Sort Drop
A sorting game to catch falling trash and recycling in the right bin
Young, Violet Elizabeth, D'Amore-McKim School Business

SortDrop is a fast-paced recycling sorting game where your reflexes and quick thinking are the only things standing between a clean planet and a litter-covered wasteland. At the bottom of the screen sits your trusty twin-bin unit — a green recycling bin on the left and a brown trash can on the right, locked together and sliding as one. You control the whole contraption with your mouse or arrow keys, gliding it left and right across the ground. Simple enough, right? Not for long. From the top of the screen, items come tumbling down one by one: shiny cans, glass bottles, ripe apples, and crumpled sheets of paper. Each one is headed straight for the ground, and it's your job to position the correct bin underneath before it gets there. Cans and bottles belong in the green recycling bin on the left. Apples and paper belong in the brown trash bin on the right. Slide the unit so the right bin lines up with the falling item — and catch it cleanly. Miss an item entirely and you lose a life. But worse, catch something in the wrong bin and you lose a life too — so paying attention matters as much as moving fast. You only get three lives before the game ends. As you rack up points, the game gets harder. Items fall faster, they spawn more frequently, and you'll need to make split-second decisions about which bin to aim for. Occasionally a glowing speed boost power-up drifts down — catch it with either bin to temporarily turbo-charge your movement speed. The background reacts to your performance too: miss enough items and the sky darkens, the ground turns brown, and litter starts piling up — a satisfying visual reminder of what's at stake.