Hoover Fusion Overview
Hoover Fusion was one of those games you'd find on a Flash portal in the mid-2000s. It had that simple, clean look common to the era, built for a quick play session between other tasks. I remember it being around in 2006, though the exact developer is hard to pin down now. It wasn't trying to be a big production, just a straightforward arcade-style experience.
You control a small, circular vacuum cleaner. Your job is to move around a single-screen maze, sucking up all the colored dust bunnies scattered across the floor. The arrow keys handle your movement, which feels responsive and direct. The main twist is that you have to match colors; you can only collect a dust bunny if your vacuum is the same color. Touching a power-up tile switches your color, adding a layer of planning to your route. The pace is steady, but it picks up as the maze empties and you're trying to avoid wasting moves. It feels like a tidy, methodical puzzle where you're constantly mapping a few steps ahead.
