POOLS News

• Rebuilt the settings menu with categories, reset to default functionality and more
  
• Added a volume slider for player character's breathing sounds
  
• Added a slider for player movement acceleration / smoothing
  
• Added an experimental setting for barefoot footstep sounds - feedback is appreciated :)
  
• Added toilet flush sound as a rare event
  

• Adjusted lighting in chapter 6
  
• Fixed a bug where autosave would not load correctly in chapter 6
  
• Fixed multiple issues with occlusion culling, mesh LODs and asset placement throughout the game
  
• Fixed a rare bug where player could get stuck on a chair
  
• Improved chair enter / exit logic
  
• Fixed a visual glitch when sitting on some chairs
  
• Fixed a bug where water splash effects would not trigger when entering a water body at a high speed
  
• Fixed a player gaze detection related bug in chapter 6
  
• Adjusted player camera near clipping plane -> fixes a bug where players could see through geometry when playing with a high FOV or ultrawide aspect ratio
  

The Backrooms has been one of the most interesting horror concepts to watch evolve in recent years. Initially thought up as an extradimensional space made up of off-yellow walls and the occasional monster peeking out from behind corners, the idea of the Backrooms has spread to other locations that feel 'off'; eerie liminal spaces that feel empty but not quite empty enough to relax. Alongside shopping malls and hotel hallways, family swimming pools have often been a subject of this, and POOLS has effectively run with this concept to make a full-fledged game of it.

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• Added dynamic ambient water surface movement / wave sounds
  
• Updated the activation conditions of some achievements making them less annoying to unlock
  
• Slight adjustments to audio mixing for some environmental sounds in chapter 2 and chapter 6
  
• Fixed a bug where saved screen resolution setting would not load correctly when starting the game application
  
• Fixed a bug where screen resolution would change to the highest supported refresh rate of the selected resolution when loading into a chapter
  
• Fixed a bug in chapter 3 where the player could climb and get stuck on the slide at the start
  
• Fixed a bug in chapter 6 where the player could get stuck behind a safety railing
  

• Fixed a bug where "Invert y-axis" setting would be ignored when starting a new chapter
  
• Fixed a bug where frame rate limit selection would not be saved when modifying the setting from main menu screen
  
• Fixed a bug in chapter 2 where players could walk up inside a yellow slide and get stuck
  
• Enabled V-sync by default for new players
  
• Default lighting quality setting updated from "High" to "Medium" for new players
  
• Frame rate limit dropdown menu is now not interactable if V-sync is enabled
  
• Adjusted objects positions in chapter 6 to prevent clipping
  

• Fullscreen: target frame rate is current display resolution selection's maximum refresh rate
  
• Borderless windowed and windowed: target frame rate is the maximum supported refresh rate of your display regardless of the resolution selection