{"id":48227,"date":"2024-04-29T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/this-indie-game-captures-the-oddly-beautiful-liminality-of-pools\/"},"modified":"2024-04-29T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T16:00:00","slug":"this-indie-game-captures-the-oddly-beautiful-liminality-of-pools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/this-indie-game-captures-the-oddly-beautiful-liminality-of-pools\/","title":{"rendered":"This Indie Game Captures The Oddly Beautiful Liminality Of Pools"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><video poster=\"https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/image\/upload\/c_fit,q_80,w_636\/a9f4505c15135d3fa146dcca40c7032b.jpg\" loop=\"\" autoplay=\"\" muted=\"\" playsinline=\"\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/image\/upload\/c_fit,q_80,w_636\/a9f4505c15135d3fa146dcca40c7032b.mp4\"><\/source><\/video><\/p>\n<p>For a lot of people, indie game POOLS will lean into <a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 lcFFec js_link\" href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/holstin-best-horror-games-2023-nintendo-switch-steam-1850843151\">horror<\/a> territory. While the <a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 lcFFec js_link\" href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/everybodys-gone-to-the-rapture-the-kotaku-review-1723137676\">walking simulator<\/a> doesn\u2019t have any monsters chasing you down, the <a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 lcFFec js_link\" href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/best-creepypasta-what-is-backrooms-tiktok-steam-reddit-1850298058\">liminal design<\/a> of its environment is very capable of unsettling the player. Long, interconnected rooms of tiling and oddly-shaped bodies of water sloshing back and forth\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/pools-indie-game-liminal-spaces-backrooms-pc-steam-1851442585\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source &#8211; kotaku.com<\/p>\n<p>All content and images belong to their respected owners. 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