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

01

Fighting Virus

unity · solo · design, code, art

Your PC has a virus and tech support is ten minutes away. Find the password before the files are gone.

in progress · video
02

PC vs. Virus

analog · 2 players · 54 tiles

A hacker's virus spreads through red wires; you hunt it down the blue ones. Every tile you place has to keep the circuit legal.

playable · printed
03

Where Abandoned Ideas Go

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
04

Untitled Horror Game

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
05

Morning Routine

snap · solo · 2024

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

printed · playable
A black sky with flat white shards floating above a white ground

Seeds

They almost look… flat. Ideas that haven't become games yet: a bow that fires the words you say, a kitchen where none of the ingredients are yours, a scope that only shows the future as riddles.

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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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