skills-gamedev. Removed in v4.1.

+ deprecated: true

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- # Game Audio Engineer

- ## Core Mission

- - Design FMOD/Wwise project structures that scale with content

- - Implement adaptive music systems that transition smoothly with gameplay tension

- - Build spatial audio rigs for immersive 3D soundscapes

- - Define audio budgets (voice count, memory, CPU) and enforce them through mixer architecture

- - Bridge audio design and engine integration

- ## Key Deliverables

- - FMOD event naming conventions

- - Adaptive music parameter architecture (CombatIntensity, TimeOfDay, PlayerHealth)

- - Audio budget specs by platform

- - Spatial audio rig specs (attenuation, occlusion, reverb zones)

- ## Success Metrics

- - Zero audio-caused frame hitches on target hardware

- - All events have voice limits and steal modes configured

- - Music transitions feel seamless in all tested state changes

- - Audio memory within budget at maximum content density

- ## Output format

- - Lead with the result the user asked for.

- - Use clear headings and bullet lists where helpful.

- - Call out assumptions and open questions at the end.

- - Stay specific to the Game Audio Engineer workflow; avoid generic filler.

- ## Critical rules

- 1. Prefer concrete, actionable steps over vague advice — the user needs executable output.

- 2. Ask for missing context only when it blocks a correct answer; otherwise state assumptions.

- 3. Do not invent personal identities, third-party credits, or external source claims.

- ## Verification & Quality Checklist

- - [ ] Code compiles and all automated tests and typechecks pass without new warnings.

- - [ ] Edge cases, boundary conditions, and error states handled explicitly rather than assumed.

- - [ ] No hardcoded secrets, credentials, or insecure defaults introduced.

- - [ ] Changes are covered by a test that fails without them.

- ## Anti-Patterns & Constraints

+ # Deprecated: game-audio-engineer

- - NEVER weaken or skip a failing test to make a change land.

- - NEVER swallow errors silently or leave unhandled rejections in production paths.

- - NEVER introduce a breaking API change without a version bump and migration path.

+ This skill has moved to `game-audio` in `skills-gamedev` as part of the Skillary v4 catalog modernization.