Delightful's Game Research Starter Pack

Where to look for games industry research: 873 sources across ten markets, cited and free.

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    Do you need an account

    No: the server works without sign-in

    Where to look for games industry research: 873 sources across ten markets, cited and free.

    How to connect

    How to connect Delightful's Game Research Starter Pack to Claude

    The server address to paste into Claude settings:

    https://games.thisisdelightful.com/mcp

    1. Open Claude (claude.ai or the desktop app).
    2. Go to Settings → Connectors.
    3. Click Add custom connector.
    4. Paste the server address copied below into Remote MCP server URL and click Add.
    5. In a chat, click + → Connectors and switch the new connector on.

    Custom connectors are available on Free, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans (Free is limited to one). On Team and Enterprise an organization Owner adds the connector first under Organization settings → Connectors.

    Authorization

    After you click Add, a sign-in window for the service opens. Sign in with your own account and approve access. Claude never sees your password.

    How to connect Delightful's Game Research Starter Pack to ChatGPT

    The server address to paste into ChatGPT settings:

    https://games.thisisdelightful.com/mcp

    1. Open ChatGPT in a browser (chatgpt.com). A Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Edu plan is required.
    2. Turn on developer mode once: Settings → Apps → Advanced settings → Developer mode.
    3. Open Settings → Connectors and click Create.
    4. Fill in the form: Name (anything), Description (one line about what the service does), MCP server URL (copy it below).
    5. Under Authentication choose OAuth if the service requires sign-in, otherwise None. Click Create.
    6. In a new chat open + → Apps/Connectors and enable the connector.

    OpenAI has renamed this section before (Connectors → Apps/Plugins). If the label differs, search settings for "developer mode". On Business/Enterprise workspaces an admin must allow custom connectors first.

    Authorization

    On first use ChatGPT opens the service's sign-in window. Sign in and approve access.

    How to connect Delightful's Game Research Starter Pack to Cursor

    The server address to paste into Cursor settings:

    https://games.thisisdelightful.com/mcp

    Fastest: click Open in Cursor below and confirm the prompt.

    Manually:

    1. In Cursor open Settings → Cursor Settings → MCP and click Add new global MCP server.
    2. Paste the JSON copied below into ~/.cursor/mcp.json (per project: .cursor/mcp.json in the repo root).
    3. Save the file. The server appears in the MCP list; authorize it there if asked.

    Authorization

    If the service needs sign-in, an authorize button appears next to the server in the MCP list.

    Server tool list (6)

    Raw names from tools/list. Only developers need these.

    search_sourcesSearch 923 curated sources on the video games industry: press outlets, trade associations, datasets, analysts, podcasts, books, YouTube channels and communities across 26 markets. Every one was opened and read before it was described, and each result says what it lets you find out, who owns it and what it costs. This answers "where would I look for this?" — it is a directory of sources, not a source of facts, and nothing in it is ranked or scored.
    get_sourceRetrieve one source by its slug, with everything recorded about it. Slugs come back from search_sources and are permanent — the same slug names the same source across releases, so it is what to cite.
    get_marketHow to research one of 10 games markets, and the profile behind it. It opens with before_you_start, the research notes for that market: which national annuals are paid and what is free, which venues are closed or could not be verified, which figures overlap or are published on a basis that will not compare, what a weekly chart does and does not count. Then known_gaps, what the directory does not hold for that market and where to go instead. Then a sourced narrative built from claims that each carry the link they came from, a market-size figure with the basis it was published on, a player-population figure with the definition of who was counted, and where that market's data lives. Only these ten have profiles — for any other market code, search_sources with a market filter is what exists.
    list_trendsThe 37 conversations currently moving the games industry, each with what it is, why it matters, the markets it lands in, its stage, how old the row is, and dated further reading on request. A routing map rather than a synthesis: it names arguments and points at where they are happening, and takes no position on any of them. Filter by market, stage, category or a free-text query; every filter narrows the list and none of them orders it. Rows come 16 to a page: page with offset, or name one by slug to read it with its further reading. This is the fastest-decaying data here — every row is dated, and anything older than about six months needs a refresh.
    get_landscapeThe platform and genre maps. 35 platforms — storefronts, consoles, livestreaming and UGC — with who owns each and where its data lives. 30 genres with definitions, subgenres, example games, and the terms actually used in Chinese, Korean and Japanese. Read the genre map before comparing two datasets: the industry has no shared taxonomy and this records where the vendors disagree.
    search_techniques39 search techniques for games research, each with a query you can paste, what it surfaces and why it works. Includes local-language strategies for researching the Japanese, Korean and Chinese markets without reading the language. Use this before searching the open web on a games question — these are the queries that reach material a plain search buries.