A floating island drawn in black and white with a sign reading Do NOT Enter, under construction
Bandi
This is where my games live. Also the ones that never got finished, the sticks I peel when I'm thinking, and the ideas that haven't decided what they are yet. The sign is real, by the way. I'm still building.
Hand-peeled sticks in a glass vase
the only thing here that isn't drawn

Sticks

BandiI skin sticks. Bark off, with a carving knife, one layer at a time. Most sticks have three layers. The outer one you can be careless with. The inner one is the one you want to keep.
BandiWhile my hands are busy, my head goes quiet, and that's usually when the game ideas show up.
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Games

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Error 404: Your File Has Been Corrupted

one idea, two versions
Fake desktop with pop-upsvideogamesept 2026 · unity · solo · design, code, art

Your PC has a virus and tech support is ten minutes away. You're alone, and the virus doesn't take turns.

in progress · video Printed circuit-tile board mid-gametabletopjune 2026 · analog · 2 players · 54 tiles

Same virus, but now it's a person across the table. Lay circuit tiles; every wire has to stay legal.

playable · printed · trailer
Floating island scene03

Where Abandoned Ideas Go

oct 2025 – now · ren'py · solo · CAS project

A point-and-click visual novel about the place where abandoned games, assets and ideas go. You are looking at it.

under construction Valley level04

Untitled First and Third Person Horror Game

july 2025 · unreal engine 5 · team of 3 · 5 days

Find the weapon before night falls, then survive. I built the level and the spawn system.

playable · video Pixel bedroom05

Morning Routine

2024 · snap! · solo

Get ready for work before the timer runs out. Based on the mornings my mom can't find her phone.

playable Tower defense map06

Tower Defense Tileset

2023 · pixel art · artist

Three themes of 16×16 tiles for a classmate's tower defense game. Every tile drawn separately so they could build any map.

art
A black sky with flat white shards floating above a white ground

Seeds 11 ideas · 0 games · yet

They almost look… flat. Ideas that haven't become games. Each one is a rule I want to see people live inside.

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Bow & ArrowEvery mean thing you say is an arrow you have to draw and shoot yourself. FragmentsYou can only say what you've heard. Foreign KitchenA cooking game where nothing in the kitchen is from your world. The ScopeIt shows the past, then the future, then why prophets speak in riddles. +7 more
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A hand-drawn notice board with a grid

About

BandiStudent game designer in Beijing, class of 2027. I think in rules and I find them with a carving knife. This site is one of my games.
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