Solar Trash

Solar Trash is a short, atmospheric clean-up game set in a post-apocalyptic solarpunk future, where restoring the land also restores a forgotten community.

You play as Aspen Zakai, a lone wanderer who stops wandering. On the forgotten hilltop of Blaenderry, you start cleaning because there’s nothing better to do. As you clean, people return, and slowly the world begins to heal.

Featuring a complete and satisfying gameplay loop, adaptive music, dynamic environmental clean-up, and a cast of NPCs who return to the land as you clean, Solar Trash offers a complete narrative experience in under 45 minutes.

Solar Trash was built using Unreal Engine 5.5, in just a few weeks by a team of six friends and collaborators for the Day Zero Games: Solarpunk Jam 2025.

Each of us brought a piece of Blaenderry to life:
Will Robitaille Wang – UI/UX & Game Design
Hayley Fox – Writer and Narrative Designer
Alejandro Zeguecios – Music & Composer
Garan Fitzgerald – Audio SFX
Cody Langton – 3D Character Artist
Akash Seam – Project Manager, Gameplay Programmer, Environment & Game Design