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The Games4Green – Trash Merge is an educational puzzle game designed to teach waste management and recycling through interactive gameplay. Players must merge waste materials to create new, more refined objects, simulating real-world recycling processes.
The game begins with small waste items, such as eggshells, which merge into rotting fruit. As players continue merging, materials progress into paper, electronic waste, glass, and plastic. The ultimate goal is to merge two crushed plastic bottles to create a fully recycled planet, symbolizing the success of a circular economy.
Players must strategically manage space to prevent overflow, ensuring that waste items are merged efficiently. If the jar becomes too crowded, the game ends, reinforcing the real-world challenge of waste accumulation. The mechanics encourage players to think critically about waste reduction, recycling efficiency, and sustainability.
The game is developed using Phaser.io with the Matter.js physics engine, allowing for realistic object collisions, gravity effects, and interactions. Players can control waste item placement and trigger merges to progress through increasingly challenging levels. The game also incorporates HTML and JavaScript-based UI elements, such as a real-time score counter.
By blending engaging mechanics with environmental education, Trash Merge teaches players how small recycling actions contribute to global sustainability efforts. It encourages a mindset shift—viewing waste as a resource rather than trash—and provides an enjoyable way to explore eco-friendly behaviors.
