POOLS v23.02.2026

POOLS is an atmospheric first-person exploration game set in an endless, liminal network of abandoned swimming pools. Players navigate silent, flooded corridors, tiled rooms, and submerged chambers where light flickers and echoes distort. Movement is slow and deliberate, guided only by ambient sounds of dripping water, distant reverberations, and the player’s own footsteps. There are no enemies, puzzles, or objectives, or combat; the experience focuses on isolation, spatial disorientation, and quiet unease. The game emphasizes sensory immersion over traditional gameplay, using minimal visuals and sound design to evoke a dreamlike, unsettling solitude. Exploration reveals no clear narrative, leaving interpretation to the player’s perception of the empty, recursive architecture.