What Kinds of Games and Experiments Are on zitaoye's itch.io Page?

The zitaoye page on itch.io is a personal portfolio of small experimental games and prototypes by a developer who describes themselves as “trying to from crazy to artistic.” Most works are short, browser-playable experiments tied to game jams, art themes, or personal expression—zen-like meditation games, poetry and calligraphy pieces, photography-collage experiments, visual novels, rhythm games, and timer prototypes. It is worth browsing if you are interested in artistic, conceptual, or jam-made games rather than polished commercial titles.

Main categories of work

Zen and meditation experiments

• 无 (Nothing) — described as a zen-like meditation game experiment.
• Sword Zen 劍入禪境 [GGJ 2021] — a sound-based zen-like experimental action game made for Global Game Jam 2021.

Poetry, calligraphy, and art themes

• 写首诗吧! (Make a Poem) — a NExT Studios Gameplus Project EP1 piece about making a poem.
• 書 shū — a game about Chinese calligraphy and painting.
• Hockney's Photo — a special photography-collage inspired by David Hockney.
• poem-plant — a simple pnp (print-and-play) game prototype.
• 32768 Parties — a small choices-maker game inspired by an Oulipo-style poem by btr.

Personal and philosophical pieces

• bipolar — a simple representation of the developer's bipolar disorder.
• 时间的形状 (The Shape of Time, Remake) — an experimental philosophical game about time.
• The Mnemosyne [0096] — an image-narrative game about Mnemosyne, made for Global Game Jam 2020.
• El Hacedor — a game about line and time (2018).

Game Jam prototypes and small action games

• C(8,3) [0090] — a playable music game album from NExT Game Jam 2019.
• A Broken Car Creature — a gameplay prototype from GMTK Jam 2020.
• GIF Yesterday Once More 昨日重现 — a simple action kids game from GGJ NEXT 2021.
• HeartBeats [0042] — a Ludum Dare #46 entry under the theme “Keep it Alive.”
• Corgi And Cat [0007] — a very simple board-style funny game.
• Hold The Button [0004] — a small solo game jam entry for LD44.
• S E E K [0031] — a CiGA Game Jam work from Shanghai (2019).
• CATCH THE ENERY! — a Ludum Dare 39 solo prototype.
• Burst Boy 炸裂男孩 — a NextJam project with colleagues (2017).
• Boomgie & Woomgie — a co-battle game about space and time (2017).
• Shaman's Dance — a GGJ 2016 entry from Xiamen, China.

Timer and narrative prototypes

• 罅隙 XIA XI — a timer prototype from CiGA JAM 2020.
• Mini-Peer [0092] — a narrative timer prototype.
• 回 声 SOUND RETURN — an interactive web piece about sound puzzles from CGJ 2021.

Visual novels and interactive fiction

• Visual Novel Experiments — grouped under a visual novel category alongside The Mnemosyne and Mini-Peer.
• 32768 Parties — listed as interactive fiction.

Earlier works (before 2019.4)

• IN THE BOX 窄门 — a walking simulator and virtual museum about Hong Kong culture (2017).
• 寻找冯梦波 (In Search of Feng Mengbo) — a prototype for the PSA Emerging Curators Project 2020.

How to decide whether to browse

Many titles are marked “Play in browser,” so you can try them without downloading. The page also has an “Experiments” section and a “Before 2019.4” archive, making it easy to separate recent jam work from older projects. If you enjoy short, concept-driven games from the indie jam scene, this page offers a compact sample of that style.