What genres of games does Char make on itch.io?

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Char's itch.io page is a personal collection of browser-playable games and small tools, and the genres on display are broad rather than specialized: puzzle, platformer, strategy, racing, action, and card game all appear, with puzzle and platformer showing up most often. Most titles are short, retro- or arcade-flavored projects, and several are explicitly remakes, homages, or jam entries rather than long commercial releases. If you're looking for one consistent genre, this isn't that kind of page — it's closer to a portfolio of experiments.

Genres represented on the page

The page labels each entry with a genre tag, which makes the spread easy to read:

Genre Examples on the page
Puzzle Tally-Up Tacos, Blue_Elixir, Annalynn MD Lite, Uncanny Cat Golf, Labyrinth Lizard, Modern Modern Chef, Trial By Tile – WAFFLECORE Edition, GIF
Platformer EscapeBoard, Annalynn '16, HATE, Ghoulcel, Infinite Mario 64, Tanuki Defusal Co., Bubble Bobble, Rhythm Blast Cats: Nightmare Demo
Strategy Party Project
Racing Debbie's Diner Derby
Action Dragon March
Card Game New Super Mario Bros. – Picture Poker

A few entries carry genre tags that double as format labels — "GIF," "Run in browser," "PNG," "PNG" — so the tagging isn't purely about gameplay.

Retro and arcade influence

The retro streak runs through the whole page rather than sitting in one corner of it:

  • Bubble Bobble is a PICO-8 version of the 1980s arcade classic.
  • Annalynn '16 is described as the original 2016 prototype returning with new features.
  • Modern Modern Chef is billed as a faithful recreation of a Game Boy classic — "a remake of a remake."
  • New Super Mario Bros. – Picture Poker is a standalone 1–4 player remake of the Picture Poker minigame from the Nintendo DS title.
  • Trial By Tile – WAFFLECORE Edition is a version of the Mario Party 8 minigame, programmed by the page owner.
  • Infinite Mario 64 promises never running out of new Super Mario 64 levels.

So the homage/remake pattern is real, but it's concentrated in platformers and puzzle-adjacent minigames rather than spread evenly across every genre.

Scope: jam prototypes vs. fuller projects

The entries range from quick jam builds to more developed pieces:

  • Labyrinth Lizard is described as "a Zelda-like made for UW-Stout's Spring 2023 Game Jam" — a clear example of a time-boxed prototype.
  • Party Project is tagged as skill-based gameplay and also has a separate "cool tools" entry, a Workshop Board Editor for Party Project, which suggests it's the most developed project on the page.
  • EscapeBoard ("Ride your skateboard and escape the nightmare!") and Debbie's Diner Derby ("Top-down roller-skating food service!") read as small, complete concepts rather than demos.
  • Dragon March is described as "an adventure of love and circuits," and GIF goodbye, doggy as helping your family cope with your death as a ghostly dog — short, premise-driven pieces.

Practical takeaway

If you want to sample the page, start with the genre you already like: puzzle players have the widest choice, platformer fans have the most retro remakes, and Party Project is the entry to check if you want the project with its own editing tools. Almost everything is playable in the browser, so trying a few costs nothing but time.