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TapTap Spotlight GameJam 2026 Games

TapTap's 2026 Spotlight (聚光灯) 21-day game-creation challenge, theme 涌现 ("emergence"). VibeGameDB lists the entries whose TapTap store page carries this year's challenge banner and whose developer says the game was built with AI.

Key facts · TapTap Spotlight GameJam 2026

Submissions
Oct 1, 2026, 04:00 UTC – Oct 21, 2026, 04:00 UTC
Entries
2,000+ (Count shown on the official jam page on Nov 4, 2026.)
Organiser
TapTap
Theme
涌现
In VibeGameDB
26

Rules

Registration closed 30 September; the creation period ran from 1 October 2026, 12:00 to 21 October, 12:00 (UTC+8). PC, Android, H5 and TapTap Maker games were accepted, with no engine restriction. Jury review and a public play-test began on 25 October; the organiser says the shortlist is due at the end of November and the award ceremony in January 2027. The organiser reports more than 2,000 entries from over 6,000 teams.

Results

The official results have not been announced yet. They will be added here once published.

AI tools named
  • TapTap Maker9
  • Codex3
Engines
  • Godot1

26 entries in VibeGameDB

Only entries with a developer statement that AI wrote the code are listed. Open a game for its sources.

多米诺的子弹工厂 TapTap banner store screenshot
Free demo

多米诺的子弹工厂

Strategy · Casual

A tower-defense factory game on TapTap where you build the line that makes every bullet; the developer says AI wrote all of its code.

Undisclosed AI toolTapTapChinese (Simplified) only
9.3TapTap出头喵游戏

Demo available

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清漪 TapTap banner
Free demo

清漪

Puzzle · Casual

A calm physics match-three puzzle game with 40 two-sided stages and a meditation mode, made for TapTap's 聚光灯 2026 challenge; the developer says they set the rules and direction and handed the work to AI.

Undisclosed AI toolTapTapChinese (Simplified) only
10.0TapTap晓月GAME

Demo available

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爱跳的猪猪 TapTap banner
Free demo

爱跳的猪猪

Action · Casual

A short, easy jumping game on TapTap: a little pig learns charged jumps, double jumps and gliding across eleven grassy stages in search of carrots; a 聚光灯 2026 challenge entry whose developer says AI made all of it.

Undisclosed AI toolTapTapChinese (Simplified) only
10.0TapTap二货猪

Demo available

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井听说 screenshot 1 from the TapTap store page
Free demo

井听说

Adventure

A black-and-white Chinese folklore story in which a reporter's choice of what to print shapes the thing in the well; made alone in 21 days by a coding novice with TapTap Maker.

TapTap MakerTapTapChinese (Simplified) only
10.0TapTap能不能的工作室

Demo available

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周五夜涌现 TapTap banner
Free demo

A short text game on TapTap about the thoughts that surface on a Friday night before sleep, made for TapTap's 聚光灯 2026 challenge; the developer wrote the story and says the art assets and program were generated by AI.

Undisclosed AI toolTapTapChinese (Simplified) only
10.0TapTap赛博维他命制作委员会

Demo available

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星月棋局 TapTap banner
Free demo

星月棋局

Puzzle · Strategy

A black-and-white block-placing puzzle game on TapTap with a board whose edges wrap around, made for TapTap's 聚光灯 2026 challenge; the developer says it was built purely with AI in 12 days for about 70 yuan.

Undisclosed AI toolTapTapChinese (Simplified) only
10.0TapTap喵天意工作室

Demo available

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电子侦探会不会梦见碳基嫌疑人 screenshot 1 from the TapTap store page
Free demo

A light-mystery visual novel in a snowbound mansion; its student team drew and wrote it by hand and did the programming mainly with TapTap Maker for the 聚光灯 2026 challenge.

TapTap MakerTapTapChinese (Simplified) only
9.9TapTap三山的工作室

Demo available

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涌现:留存 screenshot 1 from the TapTap store page
Free demo

A fourth-wall-breaking 2D pixel RPG about a girl in training who starts to notice the player, by four first-time jam developers who built most base systems with TapTap Maker.

TapTap MakerTapTapChinese (Simplified) only
9.9TapTap多模态区

Demo available

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五行残响-2119 screenshot 1 from the TapTap store page
Free demo

五行残响-2119

Action · Card Game

A five-element roguelike action game with a 100-card build system, made for TapTap's 21-day 聚光灯 2026 challenge by a developer who says they cannot code and made it with AI.

TapTap MakerTapTapChinese (Simplified) only
9.7TapTap嘻嘻怪的工作室

Demo available

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余律 screenshot 1 from the TapTap store page
Free demo

余律

Simulation · Casual

A watercolour ecology experiment about emergence: you cannot command the creatures, only leave simple rules on the water; made essentially alone with heavy AI help in TapTap Maker.

TapTap MakerTapTapChinese (Simplified) only
9.7TapTap初阳予葵ヾ的工作室

Demo available

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余波 TapTap banner
Free demo

余波

Adventure · RPG

A one-person 聚光灯 2026 jam demo on TapTap about a broken cube robot rebuilding itself from parts found in bins; the developer wrote the story and says the programming, art and sound were done with AI.

Undisclosed AI toolTapTapChinese (Simplified) only
9.6TapTap惊棠工作室

Demo available

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厨神牌 screenshot 1 from the TapTap store page
Free demo

厨神牌

Card Game · Casual

A card-merging cooking duel made for TapTap's 21-day 聚光灯 2026 challenge; the developer's store text says AI wrote all of its code.

Undisclosed AI toolTapTapChinese (Simplified) only
9.6TapTap海未起明工作室

Demo available

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聚光灯:一起离开 TapTap banner
Free demo

Steer a spotlight through dark, randomly generated courtyards and lead a line of timid little balls to safety; the developer says they did the thinking and Codex did the programming, art and sound.

CodexTapTapChinese (Simplified) only
9.6TapTapCcynzfgm工作室

Demo available

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余烬协议 screenshot 1 from the TapTap store page
Free demo

余烬协议

Puzzle · Strategy

A strategy game that mixes match-3, turn-based battles and implant builds, made with TapTap Maker for TapTap's 21-day 聚光灯 2026 challenge.

TapTap MakerTapTapChinese (Simplified) only
9.6TapTapDOU工作室

Demo available

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猫猫进化:元素涌动 TapTap banner
Free demo

猫猫进化:元素涌动

Strategy · Card Game

A card-strategy civilisation game on TapTap: play element cards to calm shifting terrain and help a village of cats grow; the team's first game developed entirely with AI tools, made for TapTap's 21-day 聚光灯 challenge.

Undisclosed AI toolTapTapChinese (Simplified) only
9.6TapTap笛笛龙游戏工作室

Demo available

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璇玑 screenshot 1 from the TapTap store page
Free demo

璇玑

Puzzle

A box-pushing puzzle about combining Chinese characters, made solo for the 聚光灯 2026 challenge by a developer who planned to build it 100% with AI, mainly TapTap Maker.

TapTap MakerTapTapChinese (Simplified) only
9.3TapTapSeastZhu

Demo available

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艾伊萨节点:编程塔防 TapTap banner
Free demo

A hex-grid tower defence game on TapTap where you cannot attack and instead program your towers by combining rule tags; a 聚光灯 2026 jam demo that its developer says was made entirely in TapTap Maker.

TapTap MakerTapTapChinese (Simplified) only
9.1TapTap禾忧

Demo available

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PETRI TapTap banner
Free demo

PETRI

Simulation

A short deep-space science-fiction game on TapTap: steer microscopic life in a petri dish with beams of light over eight days; a backend programmer made it alone with AI for TapTap's 聚光灯 2026 challenge.

Undisclosed AI toolTapTapChinese (Simplified) only
No ratings yetwindfun

Demo available

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人工 TapTap banner
Free demo

人工

Simulation · Casual

A short life story on TapTap about a freelance illustrator starting out in January 2024, just before the AI boom, who turns everyday moments into inspiration cards; the developer says AI helped write its code and draw its images.

Undisclosed AI toolTapTapChinese (Simplified) only
No ratings yet方寸星旅

Demo available

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击碎心象:我脑袋里的怪东西如玉兰花般涌出 TapTap banner
Free demo

A combat game on TapTap set in an endlessly looping subway carriage, with random skill combinations, 20-plus monsters and four endings; made for TapTap's 聚光灯 2026 challenge, and the developer says GPT wrote all the code.

Undisclosed AI toolTapTapChinese (Simplified) only
No ratings yet聚光灯-SL

Demo available

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失控小工坊 TapTap banner
Free demo

A puzzle game on TapTap: place and rotate small contraptions so a gust of wind rings every wind chime on the same beat; made by 老陈 in collaboration with OpenAI Codex.

CodexTapTapChinese (Simplified) only
No ratings yet云上码术

Demo available

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寻迹之歌 TapTap banner
Free demo

A top-down pixel puzzle game on TapTap in which a rabbit's calls are bent, split and amplified into paths; a three-person jam team says the code was basically all written by AI tools.

Undisclosed AI toolTapTapChinese (Simplified) only
No ratings yetyborin的工作室

Demo available

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投喂一下 TapTap banner
Free demo

投喂一下

Simulation · Casual

A pet-raising and battle game on TapTap: feed and train little sprouts by day, then lead them against monsters at night; the developer's first game jam demo, and the store page says its art, sound, text and program are all AI-generated.

Undisclosed AI toolTapTapChinese (Simplified) only
No ratings yet_用户A的工作室

Demo available

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胞涌:原初汤 TapTap banner
Free demo

胞涌:原初汤

Action · Casual

A simple Roguelike on TapTap about surviving in the primordial soup with 75 free evolution upgrades; by the developer of 第五文明:涌现, who says it was made entirely with AI for TapTap's 聚光灯 2026 challenge.

Undisclosed AI toolTapTapChinese (Simplified) only
No ratings yet像素点独立游戏的工作室

Demo available

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四元工坊 TapTap banner
Free demo

四元工坊

Simulation

A relaxed elemental alchemy simulation with slightly hardcore rules on TapTap, made for the 聚光灯 2026 jam; the team's programmer says all of its code was written by TapTap Maker's agent, while the art was drawn by hand.

TapTap MakerTapTapChinese (Simplified) only
No ratings yet旧世界工作室

Demo available

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微光成群 TapTap banner
Free demo

微光成群

Puzzle · Casual

A gentle puzzle game on TapTap: drag a lantern to gather fireflies and wake six sleeping forests; a university student made it alone in Godot, completing the code with Codex.

CodexTapTapChinese (Simplified) only
No ratings yet暮星工作室

Demo available

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FAQ

What is the TapTap Spotlight GameJam 2026?
TapTap's 2026 Spotlight (聚光灯) 21-day game-creation challenge, theme 涌现 ("emergence"). VibeGameDB lists the entries whose TapTap store page carries this year's challenge banner and whose developer says the game was built with AI.
How many TapTap Spotlight GameJam 2026 games are in VibeGameDB?
26, each with a source for the AI tool used to write its code.
Which AI tool is used most?
TapTap Maker, named for 9 of the 26 games. A game can list more than one tool.