u/amandakarenmaschio

Hi everyone! I've been looking for this game for years, and I'm starting to think it's extremely obscure. I played it on Windows XP around the early 2000s, but it may have been released a few years earlier.

Here's everything I remember:

• It was a PC game.
• Gameplay was almost exactly like Columns: groups of 3 objects fell vertically from the top, and you could rotate/swap their order while they were falling.
• Matching 3 or more identical objects made them disappear.
• It had a versus mode against AI with two playfields side by side (split-screen).
• Making combos would send garbage/unmatchable objects to your opponent's board.
• The pieces were fully 3D models that slowly rotated while falling.

The most distinctive feature was the characters:

• Every playable character was only a giant floating head (no body or neck).
• The heads were animated during gameplay and reacted by making different facial expressions depending on whether they were winning or losing.
• Each character had:
  • their own background/theme,
  • their own music,
  • their own set of themed objects that fell in the puzzle,
  • and their own biography/lore.

I remember several characters:

• A fortune teller/witch whose pieces were crystal balls.
• A blonde princess with huge lips and a flower in her hair that changed depending on her mood.
• A mischievous boy wearing a red baseball cap.
• A castaway/survivor living on a tropical island; his puzzle pieces were different fruits.
• A futuristic man with sunglasses. The official website said he was the twin brother of the castaway.
• A blue girl with an underwater theme.
• A punk guy with cables/tubes connected from his nose to his head.
• A cinema/movie theater employee with long blond hair and a cap.
• A hairy caveman whose theme involved eggs/chicks.
• A gnome or Santa-like old man with a long pointed hat.

Other things I remember:

• The graphics were early 3D CGI, not pixel art.
• The official website had detailed biographies for every character and explained their relationships.
• I remember the website being in what I believe was German, or at least another European language.
• The game title and character names were long and difficult for me to pronounce as a kid.
• I don't think it was a famous game. It came from a huge collection of PC games installed on my Windows XP computer (around 206 games), alongside random games like LEGO racers and Coca-Cola promotional games.

I've recreated the gameplay layout and the characters from memory (attached images).

Does this ring a bell for anyone?

The character drawings are rough recreations from memory, not exact copies. They're only meant to show the general appearance and style.