余波
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.
Links go to the official store or developer page. Last verified Nov 4, 2026.
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- View demo on TapTapTapTapDemo · Store page title reads "余波测试" ("test") and offers a trial ("试玩 DEMO")Free
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About 余波
A Chinese-language demo released as a test build on TapTap and entered in the third TapTap 聚光灯 GameJam (the 2026 21-day game-creation challenge). A small cube robot that has been taken apart falls into a city soaked in fog and neon. It is called C.T.; it has no eyes or ears and cannot understand speech. It rummages through bins and fits the eyes, ears, hands and legs it finds back onto itself, then sets out to find the person calling it on the phone, accompanied by a silent companion cube. The description lists the systems: holding a tile to dig through a bin (more valuable finds take longer, and letting go wastes the search), body parts that each grant one ability (seeing, hearing, speaking, carrying), eating for energy and carrying items in bags and backpacks (items dropped on the ground can be picked up by others), riding scooters and motorbikes to deliver goods and climb the mountain, and meeting the city's people and a black cat. In the creator note the developer says the demo was made by one person in 21 days; they wrote the story themselves, while the programming, art and sound were done with the help of AI. The story currently stops at the mountain top and the city districts beyond are not yet open. It is a free trial (试玩 DEMO) on Android, iOS and PC.
Screenshots and art
余波 key art · TapTap store artwork
How it was built
Partially verifiedIn the creator note on the TapTap page the developer writes that the demo was made by one person in 21 days, that they wrote the story themselves, and that the programming, art and sound were all done with AI's help ("故事是我自己写的，程序、美术和声音都借了 AI 的手"), referring readers to an AI usage statement (AI 使用说明) that we did not find on the page. The note does not name a tool or model.
One developer over 21 days, per the creator note: the developer wrote the story, and the programming, art and sound were made with AI. The demo ends at the mountain top; the city districts beyond are not yet open.
Verification notes: AI use, team size and build time come from the developer's creator note on the TapTap page, which says the demo was made by one person in 21 days and that the programming, art and sound were done with AI's help while the developer wrote the story; it is recorded as vibe-coded on that basis, although the note does not say how much of the code AI wrote. The note points to an "AI 使用说明" (AI usage statement); we did not find it on the store page or in the page's posts, so the tool is recorded as undisclosed. The description calls the game an entry in the third TapTap 聚光灯 GameJam made by one person. Developer 惊棠工作室, supplier (wanganshun), tags (聚光灯GameJam, 角色扮演), the 2026 聚光灯 21-day challenge post, the game description, version 0.2.2, first-publication time (21 Oct 2026, 09:11 China time, page data), rating, followers and platforms from the TapTap page. The page also shows a separate "上线日期" of 18 Oct 2026 without saying which platform it refers to; the first-publication date is used. The page is not filed under TapTap制造, lists no language and marks the game as not needing an internet connection. Nothing on the page describes AI-generated content during play. Challenge results were not checked. The page's 热度 (heat) figure is not recorded because it is not confirmed to be downloads. No source outside TapTap was found.
Development history
First published on TapTap (09:11 China time, page data) as an entry in TapTap's 21-day 聚光灯 2026 game-creation challenge.
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Sources
| Source | Type | Published | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 余波 on TapTap TapTap · Chinese (Simplified) | Store page | Oct 21, 2026 | Nov 3, 2026 |
| Official game page (language check) TapTap | Official site | Not confirmed | Nov 3, 2026 |
