About This Game

One little paw. One wobbling pile. Room for one more?

A bottle lands at an angle. A ski becomes an unexpected support. The pile holds… for now. Above the crate, Mimi is waiting for your next move.

Pick Up The Waste is a single-player physics puzzle, stacking and recycling game bringing Classic and Fan Art together. Choose where to drop each object, watch it bounce and find the balance between building higher and tipping everything over. Simple controls, unpredictable shapes and that familiar temptation to try just one more run.

Classic: 20 levels to find your balance

Join Mimi across 20 levels with 20 different backdrops. Each level has a collection target and a mix of discarded objects in different shapes and sizes. Position the paw, release the item and let physics take over: a can rolls, a long object tips and one new piece changes the whole stack.

Use recycling bonuses to make room at the right moment. Reaching the target is one challenge; beating your personal best gives you another reason to return.

Fan Art: real drawings become part of the game

These objects began with real encounters. Fans and children drew them at geek festivals and at a leisure centre in Aix-les-Bains, France. Their lines, colours and little imperfections are part of the experience: Fan Art's waste drawings are preserved as they were given, without visual retouching.



Explore four modes — Classic, Fan Art, Kids Fan Art and All Fan Art — for different objects and challenges. Stack carefully, chase a better score and sort materials to free up space. Every silhouette brings its own way of rolling, wedging into a gap or balancing on the edge.

Settle in and find your own rhythm

Move Mimi's paw with the mouse or arrow keys, then drop with a click or the Space bar. The widescreen presentation gives the stack, useful information and scenery room to breathe.

Original music composed by Christophe Auneau for RIVARDUS, then rearranged and extended, accompanies both experiences. Sound effects bring the impacts, recycling actions and menus to life.

Created by RIVARDUS

Both original games were designed and programmed by Christophe Auneau (RIVARDUS). With assistance from ChatGPT, Classic and Fan Art have been brought together in one application and their PC presentation has been updated for a horizontal layout.

Included in one game

• Classic and Fan Art together, accessible from a shared menu.
  
• 20 Classic levels with collection targets and distinct scenery.
  
• Four Fan Art modes featuring the participants' authentic drawings.
  
• Physics-based stacking and recycling bonuses: watch, adjust and try again.
  
• Personal bests and 26 achievements to track your progress.
  
• English and French interfaces, selectable in the game.
  
• Mouse and keyboard controls, widescreen presentation and audio settings.

The crate is ready. Find a place for the next piece.

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

Both original games, Pick Up The Waste (Classic) and Pick Up The Waste: Fan Art, were designed and programmed by Christophe Auneau (RIVARDUS). ChatGPT assisted him in bringing the two games together in one application and updating their PC presentation for a horizontal layout.

This game uses pre-generated AI-assisted content: environmental backgrounds, promotional illustrations, refinements to some Classic and Mimi artwork, music arrangements and extensions, and localization assistance. The original music compositions and the developer's original drawings were created by Christophe Auneau (RIVARDUS). Fan Art's waste-object drawings were created by fans and children at geek festivals and an Aix-les-Bains leisure centre; these drawings are preserved without visual retouching. AI assistance was used during production. The game does not generate AI content while you play.