Hyperspace Garbage Collection
Hyperspace Garbage Collection casts you as a round cleanup robot drifting through dark cave rooms. Square chunks of trash spill out of glowing warp holes, and each chunk is either blue matter or red antimatter. To leave a room, you push the right kind onto a switch that opens the exit.
It was made for a 2013 game jam, and this copy plays without sound. The game opens right on the page, needs no download, and supports drag-to-steer controls on touch screens. Expect short rooms that reward planning more than quick reflexes.
How to play Hyperspace Garbage Collection
Press start and fly the robot around. It floats with real momentum and can only shove trash that matches its current color. Tap Space or the on-screen button to swap between matter and antimatter.
Each room has a round switch with a thin wire leading to a door. Push trash of the switch's color onto it and the switch grabs the piece and glows. Light every switch wired to a door and the door slides open.
Opposite colors cancel out. If you ram trash of the other color, it blows up. Lasers slice through pieces of their own color, tractor beams carry loose chunks along a track, and any piece that sits too long fades away. There are four chambers, and the later ones need one switch of each color.
Controls
| Action | Keyboard | Mouse | Touch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fly the robot | W A S D or arrow keys | — | Touch and drag toward where you want to go |
| Swap matter and antimatter | Space | Click the button under the game | Tap the button under the game |
| Begin | — | Click start | Tap start |
| Graphics options | — | Click the gear icon | Tap the gear icon |
Tips
- Glance at the ring around the robot before each push. If it is the wrong color, the trash will not budge.
- Something in the way? Switch to the opposite color and crash into it on purpose to clear the path.
- Steer pieces into a tractor beam and let it haul them most of the distance for you.
- Route red chunks around red lasers and blue chunks around blue ones, or they will be cut apart.
- Trash expires quickly, so wait near the warp hole and push a fresh piece straight to the switch.
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Questions
How many levels does Hyperspace Garbage Collection have?
There are four chambers. Opening the last door shows a short ending screen.
Why won't my robot push the trash?
The robot only moves trash that matches its own color. Swap to the other mode with Space or the on-screen button, and the piece will respond.
Does Hyperspace Garbage Collection run on slow computers?
Usually, yes. The gear menu lets you switch off the background, explosions, glow, gradients and trail effects to lighten the load on older laptops and phones.
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