No monsters, promise
I have a rule: no more than one post about ahorrorgame per day.
The mind can only withstand so much, after all.
ButPOOLSisn’t really a horror game.
It’s just a walking simulator in which you explore a bunch of underground swimming pools.
True, their size and layout defy explanation - what is this, a swimming pool for Slender Men?
- but look, there are cute covered slides you’re free to ride down in first-person.
You know, like the ones you used to enjoy as a kid.
Always that element of anxiety though about getting stuck halfway down, am I right?
“There are very few things to solve, practically a few mazes.
Sometimes the game can challenge your navigation skills.
But mostly you’re just…
I did not know this.
I wonder how many other flavours of backroom there are.
Perhaps a bookshop-themed one next?
POOLS is broken into six chapters, each lasting 10 to 30 minutes.
Rooms look and feel different.
Each chapter has something unique.
Constantly you’re exploring new places, each with its own kind of mystery.”
On the lighter side, there’s at least one pool full of inflatable doughnut floats.
The full version of POOLS releases on 26th April.
