Irisu Syndrome

Irisu Syndrome is a Japanese freeware puzzle game, created by a small team. The game stars Irisu Kyouko, a mysterious girl dressed in a raggedy bunny costume.

The gameplay is a bit difficult to figure out at first glance, and if you don't know what you're doing, your game will end notoriously fast.

Shapes of various colors and sizes will fall into the center area. In order to score points, shapes of the same color must hit one another while it's active, after which they break apart and disappear. However, if they are set on the ground without being activated and touching a shape of the color, you will lose health, represented by the pink bar at the bottom. It's constantly draining, but can be refilled by scoring points. Once your health runs out, the game is over.

Using your mouse, you can shoot up white blocks to lift the shapes up. The left mouse button will shoot up a regular block; right mouse button will shoot a faster one, launching the shapes higher. Any shape hit by these blocks or by another shape will activate and fall to the ground at a faster rate, but you can only destroy shapes when they are active by having them touch another shape of the same color.

The learning curve can be a bit steep, but once you get the hang of it, you may find it difficult to put the game down. The BGM playing during the game (which can be changed at the main menu by clicking on the title of the game) are also excellent, giving off a haunting atmosphere, a melancholic mood, or even an oddly cheerful feel.

As you play through the game, you can unlock various scenes involving a trio of university students out on a camping trip. Depending on your final top score, you can earn one of two endings.

Irisu Syndrome is addicting, has great music, and a very interesting plot, if you can grasp what's happening from the pictures. It is highly recommended that you try and aim to see both endings. You will shit bricks.

The game can be found here.

NOTE: Some parts of the game may require you to change your Regional Settings to Japanese.

Not for the faint of heart. Seriously.