TerraCycle App

TerraCycle puts players in charge of a recycling operation that grows into a full eco-focused startup. The core loop is straightforward: study a material, understand its physical properties, then decide what to transform it into. A PET bottle, for example, carries a density of 1.38 g/cm³, a flexibility score of 4/10, toxicity of 3/10, and a thermal rating of 5/10 — and it takes 164,250 days to decay naturally. Those numbers matter when choosing whether to turn it into Polyester Fiber, a New Bottle, or Insulation. Every transformation feeds into a production chain, and those chains are tracked per material with step counts visible at a glance.

What the Economy Screen Actually Shows

The Economy section breaks down market data by material category — Plastic, Glass, Metal, and Paper. For each, you get a price trend displayed as an area line chart and a demand index shown as a weekly bar chart spanning eight periods. In the Plastic view, peak demand sits at 90% and the average price at $0.21, with the demand index descending steadily from W1 through W8. These numbers feed directly into your production decisions, making the Economy tab a genuine planning tool rather than background decoration.

Visuals and Interface Feel

The app runs on a dark navy background with bright yellow cards — a high-contrast pairing that makes data easy to read at a glance. Material detail pages use pentagon radar charts to map five properties: Flexibility, Toxicity, Thermal, Density, and Recyclability (Cycle). Progress bars run alongside numerical values for each property, which is good practice. One ongoing limitation, though, is that the radar chart and the Economy charts carry no text-equivalent data — the bar heights and line values aren't accessible to screen readers, and the active tab state in the bottom navigation relies on color alone to signal selection.

A Note on Shared Atmosphere

If the bold amber-and-navy color language of TerraCycle feels familiar, there's a reason. Coin Strike, a slot game that shares the same app bundle, uses the same dark navy foundation and gold/amber accent palette — just pointed in a very different direction. Where TerraCycle channels that visual energy into radar charts and recycling chain diagrams, Coin Strike turns it into spinning reels and lightning-bolt coins. The structural contrast is almost fitting: both games are about reading patterns, weighing risk, and deciding when to commit — just with wildly different stakes.

• Material categories covered: Plastic, Glass, Metal, Paper
• PET Bottle recyclable into Polyester Fiber, New Bottle, or Insulation
• Recycling chains tracked with step counts (e.g., "PET to Fiber Loop — 4 steps")
• Economy data includes price trend and weekly demand index (W1–W8)
• Five-tab navigation: Hub, Materials, Economy, Stats, Settings