I’ve been trying to find a game that I played probably 10 or so years ago. I thought the name was digiminer or digimon or something like that but I know it’s not those games.
The game (from what I remember) was about mining as a robot or in a ship of some sort. It was 2d. Whenever you mined areas it dropped pixels to be picked up that you had to fly/jump/move over to. I think it had a vacuum that you equipped to grab everything? You could upgrade and such to mine faster/larger and have a better pickup area. The mining area was mainly on the right side of the screen I think, the left side was all empty. The game was fully free, and I’m pretty sure that to run it you had it all downloaded in a file then ran the .exe.
I could be getting some of the ideas wrong, it’s been a long time since I played or saw the game If anyone can help identify this game I’d appreciate it! I’ve been trying to find it for a few years, I remember it being a fun time sink
Edit: the game was dig-n-rig by digipen
Tried it a bit, doesn’t quite sound like what op is describing, though, there’s no vacuuming or things being dropped on the floor and the mining is downwards.
https://www.crazygames.com/game/motherload